Alternative Distribution Packages

Overview

App developers can get alternative distribution package IDs through the App Store Connect API by using Read an App Store version’s alternative distribution package. You can also get the IDs in App Store Connect, to learn more, see Get an alternative distribution package ID.

The alternative distribution package ID is valid for distributing a marketplace app, an app on an alternative marketplace, or through web distribution. To learn more about creating alternative distribution packages, see Creating alternative distribution packages.

To learn more about ingesting alternative distribution packages as a marketplace, see Processing alternative app marketplace notifications.

Topics

Creating and reading distribution packages

• Creating alternative distribution packages
• Read alternative distribution package information
• Create an alternative distribution package
• Read an App Store version’s alternative distribution package
• Read version information for an alternative distribution package

Getting version information

• Read information for an alternative distribution package version
• Read version information for an alternative distribution package
• List deltas information
• List variants information
• List delta Ids
• List variant Ids information
• Read version Ids for an alternative distribution package

Getting delta information

• Read information for alternative distribution package deltas
• List deltas information

Getting variant information

• Read information for an alternative distribution package variants
• List variants information

Objects

• AlternativeDistributionPackage
• AlternativeDistributionPackageCreateRequest
• AlternativeDistributionPackageResponse
• AlternativeDistributionPackageVersion
• AlternativeDistributionPackageVersionResponse
• AlternativeDistributionPackageVersionsResponse
• AlternativeDistributionPackageDelta
• AlternativeDistributionPackageDeltaResponse
• AlternativeDistributionPackageDeltasResponse
• AlternativeDistributionPackageVariant
• AlternativeDistributionPackageVariantResponse
• AlternativeDistributionPackageVariantsResponse
• AlternativeDistributionPackageVersionDeltasLinkagesResponse
• AlternativeDistributionPackageVersionVariantsLinkagesResponse
• AlternativeDistributionPackageVersionsLinkagesResponse

See Also

Alternative Distribution Packages and Notifications

• Notifications