how do I make an app
Asked on 2024-07-30
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To make an app, you can follow several steps and utilize various tools and frameworks presented at WWDC. Here are some key sessions and topics that can guide you through the process:
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Define Your App's Personality and Voice:
- Session: Add personality to your app through UX writing
- Chapter: Voice exercises
- Description: This session helps you define your app's voice and personality, which is crucial for creating a unique user experience. You'll learn how to imagine your app as a person and articulate its voice through exercises.
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Core Features and App Intents:
- Session: Bring your app’s core features to users with App Intents
- Chapter: Understanding the framework
- Description: This session explains how to use the App Intents framework to expose your app's core features to system features like Siri, Spotlight, and Shortcuts. This helps in making your app more integrated and accessible across the device.
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App Store Connect:
- Session: What’s new in App Store Connect
- Chapter: Get discovered
- Description: Learn how to use App Store Connect to manage your app's presence on the App Store, including submitting featuring nominations and promoting your app on social media.
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Document Launch Experience:
- Session: Evolve your document launch experience
- Chapter: Adding template support to your app
- Description: This session covers how to add template support to your app, which can be useful for apps that create documents or other structured content.
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CarPlay Integration:
- Session: Meet the next generation of CarPlay architecture
- Chapter: Enable custom features
- Description: If your app is related to automotive experiences, this session will guide you on how to leverage the new CarPlay architecture to create custom features and settings.
By following these sessions and utilizing the tools and frameworks discussed, you can create a well-rounded and feature-rich app. If you need more specific guidance on any of these steps, feel free to ask!

Add personality to your app through UX writing
Every app has a personality that comes across in what you say — and how you say it. Learn how to define your app’s voice and modulate your tone for every situation, from celebratory notifications to error messages. We’ll help you get specific about your app’s purpose and audience and practice writing in different tones.

What’s new in App Store Connect
Explore new features for discovery, testing, and marketing. Find out how to nominate your apps for featuring on the App Store, share exciting moments (like a version launch) with marketing assets generated for you, deep link to specific content in your app from custom product pages, use the latest enhancements to TestFlight, and more.

Bring your app’s core features to users with App Intents
Learn the principles of the App Intents framework, like intents, entities, and queries, and how you can harness them to expose your app’s most important functionality right where people need it most. Find out how to build deep integration between your app and the many system features built on top of App Intents, including Siri, controls and widgets, Apple Pencil, Shortcuts, the Action button, and more. Get tips on how to build your App Intents integrations efficiently to create the best experiences in every surface while still sharing code and core functionality.
