Publish on the App Store

1. Select the App target → Signing & Capabilities.
2. Tick Automatically manage signing and pick your Team. Xcode creates the certificate and provisioning profile for you.
3. Confirm the Bundle Identifier is com.example.myapp — it must match the App ID you register in App Store Connect.
4. General → set Display Name to My App, Version to 1.0.0, Build to 1.
5. Set the Deployment Target to iOS 14 or later (Capacitor 7 requires 14+).
6. Set supported orientations. If you only support portrait, say so — a broken landscape layout is a rejection.

iOS crashes the app instantly if you request a permission without a usage description, and Apple rejects vague ones. Write a specific sentence for every permission your plugins use, in ios/App/App/Info.plist.

<key>NSCameraUsageDescription</key>
<string>My App uses the camera so you can attach photos to your entries.</string>

<key>NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription</key>
<string>My App needs photo access so you can choose an existing image.</string>

<key>NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription</key>
<string>My App uses your location to show nearby results.</string>

1. developer.apple.com → Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles → Identifiers → register com.example.myapp and enable any capabilities you use (Push Notifications, Sign in with Apple).
2. appstoreconnect.apple.com → My Apps → + → New App.
3. Platform iOS, name (30 characters), primary language, the Bundle ID you just registered, and an SKU (any internal string).

1. In Xcode set the run destination to Any iOS Device (arm64) — Archive is disabled for simulators.
2. Product → Archive. Wait for the build.
3. In the Organizer window: Distribute App → App Store Connect → Upload.
4. Keep the default options (symbols included, manage version and build number automatically off).
5. Processing in App Store Connect takes 10–60 minutes before the build appears.

• Internal testers (up to 100 people on your team) get builds immediately, no review.
• External testers (up to 10,000) require a short Beta App Review, usually under a day.
• Provide a test description and, if there is a login, working demo credentials.
• Install on a real iPhone and exercise every flow, especially permissions and offline.

Then complete the App Privacy questionnaire — the same content as Play's data safety form, asked differently. It must match what your app and SDKs actually do.

1. Attach the processed build to the version.
2. Fill in App Review Information: contact details, demo account, and notes explaining anything non-obvious (how to reach a feature, what a permission is for).
3. Choose manual or automatic release after approval. Manual is safer for a first launch.
4. Add to Review → Submit. Typical turnaround is 24–48 hours.