Welcome to the newest episode of Buildcast, Episode 5. This week, we share how we responded to the latest updates to iOS 9 and how we prepped for our public beta launch. We try to establish whether building features for the new iOS 9 (Core spotlight and Health integration) is a "need to have" or a "want to have". We also share how we designed for permission prompts, instructed our beta testers to setup TestFlight and used social media to build a community around our product.

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