Hi and welcome back.
Today we're going to talk about a crucial
step in your app development journey creating an Apple Developer Account.
In this video, we'll cover why it's necessary, how much it costs,
the different plans available, and why having an Apple Developer Account
is essential if you want to submit your applications to the App Store.
To get started, let's understand why you need an Apple Developer Account.
When you develop an application using
React Native, or any other framework, you'll eventually want to distribute it
to a wider audience, especially if you're targeting iOS users.
Apple's App Store is the go to market place
for iOS apps, and having an Apple Developer Account is
a requirement for submitting your apps there.
Now, let's quickly cover the cost of an Apple Developer Account.
Apple offers a few different membership options, each with its own price point.
As of my knowledge, you can have either individual
Developer Account, which const $99 per year,
and it's suitable for individual developers, or small teams who want
to publish apps under their personal or company name.
There's also an Apple Developer Enterprise program.
If you're a large organization, this plan might be more suitable.
It costs $299 per year, but it offers additional features,
such as distributing apps internally within your organization.
So if you're interested about that, you can just go to this section and learn
more about requirements to enroll in this program.
Now that we know the pricing,
let's talk about why having an Apple Developer Account is crucial.
And here are some key benefits. First of all,
with an Apple Developer Account, you can distribute your applications
to millions of iOS users through the App Store.
It gives you the platform and visibility to reach a vast audience.
Second of all, it gives you ability to do beta testing.
Apple Developer Accounts allow you
to conduct beta testing of your applications which means that you can
gather feedback from a limited group of testers before releasing your app
to the public, which ensures a smoother launch and maybe you'll find some bugs.
So beta testing is always a good idea, and it's done through test flight.
And we're going to be talking about this in the next videos when we're going
to start uploading our application to the App Store.
The third benefit is that Apple provides developers with a wide range of resources,
including documentation, sample code, and development tools.
These resources are invaluable when it
comes to building high quality application.
And you're going to have access to this
when you're going to have Apple Developer Account.
And the last one is the App Analytics.
And by having an account, you can gain access to detailed analytics
about your app's performance, user engagement, and monetization.
This information helps you make data
driven decisions to improve your app's success.
So now what I want to do is create
an Apple Developer Account with you inside this video.
So I'm just going to click this link
and this link is going to be available for you inside the resources.
So you can just click on it and go ahead with your Apple ID creation with me.
Now I'm just going to start filling out this form so that I register my Apple ID.
You can do so as well with me,
if you're willing to pay for your Apple
developer account, it would be nice to do so even though it cost $99.
If you are planning on uploading your
applications and if you want to practice how to upload applications to test flight.
If not, then you can just skip over this video and you can just view the video
about how to upload applications to the Google Play Store.
But now I'm just going to go ahead and enter my information.
It's not going to be all visible to you
because it's personal, so you can fill out your own form yourself.
Now that I went through the verification
process, I have created my Apple ID and here is how my page looks like.
And what I want to do is make sure that I
can log in with this account into the developer account.
So I was just redirected to this page.
I'm going to open up a new page.
I'm going to type in Developer.Apple.com
and then I'm going to go to account and I'm already automatically logged in.
So I'm going to say I don't want to receive any communications,
but I'm going to agree to the terms and conditions.
And here we go.
Now I'm inside the developer account, but I need to enroll.
So I'm just going to click on this link and then I'm going to continue enrollment
on the web and I'm going to fill this form out.
You can do so as well yourself.
Right now I'm going to say that I develop Apps as individual.
Then I'm going to check this box and say continue.
I'm going to check this box and click on Purchase.
Great, I enrolled in the program and this is how my account looks like right now.
My membership is pending, I think,
and it might need around 48 hours to process as it says.
So you're going to have to wait for a bit of time until you continue and you're
probably going to receive the confirmation on your email.
So wait for your confirmation
and meanwhile you can continue with the next video where I'm going
to show you how to register for Google Play Store as well.
Thanks so much for watching.
I'll see you in the next video.