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IOS App Store Submission Checklist - anything else to add?

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Re: IOS App Store Submission Checklist - anything else to add?

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Here's one to add to the list: Don't submit any sort of tethering app. Chances are it will be approved and removed within a couple of hours. Apple is 2 for 2 so far: Netshare and iTether.

Is this some kind of cat&mouse game from within Apple? Whoever is approving these apps must know what is going to happen. While it must be stressful for the app owner, as a spectator it's amusing (and granted, it's an issue I'm not affected by).

Re: IOS App Store Submission Checklist - anything else to add?

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I've got one you can add: iPad applications don't have to support all four orientations. However, whichever orientation you do support (in our instance, portrait) you must support the top-up and bottom-up variations unless some special circumstance warrants only supporting one or the other. Just had a submission rejected earlier this week for this reason. FYI, here is the response we received from Apple: 10.1 We foun…

Nice clarification. Have updated the list.

Re: IOS App Store Submission Checklist - anything else to add?

#24

Can someone elaborate on the no pricing information within the app point? If we have an in-app purchase, we can't tell people how much it costs? That sounds opposite to what I'd expect.

True. Have changed to 'does not hardcode any price information...'

Re: IOS App Store Submission Checklist - anything else to add?

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I've got one you can add: iPad applications don't have to support all four orientations. However, whichever orientation you do support (in our instance, portrait) you must support the top-up and bottom-up variations unless some special circumstance warrants only supporting one or the other. Just had a submission rejected earlier this week for this reason. FYI, here is the response we received from Apple: 10.1 We foun…

I often have my iPad with the home button on top while on the stand. Easier for charging...

(Just in case anybody wonders why they'd want both orientations...)

Re: IOS App Store Submission Checklist - anything else to add?

#27

Here's one to add to the list: Don't submit any sort of tethering app. Chances are it will be approved and removed within a couple of hours. Apple is 2 for 2 so far: Netshare and iTether.

Wouldn't that come under "does not replicate the functionality of a native app"? (not that they're consistent about this one)
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