application loader?

guilleface

i am having really hard time summating my game,one thing i can't see to find after installing is this thing. after installed i get successfully installed, i go to applications or everywhere but i can't find it.

gyroscope

Hi @guilleface

You'll find your copy of Application Loader on your drive, in the Developer folder > Utilities folder >

Make sure its the latest version otherwise it'll give you problems. if not, checkout resources on your iTunes Connect page to download the latest version.

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guilleface

is developer folder the same as the finder thing? the, i click on applications but is not there, or finder, applications, utility folder and nothing there, i just download this from their site so i think is the newest.

gyroscope

That's probably safer anyway...

For future reference to find it and make an alias: open your main drive, and under the Applications folder should be the Developer folder. In there is the Utilities folder and in there.... ah, you guessed it! ;-) :-)

guilleface

thank you very much, you save me lots of time, i see it now, just one thing , so i open it and upload my zip file and in the end says something like your done , so now back at iTunes connect my app status change from waiting for upload to waiting for review, is this all i had to do? is because i saw the iTunes connect video tutorial and they process is different or maybe they changed?

gyroscope

You've got it, @guilleface; that's the process; hope it's all works out for you. :-)

SlickZero

Just a side note. In Xcode, you can click the Xcode name in the title bar, and navigate down to "Open Developer Tool" and Application Loader and all the other tools will be in there.

guilleface

thanks again, i did saw a tutorial video from itunes or the developer center site where they use xcode, but in the video they where showing alot of more options to select , it was really hard, but with the oploader i just click i think on create new or upload the file so i just search the zip file and it was done, so when i click back in the app on itunes connect it was showing " in rewiew" hopefully i did it right. i think there alot of optoins gamesald should explain by details or apple because not everything is there i think. like in the option for "url" do i need a website? i just put my email, i hope it wont get rejected for that

SlickZero

Good chance they will reject it. You can use your profile here on GameSalad for your website, if you don't have one.

Yours would be this - http://arcade.gamesalad.com/p/guilleface

guilleface

oh s***, well nothing to do now, also about the release date , i had no idea what to use , if today is 22 how in the world they allow me to choose that date for releasing if it will take days for reviews, i just dont get the future day thing.

SlickZero

You can go into iTunes Connect and change your website. Also i'd just change the date to "when app is ready" or you could screw yourself on the release date if you haven't already. It would come out when it was ready, but in the App Store, it would have todays date, and be way down the list.

guilleface

ok thanks i will check that tomorrow morning , hopefully i can fix everything lol. good night

guilleface

ok so on availability date i can only choose the month,day and year but i dont see no where "when app is ready" and for price tier effective day is ok to have " now" and for tier end date "none".

SlickZero

Usually you would set it for a date in the future, and when it gets approved, change it to the date it was approved. They say it's been fixed, but i got screwed on my last release just like always, so I will never gamble with controlling the release date of my apps again. Here is an article that may help explain more about it. The article says it's fixed, but don't gamble with your app. I would release it the moment Apple approves it. That's just me.

http://rx-games.com/app-store-release-dates-bug-fixed/

guilleface

yeah thats what i want to do just release it as soon it gets approved, so to do this i need to check when it gets aprpoved , so let say its tomorrow , so i will need to change the day to 24? i just though after a app gets approved it will instantly be release it with whatever day you chose, but i guess you can still change the day?

SlickZero

You can change the date, but what's been happening is that it will show up in the list when it's approval date happened. So if you got approved tomorrow, and had a release date set for March 1st, On March 1st your app will show up in the list, but it will be way down the list, and possibly on the 2nd page with all the other apps that were approved on that same day yours was.

I went into iTunes Connect every day, and changed the release date to that current day until it was approved, once I got the approval email, I went in, and confirmed that I wanted to release it to the store immediately. It takes a hour or two to show up in the listing after that, but you will be at the beginning-ish area of the release list. I don't recommend messing with a future release date from the date you get approved.

bazookaBen

i use the shortcut Cmd + Spacebar to bring up the Spotlight searchbar, and search for "Application Loader"