Itunes Connect App transfer - ios

You can only transfer
apps that aren’t using Passbook IDs, certificates, or notifications.
Everytime when I try to transfer my app, I get the above message in iTunesConnect.
I have not used any passbook ID , certificate or notifications in my app.
Any help or suggestion

Honestly, the easiest way if you run into problems to call up iTunes Connect telephone support. Someone can help you do it over the phone.
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Check the app settings in apple developer. While you might not actually coded anything, you might have ticked the wrong box when you set the profile. If you did, that's might explain it.
An alternative, which you'll need to check with apple (sorry), would be to rename the app. Once done, then you might be allowed to use the name in the new entity.
If the app has been submitted for app store review, or if you have released it in the past, you might need to submit another copy in the new name. If/when approved, the old name, at least in theory, should become 'available'. Then, change the code signing, and submit via the new entity.
Good luck!

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Private set of users for iOS App

I would like to create an iOS App for a limited set of people.
It should be possible to download the app for free from App Store, but in order to use it
the idea is that you are required to be a member of the organization, which in this case is a local sports organization.
To solve the problem I thought of giving away activation keys to members that can be entered when they create an account, and therefore only members will be using the app.
Will the app be rejected by App Store? If so, is it possible to go around this in some away?
Thanks.
No you will not be rejected by the App Store.
During the review you will only need to give the access to demo account.
Your app will be available to anyone but you are free to give the credential to any person you want.
edit
Fyi I have such apps. The AppStore only block 'discriminating' app based on carrier or location (you can choose the countries anyway), but you are perfectly in the rules if you give access only to your clients...
edit edit
2.22 like I said is against arbitrary criterias, not linked to the login mechanism
for 11.1 and so on, I understand the point, but in my case (and I think yours) there is no problem if
you sell your service before, the app is just complimentary
you dont sell anything within the app
you dont charge for the app itself or anything within the app, you charge only the use of the server/back office/whatsoever
I guess that Apple dont care, they just don't want to bypass the applestore but I dont think that it is your case.
You should try Enterprise distribution for such purpose.
Yes your app may be rejected. Check the App Store Review Guidelines. In 2.2 it says
Apps that arbitrarily restrict which users may use the App, such as by location or carrier, may be rejected
There are different alternatives.
You can opt in for the Apple Developer Enterprise Program, this'll cost you 300$ a year and requires you to be a legal entity.
If you want to test it with a limited number of people (<1000) try looking into Testflight it was bought by Apple and is deeply integrated in the development process.
No, there will not. You need to to give some demo account info as test data to review while submitting to app store in the iTunes Connect portal.
Demo use case(worked for me): Implementation is like, there need some userid/unique pin to the registered account holders to start the application. At the time they input this pin, authenticate the user with our server and give the permission to let in to the app.
Otherwise you need to go for enterprise distribution. Find more about enterprise distribution here.

VPP account - will the user see a badge on the app store if an update is available?

If we distribute an app through an VPP account (Volume Purchase), will the user also get a badge on the AppStore Dashboard icon, if an update is available (like with the 'normal' user accounts?)
There is a comparison table of the VPP features for the three possible distribution paths "MDM User Assignment", "MDM Device Assignment" and "Redemption codes".
The way I understand the table is that automatic updates through the App Store are available if you distribute via redemption codes OR assign the app via MDM directly to the user / Apple ID.
Only if you assign it via MDM directly to a device (no Apple ID required), it will not have a connection to the store and therefore not provide any automatic updates. However, if you have the MDM in place, you push updates through that anyway.
Yes! After about a day — I’m not sure whether it was closer to 24 or 36 hours — every user either got auto-updated or got the badge. It just took a lot longer than you’d think. Thanks for asking — I got the email letting me know to respond or I wouldn’t have remembered to.

Apple App Store - bypass listed purchase price?

