How I Built an iPhone App and Published It on the App Store — With Kiro CLI as My Partner

Short summary

Developer with zero iOS experience built and shipped an AWS Security Quiz app on the App Store using Kiro CLI as an AI pair programmer. Overcame challenges like AdMob setup, ATT implementation, and App Store review, with Kiro CLI handling everything from React Native scaffolding to debugging environment issues. Extended app to 48 questions in Japanese and English with multilingual support.

• •Used AI CLI tool to build iOS app without prior Swift/iOS knowledge
• •Systematic workflow from requirements to App Store submission in ~half day of active development
• •AI tool solved technical challenges: AdMob configuration, App Store rejections, Xcode environment setup

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