How to set up your Apple App

With the Apple App on Passion.io, you can easily manage it from anywhere. Just follow these steps to submit your App to the App Store for your users to access.

IN THIS ARTICLE

1. Kick-off Apple App set-up process

2. Grant Access to Passion.io

3. Connect your Apple Developer Account

4. Create your App

5. Setup your App Details

6. Preparing Apple App for Submission

7. Review and submit your App for Apple Review

1. Kick-off Apple App set-up process

- Access your Admin Panel and click on My App from the left.

- Click on Publish Your App. 

- Select Apple App Store.

- From here, you will get to see if there are issues that will delay your submission process. 

Examples: 

• Default content is still displayed in your app (use original content only).
• Prices are displayed on the Sales Page (remove).

- Confirm that you have completed the Product Setup Checklist. 

- Click on CREATE MY MOBILE APP. 

- Enroll in the Apple Developer Program and select Manually Connect.

- Confirm to proceed with connecting your Apple Developer Account. 

2. Grant Access to Passion.io

• • iOS Team ID, iOS Team Name
  •  iOS Key ID, iOS Secret
  • iOS IAP API Key, IAP API Key ID 
  • Issuer ID, API Key ID, and API Key 

  As you are going through Step 2, make sure that you have also submitted this form as mentioned in the tutorial.

  - Log in to your Apple Developer Account.
  - Scroll down to  Membership details to get the  Team ID ⇒  to be pasted in iOS Team ID field in the appbuilder. 
  - For Individual Accounts like the below screenshot, the iOS Team Name can be found under your account name ⇒ to be pasted in the iOS Team Name field in the appbuilder. 
  
  - For Corporate/Company/Organization Accounts like the below screenshot, the iOS Team Name can be found under  Membership details ⇒ Entity name. 
   
  
   
  - From your Admin View, navigate to Apple App Store from Publish My App. 
  Quick link to navigate to this step: My App => Publish My App => Apple App Store
  - Take note of your iOS Bundle ID as we will need to add it to your Apple Developer Account. 
   
  
   
  - Log in to your Apple Developer Account.
  - From Certificates, Identifiers and Profiles click on  Identifiers. 
   
  
   
  - Click on the + sign.
   
  
   
  - Select  App IDs then click Continue. 
   
  
   
  - Select the  App icon then click  Continue. 
   
  
   
  In this step, you will need the iOS Bundle ID from your App Builder. 
  - In the  Bundle ID field, paste the iOS Bundle ID. 
  - In the Description field, paste only the last part of iOS Bundle ID. the part after the dot. Please see the example below: 
   
  
   
  - Scroll down to  Capabilities, mark on the below:
• Access Wi-Fi Information
• Associated Domains 
• 
• - Scroll down further and mark on the below:
• Push Notifications
• Sign In with Apple 
  - Click on Continue. 
  - the button will turn to Register,  click on it once it does. 
   
  
   
  - This is how your iOS Bundle ID should look after a successful registration. 
   
  
   
  - Click on  Keys and click on  Create a Key or click on the + sign. 
   
  
   
  - Create a name for this key, it could be anything you desire. 
  - Mark on  Apple Push Notifications service (APNs)
  - Mark on Sign in with Apple. 
  - Click on Configure to select the iOS Bundle ID as an identifier. 
   
  
   
  - Select the Identifier then click on Save. 
   
  
   
  - Once you are redirected to the Key Registration Screen, click on Continue.
  - A confirmation screen will appear, click on Register to confirm the key registration. 
   
  
   
  - Download the created key and mind its location on your computer. Don't try to open the file as your system will not be able to read it. 
   
  
   
  - It is very important to copy the Key ID to your sticky notes or notepad as we will need it later in the App Builder. 
   
  
   
  - From your Admin View, upload the downloaded file to the iOS Secret field and paste the Key ID. 
  - It is important to upload the file and paste the Key ID in this form. 
   
  
   
  - Now, log in to your App Store Connect account and click on  Users and Access. 
  - Click on  Integrations then click on  Generate In-App Purchase Key. 
   
  
   
  - Type in IAP Passion in the name field. 
  - Click  Generate. 
   
  
   
  - Once the key is generated successfully, click on  Download In-App Purchase Key. 
  - Copy the  Key ID to a notepad as we will need them to be added to your App Builder. This  Key ID is dedicated to the IAP In-App Purchase Field. 
   
  
   
  - Go to your App Admin, from  My App go to Publish, then Apple App Store. 
  - Upload the downloaded key to the IAP API Key field.  The format to it starts with SubscriptionKey. 
  - Paste the copied  Key ID related to the IAP In-App Purchase to the IAP API Key ID field. 
   
  
   
  - Navigate back to  Users and Access from your  App Store Connect account. 
  - Click on  Integrations. 
• - Click on App Store Connect API.
•  
  - Click on  Request Access. 
   
  
   
  - A pop-up will appear informing you of the usage of this API, scroll down, mark the checkbox and then click on Submit. 
   
  
   
  - Enter passion as the name for this API. 
  - The role should be Admin as shown in the below screenshot. 
  - Click on Generate. 
   
  
   
  - Download the API Key, then copy and save the Key ID.
  - These are important for your App Builder. Remember, the Key ID for the App Store Connect API is different from the earlier IAP API Key.
  - Copy the Issuer ID last after generating both keys.
   
  
   
  - Go to your Admin Panel, from My App go to Publish, then Apple App Store. 
  - Upload the downloaded key to the  API Key field.  the format for it starts with AuthKey. 

  - Paste the copied  Key ID to the  API Key ID field. 

  - Click on  Connect Account to establish the connection between your Apple Accounts and Passion.io. 

   

  

   

  It is very important to complete this form to let us know of this step's completion from your end. 

6. Preparing Apple App for Submission

7. Review and submit your app for Apple Review