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
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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