iOS mobile app development company for Canada

A native Swift app with SwiftUI suits an iPhone-only product, particularly one built around Apple features such as widgets, an Apple Watch app or HealthKit. You can plan the screens and features for the Apple devices you want to support. If Android becomes necessary, the trade-off is a separate build, so it helps to consider that possibility before settling the initial scope.

React Native or Flutter suit a product that needs Android soon as well as iPhone. They share most code across the platforms. Where a framework does not cover a feature, native Swift modules can still be added. That gives you a way to plan for both platforms while identifying the Apple-specific work that needs separate attention.

Distribution is another decision. An app intended for your own staff can be distributed privately as a custom app through Apple Business or Apple School Manager, instead of appearing in the public App Store. Decide who needs access before preparing a public listing: an inspection or stock-checking tool for your own devices has a different audience from an app intended for customers.

Federal privacy rules cover how private-sector organisations collect, use and disclose personal information in commercial activity; Alberta, British Columbia and Quebec have their own substantially similar private-sector laws. We set up a privacy policy link inside the app and in App Store Connect, describing the information collected, who receives it and how users request deletion. If your app creates accounts, we also include a way to start account deletion inside it.

We also prepare the App Store privacy details for your listing. These need to cover data collected by the app and its third-party SDKs, so we need to identify those tools and their data collection as part of the build.

Bring the following decisions and materials to the conversation.

• Developer accountfor organisation enrolment, have your D-U-N-S number, legal entity name and public website on your own domain ready.
• Seller namedecide who should appear on the App Store; an organisation account shows the company, while an individual account shows the person’s legal name.
• Listing materialprepare an app name, subtitle, keywords, description, support URL and screenshots for the iPhone and iPad sizes you support.
• Digital salesidentify subscriptions or premium content early, because that determines whether Apple’s in-app purchase needs to be built.
• Advertising datatell us if user data will be linked with other companies’ apps or websites for advertising, or shared with data brokers; that requires an App Tracking Transparency permission request.

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  Wrapping a website in an app shell

  Apple expects an app to offer more than a repackaged site. Plan what users will do in the app before deciding how existing website content fits.

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  Requiring sign-up too early

  let people see and use the app without logging in when it has no significant account-based features.

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  Sending promotional push notifications without permission

  include an explicit opt-in and a way to opt out inside the app.

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  Asking for device permissions without context

  explain why the app needs location, camera, contacts or photos when the user reaches the relevant feature, rather than showing vague prompts at first launch.