http://pttrns.com/

Replacing these screenshots with JPEG counterparts solved the problem.

So always check and make sure that all of the screenshots you uploaded shows up in the app store, and replace the ones which don’t appear with JPEG counterparts.

This is not ideal: we’d like to be able to upload nice hi-res iPad screenshots, even on a slow connection. I did some digging in iTunes Connect’s Javascript. It turns out it uses a component called LCUploader to handle the uploading. Deep in the bowels of a file called lc_ajaxcomponents.js, we find this code:

self.timerId = setInterval(function() { self.checkUploadHeartbeat(); }, 10000);
…
this.checkUploadHeartbeat = function() {
if (this.lastProgressDate == 0) { return; }

var now = new Date().getTime();
var diff = now – this.lastProgressDate;
if (diff > 10000) {

// We have waited more than 10 seconds without any bytes being pushed
clearInterval(this.timerId);
// Mark the request as being aborted
this.aborted = true;
// And finally abort the XHR
this.xhrRequest.abort();
this.displayErrorMessage(“Upload Aborted or Timed Out.”);
this.reset();
this.stopSpinner();

Aha! It appears that this check is incorrectly causing the upload to time out after 10 seconds. We can override this function at runtime. Paste the following code into your browser’s address bar:

javascript:LCUploader.prototype.checkUploadHeartbeat = function() {};void(0);

This overrides the function with an empty one. Now we’re able to upload larger files with no issues, even on a bad wifi connection.

Source: http://www.reigndesign.com/blog/fixing-upload-aborted-or-timed-out-errors-in-itunes-connect

http://www.appsamuck.com/

Send an email which explains what your application does, screenshots and links, and a promo code only if they want you to do so. You will see the benefit if you succeed in getting your app reviewed.

  148Apps: http://www.148apps.com

  AppVee: http://www.appvee.com

  AppCraver: http://www.appcraver.com

  The Unofficial Apple Weblog: http://www.tuaw.com

  Touch Arcade: http://toucharcade.com

  Slide To Play: http://www.slidetoplay.com

  Pocket Gamer: http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk

  The Portable Gamer: http://theportablegamer.com

  FingerGaming: http://fingergaming.com

  App Store HQ: http://www.appstorehq.com

  Appmodo: http://appmodo.com

  AppAdvice: http://appadvice.com

  iPhone Alley: http://www.iphonealley.com

  iPhone.Appstorm: http://iphone.appstorm.net

  The iPhone Blog: http://www.theiphoneblog.com

  AppSafari: http://www.appsafari.com

  iPhoneAppReviews: http://www.iphoneappreviews.net

  iPhone Application List: http://iphoneapplicationlist.com

  The iPhone App Review: http://www.theiphoneappreview.com

  What’s on iPhone?: http://www.whatsoniphone.com

  iPhone App Ratings: http://www.iphoneappratings.org

  AppChatter: http://www.appchatter.com

  TouchMyApps: http://www.touchmyapps.com

  Got Apps?: http://gotapps.com

  All About iPhone: http://www.allaboutiphone.net

  iPhone App Index: http://www.iphoneappindex.com

  The Daily App Show: http://dailyappshow.com

  iPhone Freak: http://www.iphonefreak.com

  AppVersity: http://www.appversity.com

  Talk iPhone: http://www.talkiphone.com

  SlapApp: http://www.slapapp.com

  iPhone Footprint: http://www.iphonefootprint.com

  AppStoreApps.com: http://www.appstoreapps.com

  iLounge: http://www.ilounge.com

  Macworld’s iPhone Central: http://iphone.macworld.com

  Macworld AppGuide: http://www.macworld.com/appguide

  Ars Technica’s Infinite Loop: http://arstechnica.com/apple

  TheAppleBlog: http://www.theappleblog.com

  MacNN: http://www.macnn.com

  Macsimum News: http://www.macsimumnews.com

  The Mac Observer: http://www.macobserver.com

  AppleTell: http://www.appletell.com/apple/archives/category/iphone

  Mac User: http://www.macuser.co.uk

  Mac Life: http://www.maclife.com

  MacTech: http://www.mactech.com

  Daring Fireball: http://daringfireball.net

  PC World: http://www.pcworld.com

  Gizmodo: http://gizmodo.com/tag/iphoneapps

Source:

The Business of iPhone App Development

http://apress.com/book/view/1430227338

It’s as easy as having your app display its own UIAlertView, asking users who like the app to please rate it. Here’s how to do it with only a handful of code lines.

– (void)askForRating
{

UIAlertView *buttonAlert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle: @” Help Spread the Word”
message: @” If you like this app, please rate it in the App Store. Thanks! ”
delegate: self
cancelButtonTitle: @” Maybe Later”
otherButtonTitles: @”Rate It Now”, nil];

[buttonAlert show];
[buttonAlert release];
}

– (void)alertView:(UIAlertView *)alertView clickedButtonAtIndex:(NSInteger)buttonIndex
{
if (buttonIndex == 1)
{
NSURL* url = [ NSURL URLWithString:@”YOUR APP STORE URL”];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:url];
}
}

Example:
NSArray* anArray = ….
NSArray* sortedArray = [anArray sortedArrayUsingSelector:@selector(localizedCaseInsensitiveCompare:)];

In most cases, you’d just need to use the default styles defined in NSDateFormatterStyle.

NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormatter setDateStyle:NSDateFormatterMediumStyle];
[dateFormatter setTimeStyle:NSDateFormatterShortStyle];
NSLog(@"%@", [dateFormatter stringFromDate:[NSDate date]]);

[dateFormatter release];

// Output: Dec 2, 2008 3:58 PM

But at times, you’d prefer to set your own time format, and that’s where it starts to get tricky.

It is actually quite simple, all you have to do is to create a format string to tell NSDateFormatter how to format your time string.

:
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"hh:mm:ss"]
:
// Output: 03:58:27

a: AM/PM

A:	0~86399999 (Millisecond of Day)

c/cc:	1~7 (Day of Week)
ccc:	Sun/Mon/Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri/Sat
cccc:	Sunday/Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday/Friday/Saturday

d:	1~31 (0 padded Day of Month)
D:	1~366 (0 padded Day of Year)

e:	1~7 (0 padded Day of Week)
E~EEE:	Sun/Mon/Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri/Sat
EEEE:	Sunday/Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday/Friday/Saturday

F:	1~5 (0 padded Week of Month, first day of week = Monday)

g:	Julian Day Number (number of days since 4713 BC January 1)
G~GGG:	BC/AD (Era Designator Abbreviated)
GGGG:	Before Christ/Anno Domini

h:	1~12 (0 padded Hour (12hr))
H:	0~23 (0 padded Hour (24hr))

k:	1~24 (0 padded Hour (24hr)
K:	0~11 (0 padded Hour (12hr))

L/LL:	1~12 (0 padded Month)
LLL:	Jan/Feb/Mar/Apr/May/Jun/Jul/Aug/Sep/Oct/Nov/Dec
LLLL:	January/February/March/April/May/June/July/August/September/October/November/December

m:	0~59 (0 padded Minute)
M/MM:	1~12 (0 padded Month)
MMM:	Jan/Feb/Mar/Apr/May/Jun/Jul/Aug/Sep/Oct/Nov/Dec
MMMM:	January/February/March/April/May/June/July/August/September/October/November/December

q/qq:	1~4 (0 padded Quarter)
qqq:	Q1/Q2/Q3/Q4
qqqq:	1st quarter/2nd quarter/3rd quarter/4th quarter
Q/QQ:	1~4 (0 padded Quarter)
QQQ:	Q1/Q2/Q3/Q4
QQQQ:	1st quarter/2nd quarter/3rd quarter/4th quarter

s:	0~59 (0 padded Second)
S:	(rounded Sub-Second)

u:	(0 padded Year)

v~vvv:	(General GMT Timezone Abbreviation)
vvvv:	(General GMT Timezone Name)

w:	1~53 (0 padded Week of Year, 1st day of week = Sunday, NB: 1st week of year starts from the last Sunday of last year)
W:	1~5 (0 padded Week of Month, 1st day of week = Sunday)

y/yyyy:	(Full Year)
yy/yyy:	(2 Digits Year)
Y/YYYY:	(Full Year, starting from the Sunday of the 1st week of year)
YY/YYY:	(2 Digits Year, starting from the Sunday of the 1st week of year)

z~zzz:	(Specific GMT Timezone Abbreviation)
zzzz:	(Specific GMT Timezone Name)
Z:	+0000 (RFC 822 Timezone)

Source: http://www.stepcase.com/blog/2008/12/02/format-string-for-the-iphone-nsdateformatter/

METHOD 1: Twitter

Not only is twitter free, but it also can give you a direct connection to the people in your target industry who matter. So, make a Twitter account for your app, find the movers and shakers in your industry, and try to create a connection. If you are going after a contact who runs an app review site, keep in mind that those people tend to receive dozens of emails every day from other app developers, so sending a short and simple personal tweet can be a great way to get noticed.

METHOD 2: Make a Video

Videos are the perfect way to show people how cool your app is. Browsing through the App Store and looking at the 4 screen grabs that all developers tend to provide by default is a pretty tame way to decide if an app is worth downloading. Angry Birds doesn’t even look that fun in the examples, but millions of people find it a blast to play! The video doesn’t need to be anything overly fancy (though it wouldn’t hurt to add a bit of pizzaz), just setup your digital camera and record yourself using your app. Talk your way through the screens and make it clear why your app is worth downloading. Be sure to put it on Youtube, Vimeo, and any others you can find. You’ll also get some SEO by tagging and titling your video with keywords that are related to your app like “iPhone” or “Android”, “App”, and “Game”, and putting a link to the App Store within the description. If you don’t mind spending a bit of cash to assist you with the video portion, the video above is a great example of an app video you can make using Sound Stage. It’s only $4.99 in the Mac App Store.EightBit.Me did this perfectly!

