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Hi and welcome back.

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Today we're going to talk about a crucial

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step in your app development journey
creating an Apple Developer Account.

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In this video, we'll cover why it's
necessary, how much it costs,

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the different plans available,
and why having an Apple Developer Account

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is essential if you want to submit
your applications to the App Store.

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To get started, let's understand why
you need an Apple Developer Account.

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When you develop an application using

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React Native, or any other framework,
you'll eventually want to distribute it

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to a wider audience, especially
if you're targeting iOS users.

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Apple's App Store is the go to market place

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for iOS apps,
and having an Apple Developer Account is

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a requirement for submitting
your apps there.

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Now, let's quickly cover the cost
of an Apple Developer Account.

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Apple offers a few different membership
options, each with its own price point.

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As of my knowledge,
you can have either individual

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Developer Account,
which const $99 per year,

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and it's suitable for individual
developers, or small teams who want

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to publish apps under their
personal or company name.

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There's also
an Apple Developer Enterprise program.

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If you're a large organization,
this plan might be more suitable.

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It costs $299 per year,
but it offers additional features,

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such as distributing apps internally
within your organization.

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So if you're interested about that,
you can just go to this section and learn

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more about requirements
to enroll in this program.

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Now that we know the pricing,

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let's talk about why having
an Apple Developer Account is crucial.

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And here are some key benefits.
First of all,

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with an Apple Developer Account,
you can distribute your applications

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to millions of iOS users
through the App Store.

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It gives you the platform and visibility
to reach a vast audience.

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Second of all, it gives you
ability to do beta testing.

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Apple Developer Accounts allow you

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to conduct beta testing of your
applications which means that you can

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gather feedback from a limited group
of testers before releasing your app

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to the public, which ensures a smoother
launch and maybe you'll find some bugs.

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So beta testing is always a good idea,
and it's done through test flight.

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And we're going to be talking about this
in the next videos when we're going

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to start uploading our
application to the App Store.

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The third benefit is that Apple provides
developers with a wide range of resources,

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including documentation, sample code,
and development tools.

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These resources are invaluable when it

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comes to building high
quality application.

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And you're going to have access to this

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when you're going to have
Apple Developer Account.

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And the last one is the App Analytics.

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And by having an account,
you can gain access to detailed analytics

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about your app's performance,
user engagement, and monetization.

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This information helps you make data

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driven decisions to improve
your app's success.

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So now what I want to do is create

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an Apple Developer Account
with you inside this video.

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So I'm just going to click this link

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and this link is going to be available
for you inside the resources.

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So you can just click on it and go ahead
with your Apple ID creation with me.

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Now I'm just going to start filling out
this form so that I register my Apple ID.

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You can do so as well with me,

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if you're willing to pay for your Apple

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developer account, it would be nice
to do so even though it cost $99.

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If you are planning on uploading your

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applications and if you want to practice
how to upload applications to test flight.

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If not, then you can just skip over this
video and you can just view the video

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about how to upload applications
to the Google Play Store.

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But now I'm just going to go
ahead and enter my information.

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It's not going to be all visible to you

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because it's personal, so you can
fill out your own form yourself.

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Now that I went through the verification

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process, I have created my Apple ID
and here is how my page looks like.

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And what I want to do is make sure that I

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can log in with this account
into the developer account.

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So I was just redirected to this page.

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I'm going to open up a new page.

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I'm going to type in Developer.Apple.com

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and then I'm going to go to account
and I'm already automatically logged in.

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So I'm going to say I don't want
to receive any communications,

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but I'm going to agree
to the terms and conditions.

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And here we go.

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Now I'm inside the developer account,
but I need to enroll.

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So I'm just going to click on this link
and then I'm going to continue enrollment

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on the web and I'm going
to fill this form out.

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You can do so as well yourself.

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Right now I'm going to say that I
develop Apps as individual.

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Then I'm going to check
this box and say continue.

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I'm going to check this
box and click on Purchase.

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Great, I enrolled in the program and this
is how my account looks like right now.

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My membership is pending, I think,

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and it might need around 48
hours to process as it says.

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So you're going to have to wait for a bit
of time until you continue and you're

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probably going to receive
the confirmation on your email.

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So wait for your confirmation

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and meanwhile you can continue
with the next video where I'm going

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to show you how to register
for Google Play Store as well.

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Thanks so much for watching.

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I'll see you in the next video.