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🌐Review Passed but the App Isn't on the App Store — Setting App Availability After the Fact via the App Store Connect API

TEI Scanner, which I had submitted to the Mac App Store, passed review but never appeared on the App Store — instead showing 'removed from sale'. The cause: App Availability had never been set. This is a record of diagnosing the symptom with the App Store Connect API and setting availability after the fact via the v2 appAvailabilities endpoint.

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🛒Submitting a macOS App to the Mac App Store — App Store Connect API Steps and the Diffs from iOS

A record of submitting TEI Scanner — the macOS app whose Developer ID distribution I covered earlier — to the Mac App Store and getting it through review. The focus is on the diffs from the iOS submission flow: .pkg upload via the App Store Connect API, enabling App Sandbox, APP_DESKTOP screenshots, and filter[platform]=MAC_OS.

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🔄Handling App Store Rejection and Resubmission Entirely via API

A record of handling a rejected App Store build by replacing the build, updating screenshots, and resubmitting entirely through the App Store Connect API.

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🛡No Firebase Needed: Operating an iOS App with Apple-Native Tools Only

How to handle crash monitoring, analytics, update prompts, and review requests for an iOS app without sending user data to external services — using only Apple-native tools and open-source libraries. Based on real-world experience with an App Store-published app.

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Observed Timing: Apple Sales Reports API Data Availability and YouTube API Quota Reset

Documenting the actual observed timing of when Apple App Store Connect Sales Reports become available and when YouTube Data API v3 quota resets.

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🔍Building a Cultural Heritage Explorer App with Japan Search API

Development notes on building JPS Explorer, an iOS/Android app for exploring Japanese cultural heritage using Japan Search APIs, with mobile-specific features and automated App Store submission

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📸Fully Automating App Store Screenshot Generation with Python and Xcode UI Tests

How to build an end-to-end pipeline that captures simulator screenshots with XCUITest, generates marketing images with Python Pillow, and uploads them to App Store Connect via API -- all from a single shell script.

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🔄How to Submit an iOS App Update for Review Using the App Store Connect API

A step-by-step guide to submitting an iOS app update for review entirely from the command line using the App Store Connect REST API—from build upload to review submission.

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💰Complete Guide to Adding a Tip Jar (In-App Purchase) to Your iOS App with App Store Connect API

Learn how to implement a Tip Jar feature in your iOS app using StoreKit 2 and the App Store Connect API — covering product registration, localization, pricing, screenshot upload, TestFlight distribution, and more, all from the command line.

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🚀Submitting an iOS App for Review Using Only the App Store Connect API

A step-by-step guide to completing nearly all tasks required for App Store review submission—metadata, screenshots, age ratings, build association, encryption compliance, pricing, and more—from the command line using the App Store Connect REST API.

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