This document provides tips and tools for iOS indie developers for planning, designing, developing, testing, publishing, and analyzing mobile applications. It recommends tools for wireframing apps, generating icon files, resizing images, using Git source control, testing web services, optimizing code, distributing beta builds, integrating analytics, tracking installation sources and sales, generating press kits, and more.
7. Design
‣Wireframing is useful
‣Wireframing can take a lot of time
‣Wireframing apps can be cheap (or free ;) )
‣https://gomockingbird.com/
‣https://moqups.com/
‣http://popapp.in/
10. Automator - custom services
‣Built in Mac OS X
‣Create custom services by stacking blocks
‣Use for example to add „@2x” to filename
Demo
11. Testico.net - icon test
‣Great tool for testing your icon in live environment
‣http://testico.net/icon/abmksj
‣http://testico.net/icon/gdjgiv
Source image:
12. Reflector - Airplay server
‣Airplay mirroring to your Mac (or PC)
‣You can record promo videos
‣Paid, but has a nice free trial
21. Make your code shine
‣Uncrustify
‣Free code formatter
‣Can be nicely plugged into Xcode (using behaviors)
‣Make your own rules with Uncrustify X
22. Optimizing coding flow
‣Xcode snippets
‣Can I use that? Checking if method is available in
deployment target
‣Powerful logging
‣Colorful Xcode console
‣More details on the second part ;)
‣http://github.com/mzygar/CocoaHeads3CityLecture
30. Appcod.es
‣SEO tool for Appstore
‣Keyword discovery
‣Average accuracy ( based on xyo.net)
‣Use „devforum” code to get first month for 1$
‣UI is terrible