Idea to App Store
The Complete AI Coding Build Guide
Two months of work, and genuinely the most complete guide you'll need to build your first mobile app with AI.
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Learn how to build a mobile app with AI coding — in particular, Claude Code — from idea all the way to launching on the App Store. This guide takes you through every stage of shipping an app.
The path
What’s inside
Step-by-step instructions, with the exact prompts and commands
A full case study to follow along with, start to finish
The gotchas that cost me time and money on my own app
Detailed breakdowns of every tool in the stack, and why
The App Store launch process, written out properly
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Full contents
Introduction
- Tech Stack Overview
- Pre-requisites (Account creations, installations, etc.)
- How To Work With an AI Coding Agent
- How To Write Prompts for Code
- How To Write Prompts for Debugging
- Claude Code Controls/Shortcuts
- GitHub Version Control
Ideation
- Looking For An Idea
- Grilling Your Idea with AI
- Idea Scoring
Validation
- How To Validate Your Idea
- Proven Methods To Validate Your Idea
Product Specification
- Product Requirements Document (PRD)
- CLAUDE.md
- Building A Plan with Your PRD
- Stress Testing Your PRD
Design
- AI-generated Design VS AI-assisted Design
- Designing a Design Language or System
- How To Prompt for UI Design
- Tools for Designing UI with AI
- Prompting for Accessibility and Critique
- Recognising AI Slop
Build
- AI Coding Stack
- AI Agent Workflow for Building
- Authentication
- Creating Xcode and Expo Projects
- Database Setup (Firebase)
- Data Modelling with AI
- Onboarding Flows
- Mobile App Notifications Setup
- Cost of Building an App
- Setting Up App Store Connect
- Setting Up Subscriptions with RevenueCat and StoreKit
Launch
- Testing on TestFlight
- Website, Privacy and Support
- Building and Submitting Builds with EAS
- App Store Listing
- App Screenshots
- App Review Walkthrough and Tips
- Handling App Review Rejections
- How To Ship App Updates
Post-launch Analytics
- Analytics with PostHog
- What To Track in Your App
Extras
- Master Checklist
- Troubleshooting Index
- Prompt Libraries
- Important Keywords to Understand
I’m not a guru who’ll make you $10k a month. I built and shipped one app, made every mistake along the way, and wrote all of it down — the prompts, the tools, the App Store process, and the things that cost me time and money. If that’s useful to you, it’s yours.
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