Just had a great #WWDC22 lab with Cyrille from the App Store team. I wanted advice on what I should be doing if my goal is to launch a new app that uses the newest features when iOS 16 launches. Thanks to my labs from last year I knew about the form at appstore.com/promote.
BUT what I didn't know is how he told me I should use it. Start playing around with the new features and when you're happy with how things are going use the form to let the editors know you're working on something that uses new features. A TestFlight link is really helpful.
Then when the release date of iOS 16 is announced fill out the form AGAIN letting them know that you're using the latest features and you're targeting the iOS 16 release date for your release. I absolutely would not have done this without his advice. Thanks Cyrille!
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Just finished my favorite #WWDC22 lab of the year, an a11y design lab. I got some fantastic tips and comments about what I did right and what I fell short on. I learned about some a11y technology I didn't know about and learned new ways to test my apps.
One of the Apple employees said that they had low vision and I couldn't believe it when they said I had some of the best large text work they've seen in a while. I legit teared up when they said that. Take the time to add a11y support to your apps. It feels great helping people.
This UI element I added to Museum Shuffle is something I worried I would get “in trouble“ for doing but it got an enthusiastic response during my lab. For people with low vision it’s much more clear what happened instead of a star just filling in its color when saving a favorite.