I've been seeing posts in these forums and on the Internet about how to reserve an app name in the iOS App Store, but they don't specify clearly what threshold I need to get to in the submission process, or the posts are years old, so I regard them with a grain a salt.
I've got an upcoming iPhone app that I'd like to reserve the name for. What's the minimum required to hold the name until I get it to a production-ready state? For example, I tried creating an app in App Store Connect via just the plus button ➕ and typed in a name and Saved. I arbitrarily did that on a 'test app' using the name "Yelp", which is clearly already in use, and it still Saved without errors, so clearly, that's not enough.
Before I run my own experiments with this test app, wondering if anyone knows how the name is actually reserved? For example, if I create this app, then upload a binary that successfully passes Validation, is that sufficient?? Or do I need to Submit for Review and wait until it passes and enters Pending Developer Release??
Thanks!