Last minute checks to ensure game not rejected

General (non-technical) Marketing and Monetization
#1

Does anyone have any tips or general advice for things to check before submitting a game to the App store?

I guess the obvious one is that it is not buggy but wanted to see if there is a checklist as such to check against before submitting it to prevent waiting a couple of weeks and then being rejected.

Thanks

Paul [import]uid: 7863 topic_id: 6925 reply_id: 306925[/import]

#2

  1. Make sure your description of the App is long and detail enough so Apple won’t think your app has minor functionality.

  2. Icon size should be correct. (though you cannot pass the Application Loader if they are not correct.)

  3. For iPad App, if it is not a specific orientation game, it has to support both landscape and portrait.

  4. Make sure your App won’t cause memory leak.

Let me think if there are something else… : ) [import]uid: 4992 topic_id: 6925 reply_id: 24293[/import]

#3

Thank you fedesign - that is very helpful.

My game plays in portrait mode only - does that mean I need to support portrait and portraitUpsideDown if I create a Universal Build?

With regards memory leak, are there any tools to check this or is simply a case of playing like crazy and checking that the game doesn’t crash?

[import]uid: 7863 topic_id: 6925 reply_id: 24379[/import]

#4

Hi,
It would be better if your app supports both portrait and portraitUpsideDown.
It is pretty simple. Just add this in build.setting:

orientation =  
 {  
 supported =  
 {  
 "portrait", "portraitUpsideDown",  
 },  
 },

There is no specific tool to check memory leak yet, but you can use FPS and getInfo(“textureMemoryUsed”) to check.
Here is a good example :
http://developer.anscamobile.com/code/output-fps-and-texture-memory-usage-your-app [import]uid: 4992 topic_id: 6925 reply_id: 24412[/import]

#5

Thanks again fudesign

I did some tests with the fps code and my min FPS remained on 30 throughout. The memory usage was approx 5 during game play and 11 on my splash screen that has a scrolling banner.

When I jumped between screens (I am using Director Class), it maxed out at about 18 for memory but then returned to 11 or 5 depending on where I was navigating.

Played for a while and seems to stick with these values so looks pretty promising on the memory leak front.

Cheers

Paul [import]uid: 7863 topic_id: 6925 reply_id: 24420[/import]