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App Transfer Guide
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Written by Mark Robert Turner
Updated over 2 weeks ago

Apple Store Guide & Requirements

Before initiating an iOS app transfer to Lunchbox, please verify that the iOS app can be transferred. To do so, please review the following steps below.

Apple Criteria to Meet

Please review the following article to ensure your app and store have met the minimum criteria requirements:

Lunchbox Criteria to Meet

  • Confirm that no version of the app can use iCloud entitlement.

  • Confirm that no version of the app can use Passbook entitlement.

  • TestFlight Beta testing should be turned off for all Beta versions of the iOS app.

  • Sandboxed Mac apps that share the Application Group Container Directory with other Mac apps cannot be transferred.

Initiating the iOS App Transfer

Please follow the App Transfer documentation located here:


Google Play Store Guide & Requirements

Before initiating an Android app transfer to Lunchbox, please review the Android Documentation located here:

Initiating the Android App Transfer

  • Step One: Log in to the Google Play Store owner’s Gmail account.

  • Step Two: Find your Play Console Registration Transaction ID.

    • Step A: Navigate to your Activity Page

    • Step B: Find the purchase from “Google Play Apps” for “Developer Registration Fee” with a $25 fee.

      • Step C: From there, open the purchase and scroll down to copy the value for the Transaction ID.

        • The Transaction ID will be in one of the following forms:

          • 01234567890123456789.token.0123456789012345

          • OR AS 0.G.123456789012345

          • OR AS PDS.1234-5678-9012-3456

          • OR AS Registration-1234ab56-7c89-12d3-4567-8e91234567f8

  • Step Three: Navigate to the App Transfer Page.

  • Step Four: Complete the App Transfer form:

    • Full Name Field: Owner’s Full Name

    • Transaction ID Field: Add this in from Step Two

    • Target Account Email Address Field: [email protected]

    • Order ID Field: PDS.8000-5420-8815-15720

      • This is for the target Play Console account's registration

  • Step Five: Choose the Android app to transfer to Lunchbox.

  • Step Six: Click Submit

Important to Note

If your Android app had a previous version published, you would be required to send Lunchbox the Keystore File (typically a .keystore or .jks file), an alias, alias password, and keystore password (sometimes the same as the alias password) in order for us to publish an update.

FAQ

If I transfer my app(s) to Lunchbox, will I lose my access to my app account(s)?

No! Transferring your app(s) to Lunchbox does not remove your access to your app account(s). You will retain user access and retain access to all of your app data (reports, usage, analytics, etc.).

Will ‘Lunchbox’ show up anywhere on my app(s) that customers can see?

Since your app(s) will be built within the Lunchbox developer account, Lunchbox will be listed as the developer of your app(s). This is only visible on the Apple/Google Play store. This is not visible on the actual app.

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