Submitting an iMessage Application
I've been working on an iMessage Application for a while now. This app will solely be an iMessage app, and will have no associated regular iOS Application on the regular app store. I can submit a build of my app just fine (I had to make iMessage App Icons using Apple's fancy new template, and add this key to the messages extension plist: MSMessagesExtensionStoreIconName), but I'm still a little confused as to what I need to provide in iTunes Connect for releasing my iMessage App on the Messages App Store.
- Do I need to provide an icon in iTunes connect?
- Do I need to provide any screenshots?
- Do I even need to touch the actual application (not the extension) in Xcode?
If anyone can clarify this or provide I link to some documentation (I can't find any) it'd be much appreciated. Thanks!
Ok so I did a bit more digging and these are my results. I gathered all this by looking at the pages for some of Apple's iMessage Apps on the actual App Store. You can view a photo below, or check out this link.
- Nothing needs to happen to the app part of your messages extension in Xcode. You don't need to provide icons, change the plist, write any code, etc.
- In iTunes Connect, you need to provide a description, keywords, screenshots and optional preview video. In addition, you need to provide an iTunes connect (square, 1024x1024) icon for display on the App Store. It looks like users have the ability to download iMessage apps from both the regular App Store and the dedicated iMessage Apps store, much like for Apple Watch apps.
If anything I said here is incorrect (this is mostly speculation) then please let me know.
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