Agent Wranglers

Mobile apps playbook

Rules for iOS and Android apps, native or cross-platform. Store review, signing, updates, offline data, privacy labels and crash reports, each with a check.

  • Required 11
  • Recommended 24

By Agent Wranglers. Updated .

A mobile apps playbook for iOS and Android apps, whether native, React Native, Flutter or built by an AI app builder. It covers store review and listing, signing and release, updates and old versions, data on the device, privacy declarations, and crashes, speed and accessibility. Push notifications, sign-in methods, deep links and payments have their own rules in other playbooks, and these rules link to them.

Chapters

  1. Store review and listing

    Pass App Store and Google Play review the first time. Give reviewers a way in, delete accounts in the app and sell digital goods by store rules.

    • Required 3
    • Recommended 3

  2. Signing and release

    Keep the keys that sign the app safe and backed up. Number every build, test it with internal testers, then release to a small share first.

    • Required 1
    • Recommended 5

  3. Updates and versions

    Old builds stay on phones for months. Keep them working against the API, stop the ones you cannot support, and ship code updates only within store rules.

    • Required 2
    • Recommended 4

  4. Data on the device

    Phones get lost, backed up and shared. Keep tokens in the system keystore, ship no secrets in the app, and sync offline changes without losing any.

    • Required 2
    • Recommended 6

  5. Privacy declarations

    Tell each store exactly what the app and its SDKs collect. Declare required reason APIs, ask before tracking, and ask for each permission when it is needed.

    • Required 2
    • Recommended 2

  6. Crashes and quality

    Read every crash with its symbols, stay under the stores' crash and freeze limits, start fast, and work with VoiceOver, TalkBack and large text.

    • Required 1
    • Recommended 4

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