App Store Deployment Guide

A complete, practical guide to getting your iOS app published — from zero to live on the App Store. Based on real deployment experience, not just documentation.

What This Skill Covers

1. Apple Developer Account Setup — Individual vs Organization, D-U-N-S numbers, business entity requirements
2. Certificates & Code Signing — Development, distribution, provisioning profiles, push notifications
3. App Store Connect — App listing, metadata, screenshots, privacy nutrition labels
4. Building & Submitting — Both Xcode (native) and Expo/EAS (React Native) paths
5. TestFlight — Internal and external beta testing
6. App Review — Common rejections and exactly how to fix them
7. Subscriptions & Revenue — Apple's commission, RevenueCat, Small Business Program
8. Privacy & Compliance — ATT, nutrition labels, export compliance
9. Post-Launch — Crash monitoring, ASO, phased releases

Key Gotchas (Preview)

These are the issues that cost real developers days of wasted time: