Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
3.
After accepting the agreement, Apple will enquire you about your role as a
developer or designer and what platforms you are planning to develop for.
4.
You will gain access to a limited number of resources as a developer, such as
videos and documentation, different guides, and other things.
5.
The next thing that you should do is join the iOS Developer program at
https:
/
/developer.apple.com/programs/ios/
. There are huge benefits
to this. You will get access to various developer resources and WWDC videos
(materials from yearly conferences for Apple developers, which used to cost
few hundreds by itself). On the downside, you will have to pay 99 dollars
per year.
6.
You will need to pick a program: an individual or company program.
The company program offers adding more developers to the same
account and enhanced distribution profiles (if you want to distribute your
applications in-house). Its license requires much more paperwork, and it
takes much longer to register as a company. If you are a sole developer,
there are no benefits in registering as a company, as you will get equal
possibilities for App Store distribution.
After performing all these steps, you will become a registered iOS developer.
If you have chosen to register as a company, it will take you a few weeks to
send the paperwork, but if you are a sole developer, the process will be instant.
Now you will need to set up your programming environment as follows:
1. The first thing that you need to do is add your developer account to
Xcode (remember that you will need Xcode 5 or a higher version for
this) by navigating to
Xcode
|
Preferences
.
2.
Click on
Accounts
from the top menu.
3.
Click on the
+
button in the bottom-left corner and add
Apple ID
,
as shown in the following screenshot:
