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New App: Share and Upvote WordPress Community Content

The new Capital P Dangit app by AppPresser is live on the app stores. Download it (links below) to find the best content from around the WordPress community. Share, upvote, and even submit your articles in a user friendly mobile app. This app was built with AppPresser just for fun. Here are some of the…

Apple In App Purchase Fees Cut in Half

Apple recently announced that they will be dropping their commissions on in app purchases to 15% starting January 1st, 2021. The fees will be reduced for anyone making under $1 million per year, which they classify as Small Businesses. From Apple’s announcement: Existing developers who made up to $1 million in 2020 for all of…

New! Apple and Google Login

You can now allow your app users to easily login to your app with their Apple and Google accounts. (not available on all plans) With this feature enabled, your app users will be shown the standard email/password login, as well as buttons for Apple and Google Sign on. When they click one of the buttons,…

New! App Page Builder

Our new App Page Builder lets you create pages for your app easier than ever. Create custom page layouts Drag and drop components visually See changes right away, less rebuilding! No code required This is a huge improvement for creating custom pages in your apps, it’s faster and more intuitive. Create Custom Page Layouts Using…

Featured App: Wen Zhao Member App

The Wen Zhao Tan Gu Lun Jin Member App “facilitates members to read the content of this website and leave messages on mobile devices such as mobile phones, and to receive timely notifications of new program releases.” It is the mobile companion to 『文昭談古論今』 (Wen Zhao Tan Gu Lun Jin), a Mandarin language commentary program…

Updates – Logins, Camera, and Email Notifications

This month we made some significant updates to AppPresser apps, here is a log of the important changes. September stats just for fun: > 75 code commits > 1700 email replies > dozens of bugs squashed Login Updates By default the WordPress login token (JWT) expires after 7 days. An expired token causes problems with…

New! Podcasting and Media Player Improvements

This month we made some big improvements to our media and podcasting features. Speed and Looping Now you can listen to podcasts (or any audio) faster or slower with our new speed adjustments. With the click of a button, listen at 1.5x, 2x, or .5x. The new loop button allows you to loop a single…

Version 3 Deprecation

AppPresser version 3 is now deprecated. That means we are no longer adding new features or bug fixes, any customers on v3 who wish to continue building apps should upgrade to AppPresser 4. Anyone who purchased after March 2020 or who already upgraded can ignore this article. Why It was not our intention to deprecate…

PhoneGap Build is Dead. Here are some alternatives.

PhoneGap Build, the cloud build service for hybrid Cordova and Ionic apps, will be discontinued later this year. The team at PhoneGap has been neglecting this service for a long time, so it’s not much of a surprise. Here at AppPresser we used their service in the past, and in this article we’ll talk about…

Featured App: Southend Dog Training

Pulling on the lead, barking at the door, a new puppy that will not settle: every dog owner hits a moment when they need help right away, not at next week’s class. Southend Dog Training built its app for those moments. “Join us in our mission to become the world’s most popular dog trainer,” it…

Featured App: Penn Manor School District

The Penn Manor School District app is the “official app for the Penn Manor School District in Lancaster, PA.” From a single home screen of large buttons, families can check alerts, athletics, the calendar, district news, school menus and more. It is built with AppPresser on top of the district’s WordPress website. In this featured…

July Product Updates

This month we’ve been working hard fixing bugs and helping customers. Here are some of the recent product updates we’ve released. New HTML Validator One issue that was coming up a lot was broken builds due to invalid custom HTML. For example, if you forgot a closing tag or added an extra double quote, your…

In App Purchases and other product updates

Things have been very busy around here, support got pretty crazy due to the pandemic, but we are finally able to come up for air. We have some exciting updates for you this month. In App Purchases In app purchases got a total rewrite to make signups and cancellations more reliable, and make debugging easier.…

Featured App: Open Door Presbyterian Church (ODPC)

The official Open Door Presbyterian Church app “provides a easy and simple access to ODPC sermons, news, live broadcastings and useful resources anywhere in the world.” For a large Korean American congregation in Northern Virginia, that means sermons, worship music and Bible teaching travel with members wherever they go. Open Door Presbyterian Church (열린문장로교회), known…

Should You Pay a Monthly or Yearly Fee for a Mobile App?

Recently a customer emailed me and said he was thinking about buying our product, but a developer approached him and said he could build an app with no monthly fee. Why should he pay us a monthly (or yearly) fee? After all, the app is done, why keep paying? Monthly fees are no fun, I…

Create a Mobile App For Your WordPress Membership Site

If you use a WordPress membership plugin like Memberpress, Restrict Content, Paid Memberships Pro, WooCommerce Memberships, and almost any other, you can build a mobile app for iOS and Android using AppPresser. (Updated for AppPresser 4) AppPresser has a more robust and customizable WordPress membership app builder than any other platform. Here are some things…

AppPresser 4 is here!

We are excited to announce that AppPresser 4 is now available. All new customers will be on version 4, and existing customers can migrate based on availability. You can purchase today and get a special launch discount by heading over to our pricing page. What’s New in AppPresser 4? We rewrote almost everything to create…

WordCamp Miami 2020

Clever Ways To Help Automate Content Creation With WordPress! I had the pleasure of speaking at WordCamp Miami on Saturday the 29th of February 2020 located at the Florida International University (FIU). WordCamp Miami is one of my favorite WordCamps for many reasons, great people, great content, great weather, but the organizers of the event…

Automated App Store Submissions with AppPresser 4

One of the biggest updates we made with AppPresser 4 was the backend app building. We moved away from PhoneGap Build to a more modern CI/CD system that allows for automated app store resubmissions. This is huge because app store submission is one of the hardest parts about building apps, especially for iOS. This move…

New Design in AppPresser 4

One of the biggest improvements in AppPresser 4 is the design. All of the UI components got a fresh new look on both iOS and Android. Some things you’ll notice: update iOS 13 design, more modern style everywhere, better skeleton loading screens, and more. All of our base UI, plus every starter template got re-worked…

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