Apple Developer Account (i)

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As stated in the preface, if you are looking for a hoto tutorial on how to apply for an Apple developer account, then close this page immediately if you are not wasting your valuable time. If you want to see me pull a few things about Apple developer account, then you can relax and look down, from the beginning of the next few articles, I will fully introduce the Apple Developer account System!

Account Type

To become an Apple developer, you must sign up for an Apple developer account and pay for it, have a developer account to develop the program's app, and launch the App Store for free or paid downloads, or for internal use. Apple offers the following types of programs for developers who have registered a sender account:

• iOS Development plan

iOS developers program mainly for iOS devices for app development, such as the iphone and ipad, iOS program is currently the largest number of Apple developer program type. Account types are divided into individuals (individual), companies (company), Enterprises (Enterprise), Colleges and Universities (University) four types, the annual tariff is $ $, $ $, $299, free of charge. Depending on the type of account, the conditions and permissions of the application are different.

Personal plan only need to fill in personal information and through the Apple Audit, the company plans to show the corresponding company information, business license, etc., the enterprise account needs to show the information and company account similar to the university program needs to provide basic information on the university, in the way of registration Apple developers on the official website has a detailed process.

In the authority, the personal account and the company account for $99/years, but in the release of the signature, the company account can fill in the company or organization information (such as XXX company, XXX Studio), and the personal account can only display the registration by default the personal information, and can not be modified. In addition, the company account provides a team development model, a company type account can be managed to add developers as team member collaborative development. Of course, you can also upgrade your personal account to a corporate account, provided you have information about the company and email the Developer Support Center or call a support number. Enterprise account for $299/years, the biggest difference between the enterprise account and the first two is that the app cannot be published to the App Store, but you can put the app on the internal server for any device within the enterprise to install, and do not need to specifically bind device ID. For example, if an internal OA system is used on an iOS device, it will be suitable for this program. The last is the university plan, Apple to encourage the university to participate in the Apple developer program, specifically launched this program, the university plan to have on-the-go test and other permissions, but not to publish the app to the App Store.

• Mac Development Plan

The MAC Developer program is designed primarily for developers who do app development on Mac computers at a cost of $ a year. The account type is divided into two types of individuals and companies, the difference between the two accounts and the iOS device developer account is similar.

• Safari Extended Development Plan

The Safari developer program is primarily for extended development on safari, such as customizing safari controls or displaying the page, for free. Also divided into two types of individuals and companies.

• MFI Program

The MFI program is mainly for the development of some peripherals for ipods, iphones and ipads, which are also free to develop peripherals through some of the interfaces and terms offered by Apple, such as peripherals for ipods and iphones.

The above is a brief introduction to the developer program for the Apple developer account, details of which can be found in Apple Developer Programs, where there is a very detailed introduction, and where you can choose to register and develop your plans. Later articles I will be around the iOS development program related content to explain, mainly including several certificate introduction, signature, certificate migration and so on, please look forward to!

Apple Developer Account (i)