Developer Guidelines

iCloud causing data clearing problems for iOS 5 apps

By Andrew Wray, Thursday, Oct 13, 2011 a 7:08 pm

Marco Arment, creator of the popular Instapaper app for the iPhone and iPad, noticed an problem related to changes made in iOS 5 tied to iCloud backups.

U.S. antitrust regulators looking into Apple's new subscription service

By Brian Tufo, Friday, Feb 18, 2011 a 7:52 am

The U.S. Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission are starting to look into Apple's new subscription service. Right now just looking into the matter and it may not even ever develop into a formal investigation or any actions against Apple. The European Commission is also carefully monitoring the situation as well.

Apple updates App Store developer guidelines, warns against "cheating the system"

By Andrew Wray, Tuesday, Feb 15, 2011 a 6:18 pm

Earlier today when Apple announced in-app subscriptions would be available to all they also updated the iOS App Store review guidelines reflecting the change. And it looks like Apple threw in a few additions, one which specifically warns against developers who "cheat the system".

If you attempt to cheat the system (for example, by trying to trick the review process, steal data from users, copy another developer's work, or manipulate the ratings) your apps will be removed from the store and you will be expelled from the developer program.

Apple: No Location-based Ads for Non Location-based Apps -- Controversy de Jour?

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, Feb 5, 2010 a 8:49 am

Apple's iPhone Developer News feed has posted a note saying developers should enhance their App Store apps with Core Location... but not if they just want to use it to serve up location-based ads. Of course, this has set off yet another round of conspiracy theories and Apple accusations. Here's what Apple had to say:

The Core Location framework allows you to build applications which know where your users are and can deliver information based on their location, such as local weather, nearby restaurants, ATMs, and other location-based information.