Creator of one of UK's most successful Apple Apps shares story on how it was created 10 years on
A self-taught Apple app developer is hoping to use his experience of perseverance and trying over and over until creating a successful Apple app.
Andy Weekes, from Birmingham, had no experience creating any Apple apps or software development, but as a music teacher he had an interest in Apple technology and more specifically music technology.
When Apple co-founder Steve Jobs announced the first-ever iPhone in 2008, the Apple App Store also came along with it, which offered a developer kit for which people could learn to develop their own Apple apps.
Andy began to learn how to develop Apple Apps, and it wasn't after creating 33 apps, he created Night Sky, which went onto become the number one Apple App on Apple's App Store in the UK.
The app uses AR (augmented reality) to point out planets, constellations and satellites when users point their iPhones skywards, educating users without detracting from the natural beauty of the stars
Sharing about his journey to where he is today, as Night Sky is now 10 years old, Any told the Express & Star: "Due to my teaching career, I was already an Apple Mac enthusiast as they were used heavily in Music Technology. In 2008 one of my biggest idols, Steve Jobs, announced the iPhone App Store, something I had been anticipating for over a year before launch.
