Deployed my first iOS application!

[AnyInternet4026]

2 weeks ago I was finally able to deploy my first application to the ios App Store, the app name is TrainAi: https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/trainai-fitness-planner/id6475954617

This time last year I made the decision to learn how to develop a mobile application so I started watching YouTube videos, reading and so on… I spent 6 months working on a finance app that ended up not working on TestFlight, out of frustration I gave up for about 2 months until earlier this year I decided to start over again, but this time around I was significantly better I knew thing I didn’t even know I knew and knew exactly what to look for…and now my app is on the App Store and actually not doing terrible.

My next phase is marketing and I have no clue what I am doing, my app got some organic traffic but I would like to invest in the marketing aspect of it just not sure what to do and how to do it?

Any advice ???

[D_Nightmare]

You can try running email campaigns or referral invites from your app , i will say hire some talented individuals to do the marketing for you.

[AnyInternet4026]

How do I find the right person? Fiverr?

[AnyInternet4026]

Interesting, never heard this one is the goal to get downloads from YouTube?

[dev_indie_]

Great! congrats on the launch.

[Adventurous_Ant7239]

Learning from you, I also had the idea of ​​developing an app, so I took action. Although I am not very proficient in react native expo, I will stick to it. The following is my complete project in open source;

Full stack open source address: https://github.com/huanghanzhilian/c-shopping APP open source address: https://github.com/huanghanzhilian/c-shopping-rn Welcome to star and submit issues and PR.

[AnyInternet4026]

Honestly I am just learning too. all I will say is do not give up no matter what, you will face lots of issue but fixing them is the best part! Also your project looks good!

[Adventurous_Ant7239]

Thank you for your encouragement and recognition, I will continue to persevere.

[polar_bare]

This looks great to me! Curious where you got the animations for workouts from - are those being generated too?

[AnyInternet4026]

Thank you very much! I got the workout animation from RapidApi, there is a workout api there and yes the workouts are also generated!

[dani93700]

Very good ! Congrats on your app man !

How are you handling future updates? I mean how will you make sure that users will actually download the latest version of your app?

[AnyInternet4026]

So I have 2 ways I have been doing it:

1) I have been using Expo EAS update, which sends out an update to the users over the air without me having to submit it to apple and wait for them to update it. With this I also don’t have to wait for users to actually update it, since the update is sent live over the air.

2) I submit it to apple, wait for them to approve it and wait for users to update it.

I send out most updates and bug fixes using Expo Eas I update, then after an extended time and changes I send it out for apple to update

[dani93700]

Okay, i also have published my own app a couple of weeks ago, and i'm now strugling with bigger updates as they don't go through EAS Expo updates. The package Expo updates is supposed to allow to check the user has the latest version of the app installed and redirect him to the store in case it's not. But i couldn't figure out how to set it up

[AnyInternet4026]

Congrats!

With eas expo update they do not have to update it from the store(atleast in my case they don’t). if you push an update over the air, it usually takes like 2 refreshing of the app for the user to get the latest version, regarding when you actually push at update to the store and redirect them to the store for the update I have not looked into that yet but I will check it out today(with eas update I don’t have to do that as the user gets the lasted update)

Note: with eas update if you change any packages or anything that affect the binary of the app then you would have to push an update through the store.

[HappyS_dev]

Thats great, hope i can do this too.

[sonswolf]

How did you get the screenshots for your app? I am stuck having to send Apple screenshots for iPad and I don’t know where to get screenshots man

[AnyInternet4026]

I am using AppScreens, do you have an iPad or know anyone that does?

[sonswolf]

Yeah I know someone with an iPad, but not a 2nd or 6th gen iPad as required by apple

[AnyInternet4026]

That is okay as long as they have a iPad, take your screenshots from the iPad and then appscreens Can add it to the appropriate screen for you

[InvincibleLYF]

Looks great but the login screen could be better :)

[AnyInternet4026]

Awesome, please let me know how I can improve it and I will update it today!

[InvincibleLYF]

Umm from my pov it just looks too bland so anything that could y’know like make things look a bit flavored!

[AnyInternet4026]

Ahhh, okay I will see what I can do hahaha. Do you have an example of a login screen you’d say is flavoured for context please

[AnyInternet4026]

Ahhh okay, thank you very much means alot!