I am trying to develop an iOS app which can pull your Facebook videos. Very similar to this the Android app except the video download part. For this I need user_videos permission and for that my app should go through the app review process. Now they are asking for App Video and App runtime. I can give them but that has nothing but fb login screens with no videos. How should I proceed with this app?
EDIT:
I created a dummy app and submitted the runtime for it. Video here
Now as I dont have the user_video permission, I can only show placeholder videos (as shown in video). I explained my situation to them, and their reply was:
"Developers can configure a test user that has granted tokens for the requested permission. Please submit your app after you have incorporated the requested permission."
A test user is not allowed to get tagged or upload a video. And graph API also gives error in case I try to do that. How a test user can solve my problem here?
Facebook people are sometimes anxious to know if your app is not using any content that will violate facebook content policy. Just make a simple video of your two screens and they will approve the app in a short period.
Update
Following are the steps on facebook developer dashboard which will show you how to upload the video for review of your app.
Status and review -> Click on add notes in App detail section -> Enter the steps to be reproduced by facebook review team -> upload a screencast (Refer https://developers.facebook.com/docs/facebook-login/review/examples#screencast )
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It is my first tile that I try to send my app to app store review.
but i have received this message from apple team
"Provide a link to the video in the App Review Information section of your app’s page in App Store Connect and reply to this message. You can use a screen recorder to capture footage of your app in use. Note that if your app can only be reviewed with a demo video, you’ll need to provide an updated demo video for every app submission."
it is clear that i need to add a video preview of my app.
But i still confident how to provide this link?
And how to add this video i see in app store connect the field attachment it is the corresponding field?enter image description here
Upload the video to YouTube (or any hosting of your preference) as unlisted and share the link in the app review notes.
Did that with one of my apps and the review went smoothly.
I know that an app can be linked to directly from an URL so that when it is clicked on my phone, the AppStore app will open and guide me to the app in question but is it possible to link to the 'Featured' page (or better still the 'Redeem' page of AppStore from a link?
The scenario is I send a promo code for AppXYZ out in an email and the recipient can click that email link and be taken to (a) the AppStore app or (b) the AppStore app Redeem page passing the code through.
I know the link for something similar in iTunes but not AppStore. Can't seem to find any info other than links to specific apps (which I don't want).
iTunes: itmss://buy.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZFinance.woa/wa/freeProductCodeWizard?code=THE_CODE
Thanks in advance.
If you want to redeem a code on the App Store it nevertheless always goes through the link you provided, but correctly spelled:
itms://buy.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZFinance.woa/wa/freeProductCodeWizard?code=THE_CODE
It opens the iTunes app on iOS with the code filled in, the user still has to tap on redeem as it's still a transaction. If he does so, the app will automatically be downloaded (just tested it with the latest iOS version)
I tried to copy a couple of links from the desktop iTunes and checked, if they work on iOS, but the answer is no. E.g.:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/collection/editors-choice/id25204?fcId=531794418&mt=8
https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewRoom?fcId=1188885481&genreIdString=36&mediaTypeString=Mobile+Software+Applications
https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewRoom?fcId=554381198&genreIdString=36&mediaTypeString=Mobile+Software+Applications
(Also tried it with itms:// instead of https://)
I have developed an iOS app, which will control a hardware device. Apple was accepted my first version of app. When I upload my second version with in a week then they have rejected it and asking for login details. My problem is if I share the login details also they should have hardware to check the functionality. So please suggest me what to do
You can give them the required Login Credentials and also you can make a video of your app controlling hardware and upload it to some Website like youtube,dailymotion etc and share the link with them so that They can match your app login and other screens with the actual video
Hope it will helps you.
For an iOS app that doesn't exist yet in the App Store, what I should write for "Steps to Reproduce Your Action" when I am submitting the actions for the Facebook Open Graph Api ?
You can submit screenshots of the flow of your app as an acceptable alternative when you have a native mobile app such as this. Specifically, the screenshots should show how the action is triggered within the app and then what the story looks like on a user's Timeline.
Upload the screenshots to some URL and then explain and include the URL with your submission.
Source: spoke to team in Facebook responsible for approving actions.
The Open Graph "Submit for Approval" documentation page says that the team evaluating the Actions will follow our instructions to trigger them. Our iOS app uploads a document to our backend server, and then posts the action with the unique url that was just generated.
What's the best way to get our actions approved by Facebook, given that they can only be triggered from an iOS app that's not available in the app store yet?
The procedure is simple as stated on the comments.
Create a web app that simulates the same behavior used by the iOS
App to post to Open Graph.
Give that link to Facebook and explain them your case.
In my case a previous version of the app (that didn't use Open Graph API) was already published so I sent them a link to that App explaining that this is an additional feature.
I suggest in your case sending a video of the app if you don't have a previous version already published.