Guides
App Care Guides
Plain-language guides for app owners: store deadlines, policy warnings, rejections, and keeping your app in your name.
5 min
Google's target API warning: what it means, what to do
What the Google Play target API warning means: the August 31 deadline, the November 1 extension, what breaks if you miss it, and what to do this week.
google play · target api level · deadline · android
6 min
How we keep 17 apps of our own alive on both stores
The yearly checklist we use to keep 17 Flutter apps live on the App Store and Google Play: deadlines, release-build traps, and what to check this week.
app maintenance · app store requirements · google play · checklist
6 min
How to give a developer access without giving up your app
Which App Store Connect role and Play Console permission to give a developer, why the app must live in your account, and how to keep code and keys.
app store connect · google play console · ownership · developer access
6 min
What to do when your app developer disappears
A calm checklist for when your app developer stops responding: find out what you hold, secure the store accounts, recover code and keys, beat the deadline.
app developer disappeared · ownership · source code · app store connect · google play console
6 min
Three reasons apps quietly disappear from the App Store
Why an app gets removed from the App Store without a big announcement: Apple's outdated-app cleanup, a lapsed membership, and requirements nobody read.
app store · app removed · outdated apps · apple developer program