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Submission is another two-stage process. The first step is app validation; it's optional but recommended. The
second is submission/upload.
Validating an app
The internal details of the validation process are secret, but we know it checks for basic errors, including miss-
ing artwork, invalid package and bundle settings, and incorrect provisioning. Successful validation doesn't guar-
antee that your app will be accepted for sale, but it flags the most obvious errors that guarantee that Apple will
reject it.
In the Organizer, select your archive (if it isn't already selected), and click the Validate button at the top right of
the window. You are asked to log in with your developer name and password. Next, you see the dialog box
shown in Figure 13.14.
The Application menu shows any application records that you haven't yet completed with a binary. Typically,
there's a single item here—the last record you created.
The Identity menu should match the distribution identity you selected in the build settings before you built the
app, as described earlier in this section.
FIGURE 13.14
Validating an app before upload
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