1. Chapter 8 Create an App and Publish to the iPad

2. Apps are programs that run on the iPad. App is short for application. Exploring Apps and iPad Publishing

3. Shopping for apps in the App Store Exploring Apps and iPad Publishing

4. The app is central to the iPad. Everything that you do on an iPad is based on apps. Without apps, the iPad would be nothing more than a hand-held web browser. Exploring Apps and iPad Publishing

5. TIME magazine app icon Exploring Apps and iPad Publishing

6. Apps for magazine publications can maintain the experience and interaction of reading an actual magazine. Apps for websites allow for a more user- friendly browsing experience. Exploring Apps and iPad Publishing

7. eBay app on the iPad TIME magazine library Exploring Apps and iPad Publishing

8. Creating and producing apps for the iPad is done through Apple’s iOS Developer Program. The iOS refers to the operating system for the iPhone and the iPad. Exploring the Digital Publishing Suite

9. Apple’s iOS developer page Exploring the Digital Publishing Suite

10. Adobe’s Digital Publishing Suite (DPS) is a subscription-based publishing service provided by Adobe to users who want to publish InDesign publications to the iPad without having to write code. Exploring the Digital Publishing Suite

11. Digital Publishing Suite home page Exploring the Digital Publishing Suite

12. A graphic designer can use a single layout in InDesign as both a printed piece and an interactive publication on the iPad. Exploring the Digital Publishing Suite

13. Digital Publishing Suite offers three different subscription models: 1.Enterprise Edition 2.Professional Edition 3.Single Edition Exploring the Digital Publishing Suite

14. Comparing three subscription editions on Adobe.com Exploring the Digital Publishing Suite

15. The Digital Publishing Suite is not software. When purchasing a subscription to DPS, you are purchasing access to publishing on the iPad. Exploring the Digital Publishing Suite

16. The iOS is the operating system for products like the iPad and the iPhone. When you want to create apps for the iPad and the iPhone, you must first register with Apple as an iOS developer. Exploring the Digital Publishing Suite

17. iOS Developer website Exploring the Digital Publishing Suite

18. Before you start creating apps and uploading them to the App Store, Apple wants to know who you are, what app you’re creating, and the specific device you’re creating it on. Apple wants to be sure that they know who they’re doing business with. Exploring the Digital Publishing Suite

19. Before you can upload an app, you must first obtain identification documentation known as certificates and provisioning files. Exploring the Digital Publishing Suite

20. The four specific files they need are: 1. Distribution P12 certificate 2. Distribution mobileprovision file 3. Developer P12 certificate 4. Developer mobileprovision file Exploring the Digital Publishing Suite

21. Certificates and provisioning files are electronic documents that you request and download from Apple. Apple associates your digital identity with the basic information about you and your devices you are creating apps for. Exploring the Digital Publishing Suite

22. Identifying your status as an iOS Developer Exploring the Digital Publishing Suite

23. Once you’ve created a folio in InDesign, exporting it through the Digital Publishing Suite interface is the first step to publishing it. Making the Leap from InDesign to the App Store

24. DPS Dashboard page Making the Leap from InDesign to the App Store

25. When you export your folio online at the Digital Publishing Suite dashboard, all of the elements that make up the folio—the cover images, the articles and the folio itself—are all collected and packaged into a.zip file, which you save to your computer. Making the Leap from InDesign to the App Store

26. After you’ve published the folio and it exists as a.zip file on your computer, you use the Viewer Builder module on the DPS Dashboard page to package the app. Making the Leap from InDesign to the App Store

27. .DPS Folio Producer Organizer page Making the Leap from InDesign to the App Store

28. Think of this step of the process as creating the actual package for the app into which you’ll inject the folio that you published. Making the Leap from InDesign to the App Store

29. Before you submit the app to the Apple App Store, you should test it on your iPad. To do so, you must download the Developer Viewer (.ipa) file from the App Status page to your desktop and test it here. Making the Leap from InDesign to the App Store

30. Viewer Builder welcome screen Making the Leap from InDesign to the App Store

31. The Distribution Viewer (.zip) file listed in the Viewer Builder App Status window is your complete and packaged app—the file you’ll submit to the App Store. Submitting Your App to the App Store

32. Viewer Builder App Status window Submitting Your App to the App Store

33. These steps need to be followed: 1.Download the.zip file from Viewer Builder to your desktop. 2.Click Distribution Viewer (.zip) in the App Status window. Submitting Your App to the App Store

34. These steps need to be followed: 1.Enter the Distribution certificate you downloaded and converted. 2.Enter your password. 3.Click Download and Sign. Submitting Your App to the App Store

35. A file named Distribution Viewer. zip will appear on your desktop. Submitting Your App to the App Store

36. Uploading an app to Apple is done using iTunes Connect software. Go to https://itunesconnect.apple.com/.https://itunesconnect.apple.com/ Submitting Your App to the App Store

37. Upload page Submitting Your App to the App Store

38. Once you’re there, log in with your Apple ID. Click Manage Your Applications, then click the Add New App button. Submitting Your App to the App Store

39. iTunes Connect splash page menu Submitting Your App to the App Store

40. Uploading your.zip file requires a program called Application Loader. If you don’t have it installed on your computer, you will see a screen prompting you to download and install it. Submitting Your App to the App Store

41. Application Loader welcome page Submitting Your App to the App Store