Apple is updating Swift Playgrounds to allow app developers to build and submit their software directly to the App Store from an iPad..
( read original story …)
Apple’s App Store getting In-App Events, App Product Page, and more
WWDC, Apple unveiled new features for the App Stores, called the App Product Page and In-App Events intended to help discovery, and boost interactivity.
( read original story …)
Apple updates its App Store Guidelines following iOS 15 announcement
Apple today updated the App Store Guidelines following the iOS 15 announcement earlier in the WWDC 2021 opening keynote. This time, Apple has further tightened the rules against apps with pornographic …
( read original story …)
Apple Updates App Store Review Guidelines, Says Developers Can Now Appeal Over Perceived Unfair Treatment
Apple today updated its App Store Review Guidelines to reflect its newly unveiled software versions, including iOS 15, iPadOS 15, macOS …
( read original story …)
WWDC: Apple’s Wallet app in iOS 15 will store your driver’s license and hotel keys
Apple’s Wallet app is getting a big upgrade in iOS 15. At Apple’s WWDC keynote on Monday, Apple announced that it will be adding support for hotel keys and driver’s licenses to help ditch more …
( read original story …)
Apple’s new App Store Guidelines aim to crack down on fraud and scams
Apple today is releasing a new version of its App Store Review Guidelines, its lengthy document which dictates the rules which apps must abide by in order to be published to its App Store. Among the …
( read original story …)
Apple to introduce A/B testing and in-app events to the App Store
Apple today announced a number of coming changes and improvements to the App Store that will help developers better target their apps to users, get their apps discovered by more people, and even …
( read original story …)
Why All the Fury at Apple?
Why are app makers mad? It boils down to what some app companies and lawmakers say is Apple’s domineering control of iPhone apps. Some are angry at what they see as high and capriciously applied …
( read original story …)
Apple bans manipulated reviews, misleading marketing in new App Review guidelines
Apple has made a number of updates to its App Store Review Guidelines, clarifying existing policies and adding new requirements for app makers.
( read original story …)
iPadOS 15: You can now build apps on the iPad, and ship to the App Store
For the first time, you can code, iterate and build apps on the iPad itself. Using Swift Playgrounds on iPadOS 15, customers will be able to create iPhone and iPad apps from scratch and then deploy …
( read original story …)
Swift Playgrounds for iPadOS 15 will teach you to build iPad apps, let you submit them to the App Store
While it isn’t quite the full-fledged Xcode on iPad that some developers have been clamoring for, Apple on Monday announced that Swift Playgrounds in iPadOS 15 will be greatly enhanced, teaching users …
( read original story …)
Just before WWDC, Facebook once again criticizes Apple’s 30% App Store cut
Less than an hour before Apple’s WWDC keynote kicks off, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared some news that the company would be keeping its paid online events free for creators through 2023. Notably, …
( read original story …)
Study Finds Up to 2% of Top 1,000 Paid Apps on App Store Were Scams
Apple has used its app review process as a bulwark in recent legal assaults on its App Store policy, and put particular emphasis on the …
( read original story …)
HomePod Now Unavailable From Apple in Canada After Being Discontinued
Apple announced that the full-sized HomePod would be discontinued once supplies run out, following years of reportedly lackluster …
( read original story …)
App Store scam apps make up almost 2% of top-grossing apps – WP
Checks run by the Washington Post revealed that App Store scam apps make up almost 2% of the top-grossing apps, despite CEO Tim Cook …
( read original story …)
Apple App Store isn’t as scam-free as you might think
A new investigation has revealed that 18 of the top 1,000 highest grossing apps on Apple’s App Store are guilty of scamming iOS users. While there’s nothing new about scam apps on mobile stores, …
( read original story …)
Apple developers look for App Store changes at annual conference
Chief Executive Tim Cook and his team address one of their most important audiences on Monday, kicking off an annual conference for app developers at a time the iPhone maker is defending itself in …
( read original story …)