App Store Review Guidelines with Paweł Madej

In this episode, Leo chats with Paweł Madej, pharmacist turned iOS developer on his learning experience and what pitfalls devs should know about App Store reviews. We talk about what he learned during the submission process of his app CodeConf, as well as the major App Store stories of the year: Hey, Wordpress, xCloud and of course Fortnite.

We talk about...
0:00 Pharmacist Turned iOS Dev
6:45 Learning Resources
9:30 Conference Videos via CodeConf
12:15 Getting into the App Store
13:15 Rule 5.2 Intellectual Property
15:15 Rule 5.2.2 Third-Party Sites/Services
18:45 Rule 3.1.2(a) Permissible uses
24:45 Controversy #1 - Hey
27:15 Controversy #2 - Wordpress
31:00 Controversy #3 - xCloud
34:30 Controversy #4 - Fortnite
37:15 Catching App Review Issues Early
42:00 Dealing with Ambiguity
46:00 Final Thoughts

Empower Apps
Episode 68
November 5, 2020

* [Paweł Madej](https://pawelmadej.com/)
* [Twitter @PawelMadejCK](http://twitter.com/PawelMadejCK)
* [GitHub @nysander](https://github.com/nysander)
* [CodeConf App](https://bit.ly/codeconfapp)
* [Twitter Text Library](https://github.com/nysander/twitter-text)

### Related Episodes
* [Episode 67 - Documenting Your Code with Bas Broek](https://share.transistor.fm/s/66f6958e)
* [Episode 62 - Local Database Storage on iOS with Aaron Douglas](https://share.transistor.fm/s/f6092e38)
* [Under the Radar - Store Wars](https://www.relay.fm/radar/198)

### Related Links
* [Objective-C For Swift Developers by Paul Hudson](https://www.hackingwithswift.com/store/objective-c-for-swift-developers)
* [Four Reasons Why We Won’t See Third-Party Apple Watch Faces (And What Apple Is Doing Instead) by David Shayer](https://tidbits.com/2020/10/08/four-reasons-why-we-wont-see-third-party-apple-watch-faces-and-what-apple-is-doing-instead/)
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### Pharmacist to iOS Dev
* Learning Resources
* Challenges with Documentation
* Making CodeConf for Conference Videos
* Using CoreML for CodeConf Subscriptions **Bonus Clip**
* Building the Twitter Text Library **Bonus Clip**

### Getting into the App Store
* CodeConf - Do you have the right to the IP you’re using?
* [Rule 5.2 Intellectual Property](https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/#intellectual-property)
* CodeConf - Are you using official libraries?
* [Rule 5.2.2 Third-Party Sites/Services](https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/#intellectual-property)
* CodeConf - Do you ongoing value to the customer?
* [Rule 3.1.2(a) Permissible uses](https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/#subscriptions)
* Hey - Does your provide some functionality?
* [Rule 4.2 Minimum Functionality](https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/#minimum-functionality)
* [Rule 3.1.3(a) “Reader” Apps](https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/#reader-apps)
* Wordpress - Are you avoiding in-app purchases accidentally?
* [Rule 3.1.1 In-App Purchase](https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/#in-app-purchase)
* Aaron Talking about the Automatic Wordpress Issue
* xCloud - Are you providing additional content?
* [Rule 4.2.7 Remote Desktop Clients](https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/#minimum-functionality)
* [Rule 4.9 Streaming games](https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/#streaming-games)
* Fortnite - Are you avoiding in-app purchases purposefully?
* [Rule 3.2 Other Business Model Issues ](https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/#other-business-model-issues)
* [Rule 3.2.2 Unacceptable](https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/#unacceptable)

### Other App Store Tips
* Avoid Bugs!
* TestFlight Reviews vs App Store Review
* You can be rejected later!

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