Program Overview

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Program Overview

The Intel AppUp(SM) developer program provides you with everything you need to easily develop and sell applications for Intel® processor-based products starting with netbooks, Ultrabooks™ and PCs, then eventually supporting tablets, smartphones, consumer electronics and more. Program features include: easy to use tools-including an SDK, easy deployment and validation, Revenue and marketing opportunities, Component Catalog to buy and sell application components in addition to a vibrant online community for support.

This site is dedicated to helping developers find the information they need to be successful in the Intel AppUp(SM) developer program. Here you will find an overview of all the resources available to get you on your way.

Program

Get a free ID to participate in the community and for access to development resources. Join as a member of the program for an annual $99 (free for a limited time) fee and receive unlimited access to distribute your applications and components for a year. You will join as a member by providing information on your organization. If you don't have an organization, create a unique name you will use as an organization.

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Free

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Program Member

$99/year

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Download developer tools & resources
Participate in Blogs
Browse forums
Participate in forums
Download components
Rate and Review Components
Download SDK
Earn Reputation Points
Get Support
Submit Components to the Component Catalog
Submit Applications to the App Store

Submission/Validation process

The first step in submitting your applications and components is joining the program. Once you have joined the program, you will be able to submit applications and components using “My Dashboard”, which will walk you through by providing all the required information. You can save and edit your submission up until the point where you submit for validation.

During validation, we check that your application or component meets all the requirements of the program's validation guidelines. We let you know when it passes validation, or if there are issues to keep it from being published.

Community

The community is a wealth of knowledge in the active community resources. Intel program managers are posting new articles and blogs, and participating in forums regularly to answer questions and provide information. Learn about new developments in the articles and blogs, and ask and answer questions in the forums.

Developer Challenge

The Intel AppUp(SM) developer challenge rewards the creators of apps that deliver the most creative and engaging experiences for netbooks, Ultrabooks™, PCs, and beyond.

Forums

SDK Forum helps you implement the SDK to make your applications store-ready.

Support Forum allows developers of all expertise levels to share questions, answers, tips and tricks. Our Support Team actively monitors and answers questions, so solutions are never far from your fingertips.

Intel AppUp developer challenge forum brings together developers with consumers, enthusiasts, and entrepreneurs to form teams to participate in the challenge. Enter your need and personal information, and others may locate you and send you messages, so you can find the perfect team to work on your applications for the challenge.

Developer Resources

There are numerous resources available to learn about developing for the Intel AppUpSM Developer Program. Get familiar with common issues in the FAQs. Sample applications with implementation guides will walk you through creating an application from start to finish. The Component Catalog brings you pre-built components that help you complete applications faster.

Software Development Kit

The Intel AppUp™ Software Development Kit (SDK) provides value added APIs to the applications to work with the Intel AppUpSM Developer Program processes and infrastructure. The SDK is available for Windows* Native (C/C++), .NET*, Java* and MeeGo* and provides authorization, crash reporting & debugging capabilities. Additional capabilities like In-App Unlocking, In-App Upgrade and Consumer Identity Service are available in the Windows Native SDK. Though integrating the SDK is optional for all apps and may not be done for open source apps, developers are strongly encouraged to use it within applications to prevent unauthorized downloads of their applications outside of AppUp center.

Applications

Users purchase applications from the Intel App store and other app stores. You can develop applications from scratch or integrate components from the Component Catalog and share revenue with the component developer. Manage your applications in your dashboard.

Components

Developers downloads components from the Intel Component Catalog. As a component developer, you set your revenue share percentage an application developer pays you for using your component. As an application developer, you may integrate components and negotiate the revenue share price with the component developer.

Account Center

Manage your Intel AppUpSM Developer Program account to keep your profile current, check messages, update and manage your organizations and members, and view your community reputation.

Development Center

Submit and manage your applications and components, view your monthly earnings in Financial Reports, and monitor your application performance and issues through Crash Reports.

Quick Starts

The Intel AppUpSM Developer Program makes it easy for you to add applications, components, organizations, and organization members.