Is dynamic language change in iOS app allowed? Normally the language is set basing on the device's language. But if I add settings in my app that would allow changing the language without changing the language of the device, will my app be rejected by Apple?
Many apps (mostly games) does it. Your app shouldn't get rejected, but it's not so welcomed by the users. It's generally much better to have the language setting handled by the system. It's much more convenient for the end user. I was trying to find anything in Apple Guidelines but didn't notice anything interesting on the topic.
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My iOS app is based on WebView.
I want to register this app to app store.
After submit, I can see this message from support team.
Hello,Thank you for your patience.
Regarding 4.2.0, your app provides a limited user experience as it is not sufficiently different from a mobile website. Specifically, your app does not contain any native iOS features within the app.
To resolve this issue, it would be appropriate to revise your app to provide a more robust user experience by including additional native iOS functionality..
We look forward to reviewing your resubmitted app."
How can I upload my app to app store?
My app is just to show only website on iOS webview. Just a simple app.
Please help me with this problem.
You can't.
I know this isn't the answer you were hoping for, but unless you change your app to significantly use some native iOS features, Apple will continue to decline your app. This is to ensure a minimum level of quality in the apps available. Due to this regulation, WebView-centric apps will not be accepted on the store. Please have a read on the guidelines to help you understand
If you really want to get it up on the store, you will have to add features. Otherwise, there are alternative distribution solutions that don't require publishing to the App store, but more often than not they are for businesses & in-house deployment.
I am planning on using DeviceCheckor indentifierForVendor to ensure that the same device is not being used to redeem multiple times the same gift (free money for example sake) offered to new users. I am wondering however, if it is possible to trick this system on a jailbroken device? Or using a custom simulator or a botnet (do iOS botnets exist?)?
I haven't tried it myself, but I think it is possible to change the bundle identifier, resign the app and side load it to your device.
This will change the change the identifier for both DeviceCheck and indentifierForVendor.
Now, for this to really affect you, the user needs to get a hold of the ipa. Which is getting increasingly difficult with the newer versions of iOS.
If you are interested in trying what I've discussed, refer to this link.
https://coderwall.com/p/qwqpnw/resign-ipa-with-new-cfbundleidentifier-and-certificate
And probably AirSign (much easier). Its a paid app for the Mac. https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/51845/airsign
I want my app to make urgent security updates without going through Apple's review process. I am not trying to do this for all my updates, or circumvent Apple's reasonable review requirements. All it would have to do is push a .swift file to the client, which would be accessed somewhere in the app.
I definitely know there is a way to do it in JavaScript, as I already made a mechanism of the same type in a React Native. I used this approach, but I don't think there is an equivalent for iOS from what I've heard.
There definitely is a solution, as I've heard many devs doing this (for less, um... valid reasons) but I can't find it.
You cannot do this, for both technical and policy reasons. Apple expressly forbids you from delivering new code to your apps's outside of the app store process.
The other part of it is that your apps run compiled object code, not source code. Aside from the iPad Swift playgrounds app, there is no Swift compiler on the user's devices.
Javascript is a horse of a different color. That's an interpreted language, and is designed to be delivered and run dynamically.
I want to publish my iPhone App in both Japanese and Chinese languages. I have localized the content to the respective languages. However, the app metadata description and iAP descriptions are still in English. Will my app be approved?
Yes, of course! Why wouldn't Apple approve it? There's no regulation against not localizing your app.
However, you should keep in mind that customers see the app description and metadata before they see your app. So, chances are if a customer sees your app description is not localized, they aren't going to bother downloading it to see if it's localized.
Also, a good point from #SlyRaskal:
Localization is a choice of the developer, what verbiage you choose to include in your app is your choice, not theirs. Just my 2 cents. You could also check if there are apps that you know are localized to these same languages that don't have their app descriptions localized.
We currently have an English app on the AppStore and have decided to support another language. But I'm not sure where to start.
How should the app content be created to be able to support this? Should I just create two separate applications in their respective language and submit them both to the AppStore? Or do I have to create one app with some kind of mechanism that translates on the fly??
I somehow don't think that flooding the AppStore with multiple versions of my app would be the way to go (at least in the eyes of the Apple Review team).
Any ideas?
The usual way is to use the localization of iOS. You should not upload different apps!
See this link for a tutorial: How to localize an iPhone app