Hi I have uploaded my app to iTunes connect. The app is validated and submitted successfully. While publishing the app to the app store my app got rejected because of insufficient meta data
can any one tell me the reason for the same and what changes do I require to make to resolve the issue.
Metadata rejection means that the description/screenshots/search tags, that us anything apart of the IPA, which you provide in iTunes, is not as per the guideline or is not incomplete.
In the iTunes Resolution Center they will mention that issue in details. If not you can contact them through the chat option and ask for more information. Usually the Resolution Center will provide all the details.
Insufficient meta data means you might have provided invalid meta data. There are 17 guidelines given by Apple for Metadata as given below. Make sure that you are following all of them.
Apps or metadata that mentions the name of any other mobile platform will be rejected
Apps with placeholder text will be rejected
Apps with names, descriptions, screenshots, or previews not relevant to the content and functionality of the App will be rejected
App names in iTunes Connect and as displayed on a device should be similar, so as not to cause confusion
Small and large App icons should be similar, so as to not to cause confusion
Apps with App icons, screenshots, and previews that do not adhere to the 4+ age rating will be rejected
Apps with Category and Genre selections that are not appropriate for the App content will be rejected
Developers are responsible for assigning appropriate ratings to their Apps. Inappropriate ratings may be changed/deleted by Apple
Developers are responsible for assigning appropriate keywords for their Apps. Inappropriate keywords may be changed/deleted by Apple
Developers who attempt to manipulate or cheat the user reviews or chart ranking in the App Store with fake or paid reviews, or any other inappropriate methods will be removed from the iOS Developer Program
Apps that recommend that users restart their iOS device prior to installation or launch may be rejected
Apps should have all included URLs fully functional when you submit it for review, such as support and privacy policy URLs
Apps with screenshots, previews, and marketing text that do not clearly identify supplemental content or items that must be purchased separately (e.g. using IAP) will be rejected
App previews may only use video screen captures of the app, voice-overs, and textual and design overlays, or the app will be rejected
Apps with previews that display personal information of a real person without permission will be rejected
App previews may only include music that is licensed for that purpose in all selected territories
App previews that include content played or streamed via the app (e.g. iTunes playlist, YouTube streaming video) that is not licensed for use in the preview will be rejected
Finally, you have to make sure that you have provided information about how to use your application so that they can easily test the application.
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As part of the crash report, I see several attributes about the mobile, platform, app, crash are gathered by the Crashlytics SDK and sent to Crashlytics.
Due to security concerns, we DO NOT want to send certain attributes (e.g. device rooted status) to Crashlytics. Is there a configuration or way to implement this ?
Mike from Fabric here. I haven't heard of this particular security concern before. There is not a way to customize the data payload sent over.
I want to send email through gmail or other message clients,is it possible in iOS.
I searched a lot but didn't find anything.
I don't want to use the default composer to send mail.I wants user to choose whether they want to send emails from the default mfmailcomposeviewcontroll or can send through gmail,yahoo.
There are a few ways in which 3rd-party developers may offer this functionality -- regardless of the manner selected, it is up to the 3rd-party vendor to decide how much (if any) of these methods are implemented and documented in the public domain as accessible to other applications or users. Ultimately you will need to consult the target product's documentation or support channels to determine if such mechanisms exist. While this is neither an exhaustive list, nor it is a list of formally supported mechanisms for achieving your goal, it should give you some insight into what to go research or ask additional questions about:
Option 1: Open URL Schemes
iOS Developers can register their applications to respond to a URL scheme like "tel://" or "sms://" or "http://". If vendors register a URL scheme it will be visible in the app's info.plist. While it won't speak to the format of any parameters you need to pass, the vendor's documentation or support personnel may be able to shine a light on those capabilities. For the HTTP scheme, iOS' MobileSafari.app is registered to respond -- the well-formed NSURL that gets passed to Safari is used as the URL to which Safari navigates when launched.
Option 2: 3rd-party SDK
Other vendors may elect to make an SDK available that you can implement in your app. Google Drive, Dropbox, and Facebook are all great examples. To incorporate these cloud filesystems or social capabilities in your own apps, you can register as a developer and follow install guides to both adopt their SDK and leverage the functionality the SDK provides.
