Crossover: 2014

Chapter 174 Shortcut Command APP Transfer
He Lin Hui previously predicted that the situation was good, and the sales of the professional model of the domestic version of the Nanfeng APP are indeed declining.

Yesterday, 408 copies of the professional model of the domestic version of Nanfeng APP were sold, but today the professional model sold only 343 copies.

As of now, 1500 copies of the professional model corresponding to the Linhui Domestic Nanfeng APP have been sold.

This achievement is already very good. If most domestic professional software can achieve this income, my country's software industry will have another pattern.

Looking at the user's purchase records, Lin Hui found something unusual.

林灰注意到南风APP國内版本对应的专业模式其中有两百份的购买时间都集中在6月24日上午11:01~11：30这段时间。

(⊙﹏⊙), what is the situation?
It should be difficult for such intensive downloads to occur for software that is not deliberately advertised after it goes online!

Could it be that these two hundred purchases are actually collective purchases?
But why don't you contact Lin Hui individually for collective purchasing?

Obviously you can get a better price that way.

Compared with the preferential price, at least it can save 50% more than their current purchase method.

Why is there such a willful purchase, or is the company waiting for Lin Hui to rebate directly?

Or is it because there are further requirements for the software that the original price is paid for the purchase?

But no matter which of these two approaches, you should take the initiative to contact Lin Hui.

What is the situation now, Lin Hui looked through various notifications including mailboxes and text messages.

It seems that there is no content seeking business cooperation.

So what's going on?

Or is it just that he was thinking too much, it was just a coincidence, not a collective purchase.

Maybe I can ask Huang Jing about this later.

Not only should I ask Huang Jing about this matter, it seems that Huang Jing should also be asked about the shortcuts (shortcut command) software.

Speaking of which, the change in income was expected by Lin Hui.

But there are also unexpected things. For example, why hasn’t the software Shortcuts passed the review after Lin Huijiang went online?
Lin Hui was in the process of logging into the Apple developer background to check the news.

It was unexpectedly discovered that the software SHORTCUTS is still under review.

Lin Hui launched this software in the morning, but it still hasn't passed the review?

This is simply outrageous.

Is the reason why the review took so long because of Lin Hui's coquettish operations on the functional structure of the software shorucuts?

Of course not, although the content/function of the software uploaded by Lin Hui this time is a secondary structure.

But this architecture is only for ordinary users.

If the application uploaded to the application store involves a multi-level structure, it must be provided to the reviewers in a version that can experience all functions.

Even for some games that slightly test the operation, an official "plug-in" that can speed pass + experience all game content has to be prepared for the reviewers.

This process is very fucked up, and many game modifiers are revealed through this link.

In short, it is unlikely that the reason why the platform officials have been reviewing for so long is because of Lin Hui's slapstick operations on software content.

Although it is common for an app to be uploaded to the app store for a few days or even more than a week to be officially released.

But Lin Hui has almost never encountered such a situation in the past.

In the past, no matter whether the applications uploaded by Lin Hui were "successfully passed the review" or "failed to pass the review", Lin Hui almost always knew the result immediately.

Why is it always "under review..."

Did you die before leaving the teacher directly?
Lin Hui didn't understand very much, so Lin Hui refreshed the developer background page again.

Ugh, "Under review..." suddenly became "Assessing..."

what's going on? "Assessing"?What to evaluate?
Lin Hui remembered that there was no such process when the app was launched in the app store in the previous life.

Could it be that this is a unique function of this time and space?
Not knowing why, Lin Hui began to search for the corresponding "Apple App Store App Review Guidelines" in this time and space.

To be honest, if the time in the previous life is also counted, this is the first time Lin Hui has checked this thing in about five or six years.

The soul browsed it, and it seems that there is no special requirement, and the review process is still the same.

The testing done in auditing is mainly to test whether the app will crash and whether there are errors.

Make sure all app information and metadata are complete, etc.

Compared with another time and space, it is basically a change of soup but not medicine.

After reading through the review guide, Lin Hui didn't find anything about "under evaluation...".

