14 DAY TRIAL // A new App Store Submission Tip has been posted on the iOS Dev Center, where Apple explains that iOS devs can see their newly-approved app published in as much as 24 hours, while the Contracts, Tax and Banking Information module in iTunes Connect is there to assist.
Titled “App Store Submission Tip: Availability of Your App on the App Store Once it is Ready for Sale”, the latest iOS Dev Center update from Apple reveals that, once the company has approved their app, it will be listed as “Ready for Sale” in iTunes Connect, the suite of web-based tools created for programmers to submit and manage their apps for sale through the App Store.
“Once the App Review Team has approved your app, its status will appear as ‘Ready for Sale’ in iTunes Connect,” Apple explains.
“However, your app may take up to 24 hours to appear on the App Store,” the Mac maker reveals.
“In addition, your contracts must be signed and completed before your app is available for sale. You can check the status of your contracts from the Contracts, Tax and Banking Information module in iTunes Connect,” developers are told.
To access the Contracts, Tax and Banking Information module in iTunes Connect, devs must be enrolled with the company’s $99 a year iOS Developer Program.
A recent update published to the iOS Dev Center News and Announcements section titled “Controlling the Release of Updates for Your Apps” talks of a newly added feature in iTunes Connect called “Version Release Control.”
Released last month, the module is presented to developers when they submit updates for their existing apps.
The feature gives them the option to either automatically release an update once it's approved by the App Review Team, or release it themselves through the Manage Your Applications module.