Apple launches a dedicated mobile app for its developer community
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Apple launches a dedicated mobile app for its developer community
Apple today is introducing a new resource for the over 23 million registered members of its developer community, with the launch of a dedicated Apple Developer mobile app. The new app is an expansion on the existing WWDC app for Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference, which it will now replace. Instead of only including information about the developer event itself, the app will expand to include other relevant resources - like technical and design articles, developer news and updates, videos and more. It also will offer a way for developers to enroll in the Apple Developer program and maintain their membership.
Today, developer information is spread out across Apple's website, and elsewhere. It even arrives in developers' inbox in the form of email updates from various product teams. Now it will be available in a single, streamlined mobile app experience.
At launch, the Apple Developer app may not have everything you could otherwise find on Apple's Developer website, but its offerings will grow over time. For example, today you'll find technical information and more than 600 videos, but you won't find things like the Apple Developer Forums or a way to connect a local Apple Developer program - like Apple's App Accelerators, Design Labs or Developer Academies.
Instead, the app's content is organized across four main sections: Discover, for finding developer information, news and updates; Videos, where you'll find the videos the WWDC app once hosted; WWDC, for event attendees; and Account, where developers can manage their account and program membership.
Apple's goal is to use the app to get relevant content in front of developers in a timely fashion and to point them to t