Hi, thanks for the info. What do you mean about links? Like a Text in screen with a link? An address to be passed to safari? And adress to be passed to UIWebView?
Another thing? Thanks, Karl From: NC Software <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:00:20 -0700 (PDT) To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: [MonoTouch] Worst app approval process ever! Hello MonoTouch'ers: I've had my iOS app on the App Store for about two years now and the app review process has always been fast, easy, and no road blocks. This week I released a major update to may app, while the same overall functionality hasn't changed. A free app that uses an external "cloud sync" system (subscription) to get data to/from the desktop app. I've never had a problem with Apple with this model, others use it too. The app never cripples and at no time is a subscription required to use the functionality of the app. The subscription is completely external and for use of the "cloud" system to port data to/from the desktop. Well, this week was the worst week regarding Apple! I used to use the UDID but saw online (9to5Mac I believe) where Apple was cracking down on UDID use so I got that out before ever submitting. I think ultimately I had a bad reviewer that didn't know the rules and for whatever reason I was stuck with that reviewer through numerous iterations. My first submission was rejected because I had a link in the app (a site map of our main web site) that pointed to a subscription and he provided a screenshot of that subscription "Cloud Backup" which has nothing to do with this app whatsoever, it's a backup system for our Windows software. The reviewer cited Apple's section 11.13 which states you can't have a mechanism for buying something for this app outside of Apple. I responded via their resolution center that what they pointed out was something not even related to the app and resubmitted. In doing so I removed the links to my web site to avoid confusion, it's a dynamically download XML file that generates these links so obviously it was something I could restore. 2nd submission - rejected again! Now they point our that my app has a link to http://logbookpro.com/affiliate and http://logbookpro.com/sync. The first link is to our free affiliate program - WTF? Then the second link points to our cloud sync portal - NOT the subscription and the portal has no reference to the subscription system, it's just a system to monitor the data to/from and also information to setup your pairing of device to desktop app - FREE to all. 3rd submission - and at this time I filed an appeal to the review board as well that this reviewer does not seem to know the rules. I pointed out the section 11.13 terms that specifies "purchasing an external mechanism for use IN THIS APP (i.e. a book for a reader app - ala Kindle)". Now he points out that I have a link to http://logbookpro.com/schedule yet provides a screenshot that has a different link (again the /sync link) - rejected again! 4th submission - app modified to remove all links, good grief, this is clearly a witch hunt!!! I'm guessing someone complained about what we've been doing for over a year, heck iTunes/App Store even pointed to our cloud sync subscription info. Now the app seems to be fine but he rejects the app again because my "marketing material" which I assume is the iTunes info and/or Marketing link in the app meta data pointed to http://logbookpro.com/iphone and he provides a screenshot of a completely different area of our web site which outlines our subscriptions. 5th submission - I modified the app meta data and thankfully the app was approved! Beware and be careful! If your app has links in it that point to anything external on your site, etc. that could be a problem, it may! Again, I really think this was a reviewer in the wrong and I've never had a problem before! The moral of this story is you want to cross the app review process as little as you can! Spend a lot of time testing, reviewing, and getting your features right up front so you can avoid the process at all costs! While typically it's an okay process, this process was devastating! We've spent months on this update and poured our heart and soul into it, we got a taste of the bad side of this process this go round. I figured I'd share it with you to help you avoid this nightmare. The app is now live, thank God! :) -- View this message in context: http://monotouch.2284126.n4.nabble.com/Worst-app-approval-process-ever-tp452 0509p4520509.html Sent from the MonoTouch mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ MonoTouch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monotouch
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