Hey! this is Overpass Insights my name is Eric and
I make apps now today, I want to talk about how
when you're creating software
there's always going to be a part that you don't like doing
Hey! good morning it is another beautiful sunny summer morning here in England
and I thought I would put the tank top on and go out for a walk this morning
try to get rid of that farmer's tan and all that kind of stuff
it's beautiful I love this time of year you get up at four o'clock or
4:30 in the morning and it's sunny outside so today I want to talk a little bit about the
obstacles in app development or in doing anything
I got an email it's not the first time I got an email like this or a comment like this
which is somebody saying like you know, should they go PWA the same kind of
questions should they go PWA because they don't want to deal with the App Store
the Apple App Store approval process right
and my answer to that was you could go PWA
me, I like the App Store people that's when you tell somebody you have an app
that's where they know to go look for it
that seems to be where people know where to find it the distribution model's a lot easier
the updating is a lot easier there's a lot of things I just you
you don't have to drive people to that application they might just feel
to find it or they can search for it all that kind of stuff I like the App Store and I
like the Play Store but I have to tell you I don't like
submitting apps to the App Store right it's
one of those processes like the App Store
and the play store they're both getting equally difficult
and it used to be the Play Store was so much easier
but now they're both just difficult right
you know I hate resizing screenshots
like of all the different sizes for all the different devices
and I can never understand why Apple won't just
resize them on the server for me no I got to make sure
the pixels are exactly perfect I got to make sure the description is right to make sure
you know which categories you got to put it into
a lot of times, I've gotten I've got rejected on
all those things I got rejected on the screenshots before
on the description all that kind of stuff
and then you got to do all the content policies
you got to make sure your privacy policy is up to
date all that kind of stuff, and it's one of
and it's one of those processes where I don't think anybody really enjoys it
because it's filling in forms but it's one of those things you just have to do
right every time you try to do anything
there"s always an obstacle in the way every client project
I've ever taken on there's been something that is just a sticking point a lot of times it's
connectivity or just you know or we're dealing with a bit of code
that's a bit difficult or
something where the clients
yeah like we get stuff that's not very well defined and it's out in one hurdle
that you get to it could either grind everything to a halt or really slow
things down to a halt or really slow things down
but usually, just something you have to get through
right just like I think every single project I've had
there's been something to deal with and deploying to the stores that's you know
that's just part of it the thing is, if you want to do anything I think if you want to do anything that's
if you want to do anything at all business-wise there's going to be something that's going to be
something you don't like doing right and you just have to grin and bear it yeah I mean this person
who sent me the email they said they were just getting started in the app development they were
asking, and they were concerned about the review process and the approval process and I was like
dude you're about to run a marathon and you're concerned about mile 22 right learn the code get
stuff ready you know start to build what you're doing and then the approval process is usually not
as bad I mean we could play I complained about it all the time on this channel you know a lot of
people complain about it but usually you just submit and then you resubmit and you resubmit
but you can get irrational think, screw it I'm just not gonna do it I'm gonna abstain from
that whole process this is something one of the things that that um one of the things about
me is that when I moved to England I had to get an English driver's license I was like
I moved out here when I was 25 but I didn't get my English driver's license until I was nearly 30.
and so I thought you know I know how to drive I'm not going to take any lessons I'm just going
to go take the test so I took the test the first time and I nearly passed it and I was a bit upset
about that I thought okay well whatever I'll read the book again whatever I'll you know practice a
a little bit more took it the second time the third time I took the test seven times over the course
For a couple years I was so frustrated at one point I thought screw it I'm just not gonna drive
I'm just gonna like I am just going to be a I'm going to take public transport everywhere
and if they don't want me to drive I'm not going to drive you know and it was just like
it was irrational because you know it was just one of those things you know
death and taxes kind of thing you know somethings just suck sometimes you just have to go through
those little hurdles and once I got through it I was glad I did uh once you release your app
to the App Stores, and once you submit all that kind of stuff you're going to be glad you did it
but it does suck so anyway that's kind of what I want to talk about a little bit this morning
you know I say this again and again because I'm a bit more concerned about it recently is
you know is this looking too easy is this too easy you know am I making this look too easy to
other people make this look too easy you know because coding can be difficult coding is hard
especially when you get a bug or an obstacle or you don't have the right device to test on all
that kind of stuff but submitting can be difficult too and that's just the way it is there's always
something difficult there anyway let me know what kind of problems you guys have like what
do you find your biggest hurdle with releasing that for those of you guys you had because
I know there's a lot of people just getting started that might want to know that and
that is it for today I hope you guys have a great day I'll talk to you again next time