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We've made an application that embeds some web content, which has been approved before. Recently Apple has begun rejecting these app's stating that they're plain content-aggregators and that they lack native functionality, even though they have native functionality such as push notifications and reachability checks.
We now considered splitting the web views up and make a native UITabBar.
The question now is—does any of you have any experience whether or not this sort of app would be approved?
I think it will also depend on the reviewer. I once got an application accepted, and the update wasn't accepted because I did not gave an access account (although when I first submitted, the reviewer, did created one to test). Try adding the UITabBar so you can have a more native look, but perhaps, they do have a check a list, at least as a guide line to see if an application does have a native look.
they're plain content-aggregators and that they lack native
functionality
By this apple means that if you can easily show your data using a mobile website then don't create a native app for this.
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Apps that are not very useful, are simply web sites bundled as apps, or do not provide any lasting entertainment value may be rejected
see here - https://developer.apple.com/appstore/resources/approval/guidelines.html
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The company I work for is busy in developing an enterprise app for both iOS and Android platform. The problem we've run into is that on the iOS app store, the name we need is already taken. So before we start experimenting with other options for the app name, we want to approach the developer and make him an offer for the name/or app, seeing as it seems like an inactive app with very low downloads.
Is this something worth looking at? Is this even a plausible option to explore?
Yes, there is an option to solve your problem.
You can buy that app by contacting the developer, and then you can change the entire setup.
The developer can transfer the app from his/her account to your company's/your account.
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I am developing an iOS Enterprise application. It is same as Apple app store containing couple of my company applications. I want to know which application the users has downloaded from the app so that i can keep a track of his downloaded installations and the current installed versions on his device. I am using Swift 3.0. How should I approach for acheiving this funcationality..
Any suggestion will really help!
You cannot do this from your code out of the box. Device management is more complex in it's accessibility rights of the devices.
You need to use some kind of Mobile Device Management (MDM) software for that case. There are several services out there. Apple also has one on its own: https://support.apple.com/business
https://support.apple.com/apple-configurator
There are several other service providers available.
The link below might help you, find what you want:
As it is not really best practise posting links. If the link was broken, look for "List of Mobile Device Management Services" and you will find a bunch of alternatives to Apple's software.
http://www.pcmag.com/article/342695/the-best-mobile-device-management-mdm-software-of-2016
A short side note: I made experience with AirWatch and XenMobile so far. Get a Trial Account on their pages and check out, whether this fits your purpose and is worth the time spent to maintain the devices. Well, at last your purpose seems to me very limited to a certain request, which you could request from your user group in a different way?
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I am new in ios development. I have created one app, in this app some features are not available right now. So my question is can i submit my app to app store with same design by giving coming soon alert for those features. Thanks in advance.
It is likely that your app will be rejected if you include such an alert. Refer to section 2.1 of the App Review Guidelines:
2.1 App Completeness
Submissions to App Review should be final versions with all necessary metadata and fully functional URLs included; placeholder text, empty websites, and other temporary content should be scrubbed before submission. Make sure your app has been tested on-device for bugs and stability before you submit it, and include demo account info (and turn on your back-end service!) if your app includes a login. If you offer in-app purchases in your app, make sure they are complete, up-to-date, and visible to the reviewer, or that you explain why not in your review notes. Please don’t treat App Review as a software testing service. We will reject incomplete app bundles and binaries that crash or exhibit obvious technical problems.
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2.2 Beta Testing
Demos, betas, and trial versions of your app don’t belong on the App Store...
You should remove all reference to "future functions" and put it back in when the function is available.
Yeah, as per my knowledge you can submit but it must not crash on iphone or ipad and must follow all the guidelines of apple. Because coming soon is on kind of UI of your app so i don't think that it will be rejected due to this kind of stuff.
You should refer App Store Review Guidelines for more details.
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I was just wondering what are the guidlines and policies about updating an app on app store? Are we allowed to enforce the users to upgrade their applications programatically?
I'd like to give you some key-points, that might be useful in yours app-update strategies.
Non forced update: (1.X.X) You can use this strategy when you updated your app slightly and updating to it will provide user more delight product. Then you might use simple UIAlertView with notification about new version update and it's features and OK|Cancel buttons, that lead to appStore. This notification can be shown, for example, every time user launches the app. Every applicationDidBecomeActive call can ask your server for actual information about new version
Forced update (2.x.x) you might find it useful, when you made breaking changes on your server-side or you decided to stop supporting some old versions of the app. Then after server-call and retrieving information about app deprecation a modal viewcontroller can be shown with only button, that leads to AppStore and text, that informs about new version available.
Both of these scenarios are used in my apps, and I've never had any troubles with Apple's policies.
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I'm writing an noobie app that deals with advertising and time limited offers, how can I check to see if I've added a newer version to the app store and stop it working until they update? If you have any examples to help a noob that will be great.
I can't tell you this with 100% certainty but I believe it is very unlikely that Apple will approve this. You should take a look at the review guidelines before developing to make sure what you're doing is allowed, but I really wouldn't expect Apple to approve an app that only worked if you have the newest version. Possible rejection reasons listed below.
From The App Store Review Guidelines:
2.9: Apps that are "beta", "demo", "trial", or "test" versions will be rejected
2.13: Apps that are primarily marketing materials or advertisements will be rejected
2.22: Apps that arbitrarily restrict which users may use the app, such as by location or carrier, may be rejected
11.9: Apps containing "rental" content or services that expire after a limited time will be rejected
You can't query the app story (easily), but you can query your own website. Just create a static text file that contains the latest version active in the app store, then always check that file from your app when it starts up.