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First mobile(iOS) app submitted to the app store for review

I finally reached this milestone, I submitted my first iOS app for review to the Apple app store , polishing the app and doing some last minute testing and all kept me very vey busy for the last two weekends. I have been working on this app for over a year now and the following posts, Building my first mobile app: The journey so far - Part 1: The background Building my first mobile app: The journey so far - Part 2: App inception Building my first mobile app: The journey so far - Part 3: App released tell the story of how a major life event(tragedy) lead me to begin working on this app. Why reject the first accepted build? Two weeks ago on a Sunday evening, I had submitted my first build for review and I managed to get a response in 7 days and that build was approved to be released to the app store. So why didn't I? well after I submitted the build for review, I managed to find 2 very small bugs, to do with the initial state of the app, so those bugs could only be spotted ...

App update, discovering Protractor(testing) and an Angularjs State machine

So for the last couple of weeks, I have not be able to update my blog or finish a couple of the posts that I started writing. Well, I have...been a bit busy, with some the following things,  Testing my app I have been using the app( iOS ) on my iPhone for the past couple of months now, which is both good and bad. The good thing is I can test it and the bad thing is, I can use it every day. Part of the reason, I started building this app is to have something that I can and like to use everyday and since I am already using it, the incentive to release it is not as high as if it were something that I could not use. Anyway I did make some good progress over the last couple of weeks, like  Delete the app from my iPhone and do a clean install: this did help me find a few simple bugs that would pop-up when the app is first installed GET AN APP ICON, FINALLY! this was a bit of a hurdle and I thanks to Fiverr  and fivercrazyguy , I finally have my app icon. The day job ...