When Lin Hui didn't know why, Huang Jing called.

Huang Jing excitedly said: "Boss Lin, prepare a treat, you are going to get rich."

"Boss Lin"?What is this name? It seems that this is the first time someone called himself this after rebirth.

But that doesn't seem to be the point, getting rich?What are you making money for?

Lin Hui wondered, "How can I get rich?"

Huang Jing: "Haven't you seen it yet? Take a look at the software you made recently in the app store, it's [under evaluation] now!"

Lin Hui: "I saw it, but I just don't understand what's going on here?"

Huang Jing: "This means that the official is very interested in your software, and there is a high probability that this software may be acquired.

If this is the case, I feel that the shortcut command software you developed is likely to sell for more than 4000 million US dollars directly.

Of course congratulations on getting rich! "

Lin Hui: "Do you mean that Apple will directly acquire the 'shortcut command' software I uploaded earlier?"

Huang Jing: "The exact statement should be that if you also intend to sell the software, then Apple will most likely acquire the software you made the shortcut command.

After all, there is no reason to buy and sell by force..."

Lin Hui was a little surprised by the news Huang Jing revealed.

Although Lin Hui's application of shortcut commands is aimed at the goal of Apple's acquisition.

But Lin Hui originally thought that Apple would not evaluate the acquisition of this software until it was recognized by the market.

I didn't expect to be noticed by Apple after uploading this software to the app store.

According to Lin Hui's original idea, he planned to test the shortcut software before launching it officially. Now it seems that it doesn't need to be so troublesome.

Although it was unexpected for Apple to acquire shortcuts so soon, it is reasonable to think carefully.

In the previous life, Apple paid great attention to the shortcut command software, and acquired the previous life WORKFLOW of the shortcut command software together with the company and the application.

As for why Apple is interested in shortcuts, Lin Hui has already analyzed it before, and the software of shortcuts has unique value for Apple.

The shortcut command breaks through the sandbox limitation of iOS in form, which provides a new perspective for Apple's understanding of the system.

On the other hand, if the shortcut command software can be combined with Siri, it will greatly help Apple's VOICEOVER work in this area.

Not only does it help VOICEOVER, the combination of shortcut commands and Siri will greatly improve the human-computer interaction experience.

Of course, this improvement is only relative to the stupid Siri on iOS7.

Even if the combination of the current Siri and the shortcut commands of forest ash handling is achieved, the interaction effect will be improved a lot.

However, the improved interaction effect is incomparable with the human-computer interaction experience achieved by Siri + shortcut commands when Lin Hui just passed through in the previous life.

After all, software and hardware are a game of chess, and hardware support is often required to achieve good software performance.

Only powerful hardware supplemented by powerful software can bring users a good interactive experience.

Of course, many of the advancements related to the technical level can only be compared to enable users to obtain a better experience.

If there is no comparison, the user experience may not be much better if the technology with a higher level in the previous life is used.

The reason why Apple is eager to acquire the shortcut software before the 2014 WWDC Global Developers Conference should have another consideration.

That is to prepare to directly acquire the shortcut command software and then launch it together with the official version of iOS8 at the WWDC Global Developers Conference in the form of a system application.

As for how Lin Hui came to this judgment, Lin Hui remembers that it is different from the drastic application of flat design on iOS7.

Compared with iOS8, iOS7 has not changed much, although Apple has also added new functions such as continuous interoperability in iOS8.

However, it might give users the feeling that they are squeezing toothpaste, which is also true. Lin Hui remembers that the user update rate of iOS8 did not reach 47% within a few months of its release.

This is more or less a failure for a mobile phone system.

Apple should also know that their new system has not changed much compared to iOS7.

In this case, it is difficult not to arouse Apple's interest in such a refreshing application like shortcut commands.

And when it comes to shortcut commands, this software can easily achieve positive interaction with Siri.

Judging from the development of Siri in the previous life, although this thing has never been able to transform from the role of assistant to real intelligence.

But when it comes to Siri, Apple spares no effort to add tasteless functions to Siri in almost every iOS version.

