iOS: How to join the Apple developer program

Apple is very strict with software and developers, and you can only put your software on a real machine or post it to the App store only after you have joined the Apple developer program. This approach seems to be troublesome, but it effectively solves the problem of pirated and inferior software flooding the market, so that excellent software can grow rapidly in a good environment. The App Store is a magical and glamorous platform where you may find your own path to success. Below I will discuss in detail the entire process of joining the Apple developer program.

1. Create Apple ID:

First you need to login to Apple's website to apply for an Apple ID account, please login: appleid.apple.com, click the "Create an Apple ID" button on the right side of the page. Wait a moment, you will enter the Apple ID of Step 1 page, where you need to fill in your Apple ID account number, password, password question and your birthday, fill out and click "Next" to go to Step 2 page. Here you need to fill in your name, email address and location information. After filling out, click the "Create Apple ID" button below. If all of your information is filled out correctly, your Apple ID account is created.

2. Register as Apple Developer:

Login to Developer.apple.com, click on the "Member Center" tab in the upper right corner of the page and go to the "Member Center" landing page and use your Apple ID to enter "Member Center". In member Center you are first required to refine your profile (Personal profile), such as country, company, address and telephone. In the following professional information (Professional profile) requires you to fill in your development trends, such as: the development platform is the choice of iOS or Mac OS, the development area is to choose game or business. After completing this information, you will need to sign a legal agreement and click "I agree (i Agree)". You will enter the mail authentication (email verification) stage, obtain the authentication code from your mail, fill in the text box of the page, click "Continue (Continue)", you register successfully.

3. Join the Apple Developer program:

Login to Member Center Click the "Join Today" hyperlink text on the right side of the page and enter the Apple Developer Program Application page and click "Continue (Continue)". Select the second radio box (using the Apple ID I have created) on the left side of the page that appears to click Continue (Continue) again. This will actually enter the application process page. Process 1 requires you to choose whether the applicant is a company or a person, you can choose according to your own situation, incenteridual is an individual, company is a corporation. After that, the system may require you to log in again and enter the process 2 after landing. Process 2 requires you to provide your credit card billing address, complete and click "Continue (Continue)" To enter process 3, and in process 3 you will need to select the program you wish to join, with 3 options: The iOS developer program, the MAC developer program, and the Safari developer program, The first two have to pay 99 dollars a year, the last one is free. Choose the plan you like Click "Continue (Continue)" To enter the process 4, Process 4 will show you previously filled out all the text information, ask you to check the confirmation, if the correct please point "continue (Continue)" into the process 5, waiting for you is another agreement, click "I agree (i Agree "Enter process 6, this step is very critical, if you do not have an American credit card, then unfortunately, you can not make online payment." You can only download the order form on the page, download it and print it, then fax it to +1 (408) 862-7602. After waiting for a period of time (the official said within 24 hours), you can receive the activation message. Fill in the received Activation code to Member Center or simply click the Activate link to activate it. At this point you can put the software on a real machine or upload a free application to the App Store. If you want to upload a fee application to the App Store, you must fill in the relevant information in Member Center. Log in to member Center, click to enter the itunes Connect list item on the left side of the page, and then refine the "Contacts, Tax, & Banking Information" message. Here are some tips for filling in information:

Contact info in, add a new person in company, fill in the corresponding information.

Bank info to create a new address, the account selected China Yuan renminbi, type Saving,swift code needs to consult the bank to know.

Tax Info in accordance with the actual situation fill in. Domestic words 7, 8, 10 blank, 9 election a,iii are not selected, IV selected certification. The bottom signature and date.

After completing the submission, the system generates a PDF file that prints. Sign with the phonetic name and fill in the date. Scanned as a PDF file sent to ITSTax@apple.com, generally the next day received a confirmation letter. Then you can upload a paid app.

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After this article, I will write an article on how to get the apple real machine to run the certification, and tell you how to get your app running on the real iphone.