In this episode of the iOS developer podcast, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Pietro Messineo. We covered what it takes to grow your apps, having an app go viral, building apps in high school and much more.
YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/f9_3m6Pg41U
Audio Version: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iosdevpodcast
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(0:00) Preview
(0:52) What makes an app worth buying
(4:12) Getting more app downloads
(11:39) App Going Viral & Exiting
(16:57) Criteria for App Ideas
(21:08) Getting into iOS Development in High School
(24:42) Sideloading iPhone Apps
(25:42) Building Apps in College
(28:52) Moving To Czech Republic as iOS Developer
(30:36) Market for iOS Developers in Czech Republic & Europe
(34:10) Advice for Young Developers
(36:27) Building for watchOS and tvOS
(38:04) SwiftUI vs UIKit for Indie Apps
(41:26) Speaking at Conferences
(45:07) Favorite Conference
(45:52) Preventing Security Issues in your App
Growing your apps
how to grow your app
ASO - App Store optimization
#iosdev #swift #appgrowth
