Creating Apps with YUDU is incredibly quick and easy. You will need to register for your own own developer accounts (see here for Apple, Android and Windows), which ensures you retain full control of your application's reporting and in-app purchasing/banking information. All we need are invitations to those accounts, some basic graphical assets and the meta data for your App Store subsmissions, since we build and submit the apps on your behalf.
The app build stages are as follows:
1. You are assigned an experienced App Technician who will advise on the following steps and guide you through the entire process, including aftercare/support and future app updates
2. Register for your developer accounts
3. Send an invite to our team so your app technician can build and submit the apps on your developer accounts
4. Supply the relevant graphical assets and metadata for your App Store submission (app name, description, category, etc.)
5. Your app technician gets to work building your apps (5-10 working days on average; potentially longer depending on the complexity of the Home Screen design and other customisations)
6. Once complete, the applications are sent to you for proofing (you will need to supply a device UDID in order to install on an Apple device). Our app technicians will usually build one platform first, e.g. Apple iOS, and then build and supply the second app version, e.g. Native Android, once the Apple version has been approved by yourself.
7. You provide feedback and amendements or give sign-off
8. The applications are submitted to the App Store(s) for review and approval. Apps can be set to go live immediately or on a specific date. Apple/Android/Windows review times are also typically in the region of 5-10 days.
9. Once live, you can begin publishing to your app(s) and your app technician will continue to be on hand to support you and rebuild the app(s) for future updates, as per the terms in our app licence agreement.
As you can see, the build and submission process typically only takes a few weeks, so you could start the project and have a live app by the end of the following month.
Top Tip: You can review your publications in our YUDU Proofing App before publishing live to your own custom branded app(s).