Quick question about App Names

quantumsheepquantumsheep Member Posts: 8,188
edited November -1 in iPhone and Android Publishing
Hi all,
Just a quick question about app names.

I want my 'arty' app, 'Unbearably Wonderful' to be seen like that in iTunes.

However, I'd like to shorten the actual app name on a device to 'Wonderful'

Any ideas on how this works?

Cheers in advance,

QS :)

Comments

  • beaudoin_nbeaudoin_n Member Posts: 184
    Oh... good question !!

    Isn't it the long name is what you submit to iTunesConnect and the name they see under the icon is the .app filename ??
  • quantumsheepquantumsheep Member Posts: 8,188
    Heh - I don't know - that's why I'm askin' ;)
  • jonmulcahyjonmulcahy Member, Sous Chef Posts: 10,408
    when you build the app, just put the name as wonderful, that's what shows up on the iDevice. You can name it differently in the App Store. Wolfenstein does this, Wolf3D on the phone, so doesn't Civilization Revolution (Civ Rev).

    I'm going to be doing it with my next update for all my games. Z is for Zombie will just show up as Zombie, V is for Vortex is gonna show up as Vortex.
  • quantumsheepquantumsheep Member Posts: 8,188
    Thanks mate - App submitted! :)
    Now for bed methinks!

    QS :)
  • quantumsheepquantumsheep Member Posts: 8,188
    Actually, that didn't work :(

    The name on the device is still 'unbearably wonderful' instead of just 'wonderful'
  • quantumsheepquantumsheep Member Posts: 8,188
    I think it took about 3 or 4 days, mate.
  • BeyondtheTechBeyondtheTech Member Posts: 809
    Apple really needs to do something about this, I hate seeing things like "Sh....it" on my iPhone.
  • EastboundEastbound Member, BASIC Posts: 1,074
    If xCode weren't removed from the process, there is a very easy way to change the display name on the device to be whatever you wish. This feature must be on the to do list, though.
  • iDeveloperziDeveloperz Member Posts: 1,169
    Yeh it would be good if you could build it as a file do drag and drop into xCode so you can add even more features. Like online web score etc.
  • MarkOnTheIronMarkOnTheIron Member Posts: 1,447
    With my last GS app "Musician's Little Helper" when I published with GS in the name field I wrote "Musician's LH" and that is what appear on the device.

    The AppStore name is whatever you want and you can change it with itunesconnect
  • scitunesscitunes Member, Sous Chef Posts: 4,047
    How many letters do you get?
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