Is it possible to get information about user's current mobile provider(not home carrier) - for example when he is using roaming?
I don't think so using public APIs at least. It seems too cut off from the rest of iOS to access. That being said, I haven't seen any documentation that confirms it one way or the other. The problem is that I don't know where to look for said information. That's your problem too :). Sorry I can't back it up with any tangible evidence, but it seems too separate based on my gut feeling.
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New to AdMob and trying to understand compliance as it relates to providing and deleting collected user data to a user upon request from purely programming standpoint.
In my research, it appears that there is an API for the user to at least delete the data. https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/config/userdeletion/v3/ being the most helpful so far though not specifically particularly helpful in code examples. This would probably be accomplished either by the developer using the client ID manually or via the developer's app -> user deletion API.
Assuming one of the two approaches is the proper way the industry is currently handling this, how is this typically handled in Swift (ideally via SwiftUI not UIKit but I can follow along either way)? Please note I am not asking how to set up AdMob in general, or how to use UMP to provide GDPR consent, or what anything related to legal/compliance beyond programming.
If there is some other, more preferred option, please let me know that as well.
Thus far I have researched the differences in client ID and user ID from an end user perspective. Code-wise, I am unsure where to start until understanding which approach to take as dictated by the answers above. I have also looked into exposing the client ID vs various items that might be used as a generic device ID but am unsure how best to obtain this as well.
Thanks!
yea, the title pretty much sums it up. Is it allowed for an app to access ressources on api-v2.soundcloud.com?
Is there any documentation for it?
Relevant since I'm currently working on a soundcloud app and I just recognized that most of the calls on the websites itself are done with api-v2. The responses from the server would be extremly helpful to build some kind of infinite streaming which is the feature I like most about soundcloud.com.
I cant speak for SoundCloud, but gryzzly (a former SoundCloud engineer) stated in a previous answer:
Letting you know, that using undocumented APIs is not going in line with the our developers’ Terms of Use.
I want to build simple web based app, where users, for example, could push the spacebar button, and then do something further, like answer a question, and while other users at the same time only sees that this question is not available any more for answer. When user submits answer, everyone see it.
All right, here is an example. I have seen TV shows, where four players have one button, if one or two of them know answer, they hit a button, and one lamp turns on and the first is allowed to answer, while other keeps their mouths shut. I want to build the same idea, but in the web.
But problem is that, I don't know where to start, what keywords I should search for help on google and so on. I see, that it might work on HTML5, maybe JavaScript and so on.
I have idea using Ajax, but request it every second to get latest actions made seems rubbish. Also I found one service called Pusher, but it has limited users in one time, which doesn't fit my needs.
I need just ideas. Thanks.
Before you read the rest, a disclaimer: I work for Realtime.co but I do believe I can help here so I'm not trying to "pitch a sale".
You can check out Realtime (www.realtime.co). It's basically a set of tools for developers to use real time technologies on their projects. It uses websockets but does fallback to whatever the user's browser supports (such as long polling, for example).
Behind Realtime you have a one-to-one/one-to-many/many-to-many messaging system that will transport your messages to and from your users.
There's also a plus which is the fact that the Realtime framework is actually cross-platform. This means that you can even have your web users communicate with iPhone users, Android, users, Windows Phone, desktop applications, server applications, etc..
You can learn about the JavaScript API here: http://docs.xrtml.org/getting_started/hello_message.html#javascript.
You only need to register at Realtime.co as a developer and start using the free license.
I really hope that helps.
Okey, I think I will go with node.js.
Writing all this previous post, made me think in right way :)
My company is looking to develop an iOS application which would need to make use of private APIs to function - in fact use of such APIs is the entire basis of the program (I'm purposely not revealing details for business reasons).
My question is, is there any chance that if we explained the situation, that Apple would allow an exception for our app to be approved even when using these private APIs? I believe we have a very legitimate reason to request an exception for the functionality we're looking for, so I'd just like some examples of any exceptions that have been made to the private APIs rule with details so that we can have a better idea of what might be expected from Apple. Thanks.
I'll be honest with you: no. If you're looking to put this on the app store, no.
You may wonder how I know this with such certainty: I've worked with carriers that carry the iPhone, and I've worked with very large companies with whom Apple has working relationships (ie, you can actually talk to someone fairly senior at Apple). If Apple won't let carriers use private APIs, they not going to let you do it either. One 'legitimate' private API use might be to put recent call information into a carrier provided account app. Could be pretty useful, right? And the carrier already has this information, so no problem? No. It's a big problem. Apple just won't allow it. You have to get it from elsewhere (ie, via the carrier's own database).
There are no exceptions, and currently apps get statically analysed immediately after submission. If you call a private API your app will almost certainly be instantly rejected automatically by the static analyzer. It won't even go through manual review.
If you're looking to distribute on the app store, there are literally no exceptions now that code gets statically analyzed.
Put it another way: if Apple made an exception for your app they'd have to make an exception for every app. And then your unique selling point wouldn't be so unique any more.
Sorry I can't give you a more positive answer, but I speak from experience!
Its entirely possible, but extremely unlikely. they made an exception for UIGetScreenImage(); but that was because there was a very large number of developers who had filed radars for it.
I would suggest you file high quality radars for enhancement, explaining what you want and why. also maybe consider using a DTS to find out if there is an alternative way, or if they are able to get authorisation for it.
I understand that apple no longer allows me to send "device data" to third-party services. As a result of this, Flurry and presumably every other analytics company no longer collects OS/hardware version data. However, this data is very valuable to anyone trying to target development toward the people who are actually using the apps.
I can imagine a few different ways to collect this data.
1) Send a custom event indicating the hardware/os version to Flurry. This, of course, is in direct violation of the agreement with Apple. However, I suspect plenty of people are doing this, and just not getting busted. Still, not an ideal solution. Even if Apple didn't notice that we were sending this data, I'd rather not have the possibility of the app getting pulled hanging over my head.
2) Use an analytics package which allows me to collect data on my own server. Localytics is one company which seems to offer this. However, I don't think they offer this with their free plan. Is anyone aware of any free (or cheap) analytics tools which will allow me to send data to my own server?
3) Roll my own solution. This could either be an entire replacement for Flurry, or I could continue to use flurry, but send only the device data to my own server. This is a little clunky. I'd much rather have all my analytics data in one place. And would much rather not have to deal with building my own tool if I don't have to
So, is anyone else collecting device data? Are you using one of the above techniques? Or maybe something different I hadn't thought of?
Hi maybe "Testflight Live" could help you.
As far as I know Testflight is allowed by Apple.
https://testflightapp.com/sdk/live/
I've heard of people using UIWebViews to connect to a webpage with a counter. The counter is incremented each time a page is accessed, and the pages are separated by feature/UIView. This way the developer can tell which features get the most usage.
As far as device data, you most likely are looking at rolling your own tracking mechanism, probably going through a server like Google App Engine that's set up to receive your data.
I made this an answer so I could continue to check back, because I'd like to know some more info as well. I voted up your question and favorited it
Good luck, sir