Is there a way to offer a purchase free of charge for in-app purchases? I'd like to give a free download as a promotional item and not charge the normal price that is listed in iTunes.
You have to code for this in your app. In my app all purchases are registered on parse.com and sync'd between user's devices. I can add a purchase to the class on parse.com for a user and then they get the IAP for free when the data sync's to their device.
Apple don't have any mechanism for this like they do with app purchases unfortunately. The best way I've found is a custom URL scheme, so you can generated a code/string of your custom URL type ://myApp/123456promoCodeFooBar12999 etc, then your app, in response can connect to your server and check this code off against your database (confirming that it has not been used before, and can't be used again on a diff device) before unlocking the feature. This circumvents needing to get UUID's off people etc (which you can't do in code anymore to check against anyway), you just need an email address, send link, user clicks in it, your app opens and away you go :)
edit addition 28 Feb 2014..
an alternate approach might be to submit an separate paid version of the application in which all upgrades are unlocked because they are paid for upfront at purchase time. You may choose to keep this off the iTunes shelf but occasionally put it up, perhaps at a prohibitively high price, $1000 etc, because you can get the normal promo codes off Apple for this one to give to journalists etc, just explain what you are doing to them in your cover letter and I'm sure they'll be more than happy to play ball

change ownership of Personal Apple Developer account

I hope somebody can help here, its an ongoing issue with no obvious solution.
The background
I created my own personal apple developer account back in 2010 to tinker about with iOS development. The company I worked for at that time asked me to write an app as a test to see if we could a) write an app and b) sell it. It so happens both cases were true and the app has flourished into a successful venture.
The issue:
I am leaving this company and we are trying to figure out how I can give them this app, they did after all still pay a salary while I was making the app so I consider it their app really only its tied to me and my personal developer license. I currently forward any funds it makes to them each month.
We contacted Apple and they suggested the company i work for set up a company developer account and then ask for an app transfer. This sounded great and we started the process but then it occurred to me that re-signing the app under a different developer license would effectively kill the existing app on the store. All our ratings would be wiped (and there are quite a few) which is unacceptable. The ratings of an App are extremely important to its success on the store. Apple confirmed that the ratings and reviews do not get transferred across. We stopped.
So, here I am at this block again.
The company I work for even suggested buying my personal account off me so they can run it themselves but I am worried about this, it seems fraudulent as I am the one responsible for contracts on that account and any issue would come back to me. THey wouldn't be able to change the owner "name" on the account either from what I have read.
Any suggestions how we can resolve this?
Thanks
Geoff
it occurred to me that re-signing the app under a different developer license would effectively kill the existing app on the store.
This is false. As long as you transfer the app like Apple suggests (you need to contact them for this), the company just needs to submit a new version from their account and it will work. You don't lose your ratings, nothing. It all gets transferred to the new account including the iTunes Connect side of things. They can sign it with a different certificate and submit. As long as the app ID is the same as before (which it will be), there is no problem.
It sounds like you have old or inaccurate information, because I know somebody who did a transfer like this, and they kept all the ratings etc.
I have faced this same issue, after contacting apple several times, we concluded that there was not other choice, so we removed the app and re uploaded it a gain on the other account
Not only the rating has been wiped, but also users with old app will not be able to update it when you push a new version to the app store
Its a very tough decision, but we had no other choice

When a developer changes an app name, does the old one become available?

I've written an iOS app and would love to name it "X", but that name is taken. The existing app isn't very popular, and the author is willing to rename it for a fee. Suppose we agree to do this, does the old name become instantly available to everyone, or does Apple hold it as unavailable for some time, perhaps forever?
If the old name is locked forever does Apple allow me to just buy out his entire app (he is willing), and then publish completely different content using the same name and app id? We might need to change the category as well.
Yes. I've done this a couple times. I used to own an app called Note To Self. Someone made me an offer to rename it in exchange for a nice payment. (In case you're curious, he offered me more money than I would've made in 1 year for the app. So of course I was interested in the offer!) I took down my app, and the name was instantly available. The other developer was able to register it right away while we were on the phone. (He was already logged into iTunes Connect and had the name typed out. All he had to do was press the "Continue" button once I renamed or deactivated my app).
I've done this a few times when trying to brainstorm names for my other apps as well - simply renaming an app makes the old name available instantly for anyone else.
Note: The name we're talking about is what's shown in iTunes Connect, which is what users would see in the App Store. What you name your app in the iOS Developer Center's Provisioning tool has no significance.
For anyone reading this, please don't misuse this flexibility by squatting on names which you don't intend to use.
Hope this helps.

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