What is a Template File?

Template file is a ZIP file (.zip) with a specific structure, contatining one, several, or all of descriptions, keywords, what's news, screenshots and previews for a single or multiple languages.

Structure of a Template File

Structure of a template file

At the root of the template file you have "description", "keyword", "whatsNew", "screenshot" and "preview" folders.

Description, Keyword and WhatsNew Folders

In these folders there are TXT files (.txt), named using language codes. In each TXT file a text is written in same language as the language code.

You have your English (U.S) description text, inside description folder, in en-US.txt.

Screenshot and Preview Folders

In these folders there are addional folders, named using language codes. In each language folder there are additional folders, named using device size codes.

en-US / APP_IPHONE_65 -> English (U.S) iPhone 6.5'' screenshots

en-US / IPHONE_65 -> English (U.S) iPhone 6.5'' previews

There are screenshots and previews in their respective device size folders for each language.

To use a template file, you don’t need to memorize or keep a copy of it forever.

For use cases that require a template file, StoreSyncer provides one for you to download. All you need to do is fill the template file with your texts and media elements, and that’s it.

Your template file is not always required to contain metadata on every field (description, keyword, what’s new, screenshots and previews) or for every language.

Depending on your use case, you can create a template file that contains only the “description” folder with just two language TXT files, for example.

Or, you can create a template file that includes both the “screenshot” and “keyword” folders, each with different language files.