I am reading a lot of stuff from the Internet, but I can't find any answer to this specific topic :
I am currently developing an iOS app for a French newspaper. They want me to add a Paypal feature to allow any user to take out a subscription to their newspaper. They don't want the newspaper to be readable on the device.
All they want is to get both user's name and address, and send the newspaper manually.
I can't properly define if Apple will allow me to publish such an app. So my questions are :
Will it be rejected by Apple if I add this feature ? Is it considered as a digital good or a hard good ?
Thank you so much for your replies.
Jérôme.
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I am using the new Google Action development environment. I would like to request a user's phone number and also give the user the option to save it for future interactions. This is so I can send text messages and make phone calls for them. Is there a way for me to do this that is compliant with the T&Cs for Google Assistant actions?
Please check with your lawyer, as every country has its regulations. For more info, consult this guide. https://developers.google.com/assistant/conversational/storage-user
I have an application that we are building to be delivered to our users for free. However, the business wants to be able to sell this application to anyone else who might want it. Is there anyway we can do this?
The suggestions and concerns we've come up with are:
Submit app with price and deliver free download codes to users, but I believe that we only get something like 50 free download codes and we have more than 50 users.
Submit app for free, but make content an in-app purchase and have some mechanisim for allowing our users to validate and get the content free. We think that Apple will hate this since the application isn't functional without the content.
Submit application twice, one free and one paid and just direct our users to the free one. This means that our free version can be found and used by anyone cutting into the revenue stream.
Any suggestions/advice/hints/rants welcome.
Have you considered Software as a Service? The app is an extension of the service. Make the app free to anyone, but to get anything useful out of the app, require username/password or some other validation. You'd be hard pressed to find an app today that doesn't require some sort of signup process.
There are plenty of options you can go with.
In-App Purchase
Free/Lite version of App
Paid version of App
Just a matter of what you and your customers want. Good luck.
Why not have a very basic version of the app available for free (so that Apple is happy) and then have the rest of the app "unlocked" when the user either:
Registers their copy of the app back with your servers (covers giving it to some for free)
Makes an in-app purchase to unlock the rest of the functionality
This keeps Apple happy, gives you the functions you want, and is only minimal effort.
You can pay for and gift paid apps to iTunes account holders. Making the app appear to be "Free" to those recipients. If it's your own app, Apple will keep (only) 30% of the price you pay, so add that on to your cost of doing business.
I am developing a simple Fund raising app which hold 4 batches (Keep 10$,20$,30$,40$). people who willing to donate will buy these batches through in app purchase.
My concern here is .... is it possible for iphone client to get statistical information from apple through code. I do agree that i can see statistical information if i login through ituneconnect. I just want to get through code so that i can display inside my app.
Note: I know that i can have my own server to store statistical info. i don't want to do that because its a small app
please suggest me regarding this.
Thanks in advance
jenie
Do you mean stats as in how many people have bought each tier?
You can't get that information programmatically for a couple reasons. First it isn't available until the next day, second it is only available via itunesconnect and apps are prohibited from scraping apple sites.
You would need to setup a server to host the statistics and update the server every morning with the new stats.
According to the Apple Guidelines your app probably wouldn't be accepted to the store
(link)
20. Contests, sweepstakes, lotteries, and raffles
20.1 Sweepstakes and contests must be sponsored by the developer/company of the app
20.2 Official rules for sweepstakes and contests, must be presented in the app and make it clear that Apple is not a sponsor or involved in the activity in any manner
20.3 It must be permissible by law for the developer to run a lottery app, and a lottery app must have all of the following characteristics: consideration, chance, and a prize
20.4 Apps that allow a user to directly purchase a lottery or raffle ticket in the app will be rejected
21. Charities and contributions
21.1 Apps that include the ability to make donations to recognized charitable organizations must be free
21.2 The collection of donations must be done via a web site in Safari or an SMS
I am considering using In App Purchase for our iPhone app. But since we will offer a larger quantity of content items (>10 video items each day added), I would like to automate the new product registration in iTunes Connect.
Is this possible ?
If not: how long does it typically take before Apple approves a new registred product in iTunes Connect ? Since the content looses quickly it's 'freshness' (news broadcasts...), it is crucial to be able to have new content available ASAP.
Would you recommend using In App Purchase for this scenario or would you recommend developing our own payment & account system ?
As far as I know, it is not possible to automate it, unless you develop your own script (in AppleScript, for example, to operate safari and I am not sure if it will work as expected.
A new app will be reviewed and approved typically in 7 days. In-app purchases will go live when the app is approved.
In-app purchases can operate in two ways:
you include the content inside the app
you put the content on your severs and include the mechanisms to make the magic work. When the user buy the app, Apple server will communicate with yours and vice-versa, and a signal must be sent to Apple servers, during the process, so they will know the content was delivered. You will have to read the docs, as this is too complex to explain here.
I automated the input of a large number of in-app purchases using the Firefox extension iMacros. The free version is absolutely sufficient for this.
You have to create a CSV file containing all the data, then record the workflow in iTunes Connect and press start!
From My Previous question
sending request to apple - from iphone custom application
Here, I have added more specified my question.
Suppose my application has implemented followings.
Lets take an simple example
I have developed an application, for mobile dealer.
User can see ten mobile items on screen.
Now, user selects two items.(mobiles)
Now, User chooses check out option.
in check out option, he will provide his apple account - id & password.
Above I have explained the process that should be implemented in my application.
Up to 4 stpes I can do programming.
But I have no idea about the last step.
Can user make payment through apple
id - from iPhone?
What kind of steps do I/programmer
have to follow?
What kind of accounts do
I/programmer are required? (If
any..)
What kind of certificates do
I/programmer are required? (If
any..)
Let's take an another example.
Suppose, Application if something like this,
User can pay for bike (new order) through iPhone - apple id - password ?
Edit :
After a round - round question ...
Let's understand it in single line
Does apple allow to use apple-ID for payment of items other than apple-store? Why ?
You cannot sell your products through the Apple Store. If you want to have an iPhone app that interfaces with your store you can do that, but you will have to provide your own store service.
To answer the edit to your question, Apple does not allow using an Apple ID to purchase products from other stores. Instead you should use something like Paypal or Google Checkout.
StoreKit allows you to sell digital content, such as books, music, ect. and get it delivered right into the application. Payment happens via the iTunes account.
However, you cannot sell physical goods with this mechanism. You may want to consider other payment methods as mentioned by Amuck.
Answering the edited short-question:
Does apple allow to use apple-ID for
payment of items other than
apple-store? Why ?
No, because they do not pose as a payment provider to third parties and I am pretty sure they never will.