Question

I’ve searched through the iTunes Connect Developer Guide 6.1 – but can’t seem to find anything about this.

I’ve just completed entering the meta-data into iTunes Connect for a new app. This app runs on iPod and iPhone and has graphics optimized for the Retina display, so it has @2x images for all graphics.

I prepared 5 screenshots to load into iTunes Connect (5 at 480×320 for the non-Retina displays and 5 at 920×640 for the Retina display devices). I expected that for each low-res screenshot I would need to load an identical version in hi-res. .. but, when I tried to upload the screenshots in iTunes Connect, iTunes Connect only allowed 5 screenshots to be uploaded. I decided to upload the hi-res versions and did not upload the low-res versions.

Questions: Am I missing something? Is there some option in iTunes Connect to upload low and hi-resolution screenshots? Page 52 of the iTunes Connect Developer Guide 6.1 stipulates the hi-res screenshot dimensions for Retina display compatible apps, but I’m perplexed about how to upload both the low and hi-res versions.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

I don’t think you’re missing anything. Downscaling has to happen anyway, since the screenshots aren’t shown at full size on iPhone/iPod (and presumably iPad doesn’t show full-size iPad screenshots, though it might show full-size 1x iPhone screenshots).

Similarly, the icon displayed on the device’s App Store appears to be resized from the (up to) 512×512 icon you upload, instead of just using the one in your app — this lets you put stuff like “50% off” in the App Store icon without it showing on device (I’m not sure what Apple’s views are on this, but I don’t think they particularly disapprove).