I have Twixl Publisher Explore/Standard and want Twixl media to create an App Store build and submit it to the App Store
This is available in our web store as the product "App Store Build for Twixl Publisher Explre/Standard - build & submit option" via this link
Here are the steps to follow when sending a publication to Twixl media to create an App Store build and have it submitted in the App Store
- Prerequisite: It is required to be registered as an iOS Developer. If you haven’t done so already, you can via http://developer.apple.com/programs/start/standard/
- Request an FTP upload account via e-mail to builds@twixlmedia.com - if you use a service like e.g. WeTransfer or you can put files online on your own server, you can skip this step
- Create the export from InDesign
- Gather an application icon (72x72 pixels) and iTunes icon (512x512 pixels), and startup screens (1004 x 768 pixels for portrait and 1024 x 748 pixels for landscape), then group these files in a folder and create a zip file named "appmetadata.zip"
- App name: by default, your publication name will become the name of your app - if this should be different, please specify.
- Gloss effect: by default, no gloss effect is added to the app icon - please specify if you want the gloss effect added.
- Gather iTunes metadata such as described on p. 61 & 62 of the iOS Developer Program User Guide (app name, description, price, screenshots etc.) - provide all text info in .txt files and when you have collected all the materials, compress the files and name the archive "itunesmetadata.zip".
- Provide the login details of your iOS Developer account to Twixl media
- Provide Twixl media with the private key for your iOS Distribution Certificate (see details below)
- once you have received the FTP login information, upload the zipped file of your InDesign export (the file with the .publication extension), along with the "appmetadata.zip" and the "itunesmetadata.zip" files.
- Send an e-mail to twixlpublisher@twixlmedia.com and you will receive a reply within the next 24 hours. The App Store build will normally be submitted to the App Store within 48 hours (provided all required metadata is available).
About the private key
The Private Key needs to be exported via the Keychain Access
application. First navigate to the Keys section, then export the
key, linked to the iPhone Distribution certificate. You will need
to provide a password when exporting. Be sure to also provide us
with this password.
