New Partner Glossary

API: (Application Program Interface): APIs allow us to integrate the functionalities of other apps or software with our software. For example, the YouTube API allows us to display and play videos.

APK: (Android Application Package): The file you’ll receive when you publish for Android. This file needs to be uploaded to the Google Play Store to make the app live in the store or to update the live app.

App/Site Design Service: Option for partners who want their app or Eazi-Sites Website designed by our design team for a fee. This is an excellent resource for people in the early stages of the Reseller program who need to focus on sales. You MUST have a website to build the app off of. Check out the articles below for more information on app and website designs.

Apple Developer Program: Apple’s developer program that all partners MUST be signed up for in order to publish their apps in the iTunes Connect store. There is a $99 annual fee for this account. See this article for more information.

App Rejection: When an app store deems that an app is not within their guidelines and does not allow it to be live in the app store. Check out this article for guidelines and fixes.

CMS (Content Management System): Another term for our Eazi-Apps platform, and any other system, that allows content organisation & publishing.

Developer Account: Where apps are uploaded. Partners must have their own Apple & Android Developer accounts to publish their apps. Each has a subscription fee—Apple is $99/yr. and Android is a one-time fee of $25.

Features: A specific feature available in our apps. You can build your app by adding a variety of functional features.

Google Developer: The account in which all your Android apps are hosted. Partners are responsible for managing their own Google Developer accounts and for all Android uploads and updates. See here for account overview and set up.

Google Play Store: The site where app users can search and download their Android apps.

iOS: The operating system used for all iOS mobile products.

iTunes Connect: The website where our upload team submits apps to Apple for the iTunes store. This is also where partners can check their app upload status and iOS app download analytics.

iTunes Store: The site where app users can search and download their iOS apps.

Native Functionality: A feature that was developed using native code for both iOS and Android, as opposed to being a web-based feature. See here for info on which apps utilise native functionality.

OS: Operating System (generally used in reference to Android products).

Preview App: App solely developed for previewing other apps.

Publish: The act of taking your app from demo to live. When partners publish their apps, we receive an upload request. We upload iOS apps, whereas partners upload their own Android apps. Web Apps are instantly live once published. It takes 1-3 weeks for an iOS app to go live (3-5 business days for us to upload and 5-14 days for Apple to review it). It only takes about 24-48 hours for the Android app to go live after it’s uploaded to Google Developer.

Push Notifications: Pop-up messages sent via apps, received in the user's notification centre. Ours have options like linked tabs & URLs, templates, geo-fencing, subscription, grouping, and scheduling.

Rebranding: Removal of a company’s logo, name, and documented connection to a product.

Republish: Publishing an app that has already been published. This is done when a client wants the app to use new source code or makes changes to the Publish step in the dashboard. Check out this article for more information about when it's necessary to republish, and this article for instructions on republishing your Android app.

Source Code: An app’s source code is the code on which it operates. We update the source code regularly to add features and improvements. You must update your apps to access the new source code and its features.

Subdomain: URLs that have a prefix before the domain name, like login.eazi-apps.com. Our partners set up subdomains, which act as their login page for their client panels. Users input their credentials to access it. Find set up instructions here.

Update: Updating apps is the same process as the initial publish. You republish the app in order to update the source code. You need to update for changes in the metadata (publish step) and to access new features on updated source codes.

Upload: The process of uploading apps to be published to the app stores. We will upload your iOS apps for you and you will upload your Android apps. See here for the upload terms and conditions, and here for info on the upload approval process.