Merge Conflict
Join Frank & James for a weekly discussion on the world of technology and development including C#, F#, .NET, web, mobile, and more.
We found 10 episodes of Merge Conflict with the tag “app store”.
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239: Planning an App Release
February 1st, 2021 | 46 mins 15 secs
android, app release, app store, icircuit, ios, island tracker, xamarin, xamarin.forms
It is not Franks' turn to get his next app into the app store. We take a look back at what went into it's creation, his choices for monetization, and thoughts on what needs to happen leading up to the main release.
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238: Island Tracker - The Final Chapter
January 25th, 2021 | 47 mins 6 secs
android, animal crossing, app store, freemium, ios, island tracker, paid apps, turnips, xamarin
We have come to the epic conclusion of James's app Island Tracker, his Animal Crossing app for tracking turnip prices with friends. He is ready to roll out his freemium version of the app while upgrading all of his existing customers and updating the backend.
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236: Supporting Your Customers
January 11th, 2021 | 45 mins 9 secs
android, app store, customer support, google play, ios, reviews, support, xamarin
Customer support is hard to do right, and app support is even harder. How do you get your users to contact you with proper information before they give you that 1 star review. We discuss our journey into improving our support system in our mobile apps.
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214: Switching from Android to iPhone
August 10th, 2020 | 1 hr 5 mins
android, app store, cloud gaming, ios, iphone se, switch, xamarin
After 11 years James has moved from Android based phones to iPhone running iOS. Let's talk about the good, bad, and ugly of the transition.
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190: The Creation of Appstat with Frank
February 24th, 2020 | 46 mins 15 secs
android, app store, appstat, f#, ios, mac, xamarin, xamarin.forms
Frank decided to do his holiday hack in mid-February and build an entire app in a weekend. What is it? What was his inspiration? How did he build it? How is he distributing and promoting it? We discuss on this weeks pod.
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133: Indie App Marketing
January 21st, 2019 | 33 mins 30 secs
android, app store, apple, calca, ios, marketing, promotion, xamarin
Frank has some totally rad news! Apple is maybe, perhaps, almost, promoting his app. This has us thinking of app marketing and promotion for not only launching an app, but also when launching new features.
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123: Gimme Five Stars!
November 12th, 2018 | 46 mins 57 secs
android, app store, ios, ratings, reviews, xamarin
So your app has no reviews and no one will download it? Story of James's app development career... am I right! Well how do you get them? How do you properly ask your users without bugging them too much?
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113: The 30% App Developer Tax
September 3rd, 2018 | 42 mins 40 secs
30%, app store, apple, developer fee, epic, fortnite, google play, ios, netflix, tax, xamarin
This week we switch things up a little bit and talk business... app store business talk! Right now is an interesting time as there has been a revolt against paying the app store 30% tax with Epic and Netflix changing course. We discuss what this fee is, how it works, if it needs to change, and some ideas to change the revenue sharing process.
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Merge Conflict 82: Broken Backs and Updating Apps
January 29th, 2018 | 42 mins 4 secs
android, android oreo, app store, cd, ci, ios, ios 11, iphone x, updating, xamarin
It is 2018 and both iOS 11 and Android O are in full swing on tons of awesome and new devices. What does that mean when you want to update your apps?
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Merge Conflict 58: Dealing with Rejection
August 14th, 2017 | 42 mins 38 secs
android, app store, developer, google play, guidelines, ios, rejection, xamarin
It is that dreaded time in every iOS developer's life when you get that rejection notice from the App Store because you broke one or eight of the App Store guidelines. This week we look at how to deal with these rejections and how to handle phone calls with Apple!