As for your specific question, it appears as though Google's official Gmail app does have an undocumented URL Scheme that the community has discovered, reverse-engineered, and written up. While I VERY STRONGLY DISCOURAGE use of undocumented app capabilities there is nothing preventing you from using this functionality. Keep in mind that because this is undocumented, there is a distinct possibility that the feature could be removed, changed, or otherwise made unavailable in future builds that can leave your own app in a bit of a bind. Furthermore, for those of your users that do not have the Gmail app installed would not be able to leverage this URL Scheme and could lead to a poor user experience. All that said, with the caveats above, Tom Scotland has written up a series of blog posts on the Gmail app's URL scheme and updates to the scheme as a function of the rest of the Google constellation of iOS apps - http://tom.scogland.com/blog/2013/01/29/gmail-url-scheme/
Yahoo Mail is a separate issue -- As far as I can tell, this app offers neither of these access options, however I'll leave the digging as an exercise for the OP.
Again, I encourage you to use MFMailComposerViewController instead of unofficial or unapproved app capabilities so as to limit your own app's exposure to changes beyond your control.
I am creating the app which loads the HTML page in UIWebView. Here, we are doing the offline capture feature for the app(doing encryption and storing data to the device using coredata).
Note : My App UI is completely UIWebView.
Recently, I heard that these kind of apps gets rejected by apple app store.
If it is true or some one have the same rejection, please provide the info.
your help could be appreciated.
Just using HTML as an implementation method of your UI doesn't become a reason for rejection. This once has been an issue a few years ago, and Apple formally does not limit implementation method anymore. If they do, most of hybrid app platforms couldn't work.
If someone have rejection of their HTML UI app, that should be due to bug or crude implementation of the app features rather than using of HTML stuff. In many cases HTML based UI on mobile systems fails to provide nice responses, then you need to care a lot not to break them. If the reviewer think your app is broken, then your app will be rejected.
Take care that the basis of normal or working state is always Apple's native app.
Yes. An app which its purpose is only to preview a website will be rejected based on Apple's Review Guidelines. Your app has to offer a minimum functionality and introduce at least some App Specific values to be acceptable. You can refer to this link for more information on Apples policy for releasing new applications:
App Store Review Guidelines Minimum Functionality
Is it possible on iOS to access another app's file data? On Android, that seems possible according to following URL.
Sharing files/ installation directory between two apps
No, that is not possible.
All iOS apps are sandboxed (at least on non-jailbroken devices), and while keychain data can be shared (between Apps that share their Bundle Seed ID), doing the same for file-based data is currently not possible.
What you CAN do is pass data to other apps by exchanging them via a server or call a URL scheme that another app has registered. Apple says:
Using a URL-based syntax, you can access data from the Web, as well as
pass information to other installed applications, such as Mail,
iTunes, and YouTube. Your own application can declare a unique URL
scheme, allowing any application to collaborate and share data with
your app.
It depends on what kind of data. In fact, iOS apps may only share keychain data. From Apple's doc :
An app ID has two parts: the team ID followed by the bundle ID search
string. The team ID is a 10-character string generated by Apple. Each
development team is assigned a unique team ID used to identify all
your apps. The team ID allows you to share keychain data between apps.
Apps with the same team ID can share data, such as usernames and
passwords. A bundle ID search string is traditionally a
reverse-domain-name style string. It’s the string you use in Xcode as
the bundle ID.
I've never done this, but there must be many tutorials on how to do this.
It is not possible to access other app's data installed on any Apple device. It is restricted by apple.
Anyways you can try it on JailBreaked devices. These operations are handled by Apple Private API's. Which you cant access in regular devices.
If you get access to them/used in your application, apple will reject your application.
I want to know if it is possible to re-activate a Facebook App that has been previously disabled.
This is what happened:
We created a Facebook App and an iPhone App that connect to each other. After releasing our game to App Store, one of our programmers accidentally deleted the App from Facebook. Now players are shown a message saying the Facebook App does not exist.
We know this may not be possible, but still wanted to ask.
I work on the platform team at Facebook.
Unfortunately there isn't a standard way to do this since this isn't a situation that occurs often. However, I can imagine how painful this may be. If you could provide me with either of the following - the app namespace, canvas/connect URL for the app or the app ID, we may be able to help.