METHOD 3: Create a Website/Blog for Your App

Blogger, Tumblr, and Posterous all give you a place to host a free website and you’ll be able to supply this link to everyone if they want more info about your app. Templates and Landing Pages for your apps. Put the website URL in the App Store description, in the signature of all your emails, etc. Put social buttons like Stumble Upon, Digg, Facebook Share, and ReTweet all on your website so that people can tell their friends and community about your app. You should try to update the blog portion of your website often. Fill it with updates you just made, features you plan on adding, and allow for comments and feedback to be given. (If you didn’t realize this yet, your website is the perfect place to embed the video you just made

METHOD 4: Promo Codes & Giveaways

For iPhone app developers, you’ll be able to download up to 50 app promo codes from Apple with each update that is accepted by the iTunes Store. For paid apps, these promo codes are a great way to start spreading the word. If you have an Android App, you can send out a link to your application’s APK so people can download the app for free. If you give some promo codes to your friends, be sure to tell them they should leave a review – the more reviews your app gets the better! Use the rest of the promo codes to dish out to Review Websites so that they can checkout your app for free. They’ll be a lot more likely to download your app if they don’t have to pay money to see if they like it. It’s the equivalent of buying a friend a drink before you ask for a favor. And that brings us to method number 5…

METHOD 5: Mobile App Review Websites

There are TONS of review sites that do nothing but write reviews about cool new apps. Google “app reviews” to see how many are out there. Some charge to have your app review fast tracked, but there are plenty of others that will do it for free. One strategy is to contact the smaller web sites first, like The Smartphone App Review and Tech Hackz, and ask them to write about your app before you contact the larger websites.

Of course, as an Envato reader, you should be sure to submit your app for review to our sister-sites, Android AppStorm and iPhone AppStorm!

METHOD 6: Guest Posts

Lots of blogs welcome guest posts. This is a great way to let you write your own review, but be careful here! They won’t let you write a fluffy puffy piece about how your new fart app is going to “change the world!” You’ll likely have to write a real post about something of value, and they’ll let you put a link to your app or website in the credits. This is still awesome, because any link pointing to your website is good SEO, so you’ll wind up with more traffic, more credibility, and all of that will equal more downloads. Here are a couple blogs that like having guest writers (be warned: some are harder than others to be accepted by).

METHOD 7: Get creative with PR

Let’s say your app is a library of “cool new recipes” then you should contact websites that have to do with cooking. If your app has to do with golfing, then visit your local pro-shop and see if they’ll let you place some flyers on the counter. Usually, the most successful marketing ideas are those farthest outside the box. Buying ads could be a waste of money. Putting a bumper sticker on your car about your new “car insurance finder app” could be a stroke of genius!

METHOD 8: Swap Banner Ads

After you get your website up and running, swap banner ads with someone else who has an app and a website. You’ll get some free promotion on their website, and they’ll get promotion on yours. Everybody wins!

METHOD 9: Hit the Streets

Bring your phone loaded with your app on the streets and ask people to try it out. Get some honest feedback. You’ll get advice from a non-biased person (your mom is biased, trust me!), and you’ll also be spreading the word about your app. Odds are, they’ll go home and tell their friends about how they got stopped on the street on their way to lunch and were asked to play an Android game called “XYZ” and how fun it was. Plus, if you’re lucky, they’ll tell you what they didn’t like about it. It could be something you never thought of, like the navigation being too confusing to someone looking at the app with fresh eyes.

METHOD 10: Friends on Facebook

Tell your friends. Tell everyone. Be shameless! Post it on your wall, post it on your friend’s walls. Post your app video on Facebook too. Things can spread like wildfire on Facebook, so don’t be shy! Your mom and little sister are on Facebook too, right? So get them to post it for their friends to see!

Source: http://mobile.tutsplus.com/articles/marketing/10-free-ways-to-market-your-app/

Heads Up Display – MBProgressHUD

The inaugural iOS open source project is MBProgressHUD, you can find source code here on git: MBProgressHUD

For those unfamiliar with HUD, it refers to Heads Up Display, a view that is overlayed on another view, typically to show an activity indicator and/or offer a means to interact with the UI. A good example of an HUD is when playing a movie with the built in movie player. When you tap the screen, the movie player will show a series of controls on the display. Another common example, and one that is pertinent to MBProgressHUD, is showing progress indicators on top of an existing view. For example, when accessing a remote service, to provide feedback to the user you may opt to display a “Please Wait” message.

MBProgressHUD offers a number of interesting options from a simple activity indicator to a mode switching display that can show multiple messages, in sequence. See the figures below for a few examples:

MBProgressHUD includes a demo project that you compile and run in the simulator to get a feel for how things work.

Source: http://iphonedevelopertips.com/ios-open-source/ios-open-source-heads-up-display-with-mbprogresshud.html

iPhone-Simulator Cropper

This tool works by capturing the screen of the iphone simulator runnning on your system. One really slick feature is the option to create captured images in two primary formats – first, a format suitable for upload to iTunes for your application screenshots – second, capturing a screenshot that is suitable for display on a website.

The following images show the iPhone-Simulator Cropper application, as well as two sample images captured:

Source: http://iphonedevelopertips.com/tools/capture-screenshots-of-the-iphone-simulator-with-iphone-simulator-cropper.html#comment-44307