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Ship a mobile app

A ready-made journey for anyone who wants to ship a mobile app: 8 steps, about 6.6 hours in all, in an order that works — work steps of 30 minutes or less, with real-world sessions kept whole.

Opens in Nextep with a two-minute first step lit. Free, and no account needed to begin.

When it's useful

When you have decided to ship a mobile app but the first move is fuzzy. Nextep shows one step at a time, keeps the rest in order, and never calls anything overdue — a day that slips simply becomes today.

The steps

1. 1Write the one thing the app must do20 min
2. 2Sketch the three core screens45 min
3. 3Set up the project and run it on a device60 min
4. 4Build the main screen with fake data60 min
5. 5Wire up real data60 min
6. 6Test on a real phone with someone else holding it45 min
7. 7Prepare store listing, icon and screenshots60 min
8. 8Submit for review45 min

Work steps over 30 minutes are split into parts when you start, so they fit somewhere in a day; sessions — a run, an appointment, a call — stay whole.