MoMo Ann Arbor – May 6th – iOS: In-App Purchase and Monetizing

MoMo Ann Arbor – May 6th – iOS: In-App Purchase and Monetizing

In March we covered In-App Purchase on Android. In May, Samir Tout of EMU will cover it on the iOS side.

Presentation Overview:

In early 2011, Samir released an educational app (iLearn Languages) that teaches people the alphabets of multiple languages, along with examples, games, & quizzes. In Mid-2012, Samir released an indie shoot’em up game, called Galactic Ninja. Then, in late 2012, he started working on a Lite version of that game using In-App Purchases (IAP). Samir will demo Galactic Ninja Lite, which he’s about to release as well as parts of iLearn Languages, which he plans to roll out with IAP by mid-summer. He will go through the key concepts that he utilized in his app and will point out some of the lessons-learned and pitfalls that he faced so to spread the benefit to the larger community.

Presenter Bio:
Samir is an associate professor in the Information Assurance program at Eastern Michigan University. He has close to 20 years of experience in the areas of software architecture, design, & development. He’s been an Apple developer since the end of 2007 and has published several apps on the App Store (Galactic Ninja, iLearn Languages, and I am Here C?). He also recently founded the Ann Arbor Raspberry Pi meetup group, which focuses on advanced projects using this credit-card sized computer. Samir also has several publications in various conferences/journals, is an avid researcher, and is a certified SANS GIAC-GREM (Reverse Engineering Malware).