I have observed this a few times, if there is some offer or new ride option available, it reflects in the Uber iOS App directly. How they are able to make changes to the app directly, without pushing update to App Store?
They are using webviews and honestly you can set your code up on the backend to have "flags" to create UI changes on the front end without you updating the app.
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we published App on app store,and it is available to download
after some time we released update for that app,
we know that app has an update available to download
but on App store in upcoming automatic updates list, app store is showing all other apps other than our app.
Is there anything we missed here?
Do we need to change some setting on App store connect?
I am attaching Screen shots of what I am saying
this is Image of upcoming automatic update list
this is image of our app on app store
I am not used to Apple/IOS stuff, but tried to find solutions on google but had no luck with that.
Upcoming updates shows the apps that have opted-in for a 'phased rollout'. If you have opted to roll-out your update to all users at once, you will not see your app under the automatic update list.
I have an app that is currently live on the app store. I am trying to find a possibility if there could be a force update done for iOS app users without the apps versioning system.
Issue: In the Current app which iOS users use has a bug in the custom force update screen which we built, where the go to app store button doesn't work.
Is it possible to trigger force update for an iOS app any other means which could possibly direct the users to app store if the latest version is not installed?
We have built a versioning system in our which had a bug due to which iOS users where not able to redirect to app store correctly.
Looking for possible other ways of forcing update for iOS users who have the old versions of the app.
I got an email from Apple that apps now require iOS13 + storyboard for app launch screen for existing apps. (I do not use storyboard for main app functionality)
I have developed a couple swift1/swift2 based for schools a long time ago. (Still works well)
Can I somehow ditch the app store and then provide direct access or download for school pupils?
i.e. is there any way forward to simple keep the apps-as-they-are? Maybe limited download availability?
Or will I have to take plunge back into app-building?
The requirement of a Storyboard launch screen is only when you need to submit an app update. If you are not wanting to update your app any more, then it won’t stop working because of this new requirement.
Regarding distribution outside of the App Store, you could use Adhoc distribution which requires you to know the device ID’s of the devices you want to install it to.
I want to publish my app in AppStore and update that published app without Appstore!
I wand send new update directly from server to the app
You can do all the work server side.
For example you can do all your UI from the backend. Sending through JSON all the text, size, space, color, constraints etc... That way you can update your App without the AppStore. But it is a lot of work to implement in the first place.
Same logic can be applied for features within the App, you can disable or activate them from the server too.
But all your App needs to be build that way.
I can't see an other alternative to "update" the App without the Appstore.
It really depends on what kind of update you want to achieve.
If it's a Binary Update you should use the App Store, if it's a config update, you can use Firebase Remote Config.
I've seen solutions like AppHub that allow changes to an already-published iOS App without submitting an updated version to the App Store but as far as I know it doesn't support Xcode. Are there any others that are similar to AppHub that support AppCode and Swift?
My reason behind this is that I am making an app for my school and don't like using WebView. There is an announcements tab that needs to be updated daily but to submit an update to the App Store takes a couple of days.
If you are adding daily news to your app, putting a new version on the App Store every day is definitely not the way to go. Look into a backend service like Firebase or AWS to deliver content updates without the need for the user to update the app daily to see them.