Can anyone tell me how apple handle submissions for bluetooth BLE enabled app. Actually, i have created a bluetooth iphone app which connects to third party device. And, I am not sure how apple is testing apps which connects to third party devices.
Object Lab has recently launched their first iOS app using iBeacon. It took them 3 attempts to get it approved. I would recommend you to create a video which demonstrates how your app works and send it to them.
Generally they ask for hardware as well but mostly it's not feasible for us to provide them with one. Object Lab had to send them instructions to setup hardware at their end and to test the app. THEY WILL NOT APPROVE UNLESS THEY KNOW ITS WORKING. So I would recommend to send a video and step by step instruction of how to setup hardware at their end to test it out.
My experience has been that a video demonstrating the use of the app while connected to your third party device is enough. Sending the device to them is not necessary (at least for all cases). I know there is another thread on stackoverflow.com concerning this very thing, but it's been months since I had found it and I can't find it now. Anyways, it has worked for me as well as acquaintances of mine who have an app on the store.
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Does the Google Mobile Vision (https://developers.google.com/vision/) API work offline? Or does it need Internet connectivity? The sample app does not require any Internet permission. Which means the API works entirely offline. I am looking for a positive confirmation of this.
PS. Also I am looking for more information on this API. For example, does it use neural networks? If so what algorithms were used? I can not find any detail discussion anywhere.
The API does an initial library download the first time that it is used, and then works offline from that point on.
I tried the official sample app here.
I installed the sample app on a device in airplane mode, and continued to run under airplane mode - It works without problem.
(Note that I only tested the OCR part)
But as far as I know, all google services libraries made use of an already installed (On most device, probably, except China models) application named Google Play Services. As long as this application is installed in the device (With a reasonably updated version), the Vision API should works even under no internet connectivity.
I want my watch app to be identified by my paired iPhone.I am using CoreBluetooth Framework to implement this. I am transmitting bluetooth signals from my watch app and trying to receive the signal in my iPhone app. I am using the same concept as apple has shown in its sample code (https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/samplecode/BTLE_Transfer/Introduction/Intro.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/DTS40012927) , the only difference is that my transmitter is the watch app.
Issue
I am unable to detect watch app in my iPhone. I have made sure that all of my hardwares are configured properly and I am configuring the Core bluetooth delegate methods properly. I also suspect if this method will be feasible with iPhone and apple watch.
All suggestions are appreciated. Thanks in advance
This is not possible because your WatchKit app runs as an extension on your iPhone and therefore all Core Bluetooth bluetooth signals are sent from the iPhone itself to itself.
Access to Core Bluetooth on Apple Watch lets your apps bypass the phone and connect directly with the Bluetooth in Apple Watch. Access Core Bluetooth to connect directly with accessories. And with Apple Watch Series 3, your apps can take advantage of built-in cellular and altimeter capabilities.
Please note, since watchOS 6 it's possible to use CoreBluetooth on watchOS.
Check for more informations this link "Creating Independent watchOS Apps"
Be aware there are still some limitations using CoreBluetooth in watchOS for example:
The minimum connection interval is 30ms instead of 15ms (for iOS devices).
The Apple watch can only operate as a central device.
The Apple watch can only be connected to two peripherals at one Time
The peripheral gets disconnected when the app goes into the background.
Maybe this will change when watchOS 7 is out.
I'm trying to make a Windows 10 Universal App to make a third party tile for my Microsoft Band but it doesn't say in the documentation how to get my App to recognize the Band through USB. It only says how to do it through Bluetooth. The documentation also doesn't tell me how to access the GPS sensor. How do I do all these things?
To answer your first question, USB for the Band is used for charging. In order for you to test, you need to go through via Bluetooth. Your setup should be
Visual Studio > Launch App on your Device (mobile is connected to your laption via USB) > Test App on Mobile (which talks to Band via Bluetooth).
Note: Make sure Band is paired with the Mobile you are using to test.
To answer your second question, you can not subscribe to GPS on the band. It is not opened for thrid party app access. GPS is exclusive at this point.
I am developing chat application using XMPP protocol.
My development target is iOS 7.0
Every think is working fine user can able to communicate only when they are online.
But I want to notify user message has come when they are offline.
I have tried iphone XMPP App run background
But it doesn’t work for me.
First think it is possible or not?
Using what VIOP, background fetch or some other way?
If yes please let me know. how?.
The thread you are referring mention declaring that your app is a VoIP app to be allowed to constantly run in background.
It is technically possible but has two drawbacks:
If your application does not do voip, Apple will reject it (as misleading).
Battery consumption will be excessive as you will stay connected.
The state of the art is to fallback to Apple push notification service when the TCP connection between the client and the server is not established. This is battery efficient and provide a very good way to notify the user of new messages.
I want to develop some small apps for personal use. I don't want to market them, nor I want anyone other but me to have them. As a developer, I want to be able to put some minor utility app I'd like to have on my own smartphone (an iPhone, of course).
As I'm not going to develop anything commercial in the near future, I'm not going to subscribe the developer program. Is it possible to develop personal apps without subscribing to Apple's program? Would jailbreak help? Am I going to miss any possibility in the development (ability to subscribe to servers, message, use the maps...)
Thanks
there's a number of threads of this.. they all use ldid and are normally jailbroken
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Attempting to deploy my app on my jailbroken iphone, but the app closes immediately!