It is hard to say no to Apple, a software that can be organically integrated with Siri, such as shortcut commands.

If this is the case, then the acquisition cycle is obviously tighter than Lin Hui imagined.

After all, there are only more than ten days before the WWDC Global Developers Conference.

However, this is not a big problem for Lin Hui. It is not a problem for Lin Hui to develop a shortcut instruction demo version suitable for the official version of iOS8.

For a developer in a previous life, the higher the iOS version, the more proficient he is in software development.

However, the premature version of iOS development always gives Lin Hui a feeling of renaissance.

If Apple really intends to launch the shortcut command application in mid-July, it will undoubtedly mean that Lin Hui has the right to raise the price.

It's not exactly a low price. Originally, the shortcut command software was a software that was ready to go online.

If it is directly acquired by Apple now, it will undoubtedly mean that Lin Huishao has earned a fortune from the market.

In this case, it seems reasonable for Apple to compensate for the loss.

Lin Hui originally wanted to ask Huang Jing some more details, but considering that Huang Jing had told him about this matter earlier, it was a bit of an exception.

Moreover, it seems that Huang Jing can't know the details of this kind of acquisition, which can easily cost tens of millions of dollars.

It is estimated that the so-called acquisition of 4000 million US dollars before is also Huang Jing's inference.

Lin Hui gave up and continued to ask about the purchase price, but Lin Hui was still quite curious about why Apple's side suddenly became interested in the software that Lin Hui made?

Could it be because he set up his own mechanism for internal testing on the shortcut command software that attracted Apple's attention?
In the next few years, the review involving the app store does clearly stipulate:

Software in the app store must not use its own mechanism to unlock content or functions, such as license keys, augmented reality markers, QR codes, etc. to restrict functions.

In the next few years, Lin Hui's previously conceived method of setting an additional password in the software to unlock all functions is undoubtedly very similar to adding an additional license key in the program.

Although this thing is obviously against the rules in the next few years, the current app store of this space-time does not impose additional corresponding restrictions on the license key.

The app store in this time and space only requires that "the software and its metadata in the app store must not contain buttons or external links to guide users to use non-in-app purchase item mechanisms to make purchases." Lin Hui's current practice obviously does not violate this principle. Require.

When it comes to shortcut commands, in addition to the non-malicious tricks in its own mechanism, there is nothing tricky about the content of the shortcut command software reproduced by Lin Hui.

Whether it's placeholder text, blank websites, or other temporary content that's removed before app submission, these kinds of low-level mistakes are largely avoided.

In fact, because he did not do less development in his previous life, Lin Hui has often unconsciously restrained himself with the stricter review requirements of his previous life.

Although there were quite a lot of Apple's audit requirements in the previous life, the Apple's audit requirements in 2014 were quite loose.

There are not many regulations related to software content at all.

But this is not entirely a good thing, so that many wonderful software can be put on the app store.

Later, Apple, who couldn't bear it anymore, directly wrote the corresponding requirements in the developer's notice [picture].

Of course, these are all things for later, and now Lin Hui thinks that it is not because he made a bug in the software that he caught Apple's attention.

Could it be because of the high price and Lin Hui's identity that Apple suddenly noticed this newly launched software?

It seems to be possible, but Lin Hui is not sure.

There is a reason why Apple has noticed the value of this software by exploring what it is?

If you can know the routine behind this, it will undoubtedly be of great help to Lin Hui's future software development.

In the future, if you develop any applications that you plan to sell to Apple, you can directly follow this path and get into Apple's sight every minute, which will save Lin Hui a lot of time.

Lin Hui expressed his confusion to Huang Jing.

Huang Jing explained: "After the developer uploads the application in the application store, the auditors will test the software. In the testing process, in addition to verifying whether the basic functions meet the developer's description, the tested software will also be tested. The fit test, which is done to select software that focuses on simplicity, elegance, innovation, and ease of use.

The Apple Fit Test is mainly scored from UI design, user experience and other aspects..."

(End of this chapter)