Game Center information appears in iTunes Connect at two levels: at the app level, you configure all the details for leaderboards and achievements. At the version level, you identify which leaderboards and achievements to associate with that version of the app. This section describes how to access the two configuration levels.
Note: Only iTunes Connect users with an Admin, Legal, or Technical role have access to Game Center features. For information on assigning user roles, see Setting Up an iTunes Connect User in iTunes Connect Developer Guide.
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Navigating to Your App’s Game Center Page
To get started using Game Center with your app, navigate to your app’s Game Center page, and if this is the first time through the process, enable your app for Game Center.
Sign in to iTunes Connect using your Apple ID user name and password.
Find the app in the list of apps or search for the app.
If you don't see the app you are looking for on the My Apps page, you can search for the app using a variety of criteria. In the Search box, enter the criteria you want to use to search for an app. The view starts filtering the list of apps as soon as you start typing:
Name. Enter the name or a portion of the name.
Apple ID. Enter the Apple ID of the app. This value must match exactly to return an app.
SKU. Enter the SKU of the app.
If no apps are listed, then the criteria you type match no apps.
In the Search Results, click on the name of an app to open the App Details page.
If the app has been enabled for Game Center previously, the Game Center page opens.
If this is the first time that this app has been configured for Game Center, you’re prompted to enable Game Center. Select one of these options:
Select “Enable for Single Game” if you’re configuring Game Center components specifically for this app.
Select “Enable for Group Games” if you want the Game Center components you configure to be used by more than one app.
The appropriate Game Center page opens.
From this page you can configure Game Center components: Leaderboards and Leaderboard Sets, Achievements, and Groups.
Enabling Game Center for Your App
You can enable your app for Game Center by going to the Game Center page. See To go to your app’s Game Center page in iTunes Connect.
From the Game Center page you configure all of the Game Center components used by your app. Enabling Game Center on this page allows this app to communicate with Game Center and adds Game Center metadata, as described in Game Center Properties, to the iTunes Connect record for the app.
To give your app access to configured components through Game Center, you also need to enable Game Center in the Game Center section on the Versions tab before you submit it for review.
Disabling Game Center for Apps
Up until a version of your app is approved, you can disable Game Center for an app. This action disables Game Center for all versions. To disable Game Center for a specific version of the app, see To disable a version of your app for Game Center.
Go to the Game Center page of your app, as described in Navigating to Your App’s Game Center Page.
In the Game Center section, click the toggle to disable Game Center.
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With the release of iOS 10, Apple's Game Center service no longer has its own dedicated application. Instead, actions like adding friends or inviting them to a game are handled by individual games themselves, routed through Apple's expanded Messages app.
With iOS 10 now available, games on the App Store have access to new tools for inviting friends to multiplayer games via the Messages app.
Titles that already use existing Game Center invitation APIs don't need to make any code changes for iOS 10. Messages-based invites are set to automatically replace the old method of inviting friends to play, and anyone can be invited via the Messages app and iCloud.
For example, a player sending an invite to play the popular title 'Doodle Jump' will provide a 'rich link' attachment in an iMessage to another iPhone user, with the option to add additional text to the message.
Invitations can be sent to players saved in a user's contacts, recent players who were seen online, or nearby players on a local network playing the same title. Players with legacy Game Center accounts will also receive notifications from Messages-based invites.
For users on iOS 10, once a Game Center invitation has been received in Messages, tapping on a rich link will take the user directly into the game. If they do not have that particular title installed, the link will instead open the game's listing on the iOS App Store.
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In addition to new ways of inviting players, Game Center has also added support for Apple Watch and watchOS 3.
Game Center management within apps has allowed Apple to get rid of the dedicated Game Center app starting with iOS 10. The multiplayer gaming network has had its own standalone app on iPhone and iPad since 2010.
Editor's note: This article was originally published in June following Apple's announcement of iOS 10 at WWDC 2016. It has been updated and republished to coincide with the mobile operating system's public release. For more on iOS 10, see AppleInsider's ongoing Inside iOS 10 series.
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