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When should I give out my iPhone UDID? A company is developing an application for my company for the iphone wants my UDID. Are there any risks to me as an individual giving this out? Many thanks
You should give out your device ID whenever you want an application that is not in the store (or a version not in the store) to run on your iPhone. The developer needs to add that device ID to a list of devices that can run the test version he builds.
(And it's a distracting process for him, so best answer right away before he gets involved in something else.)
The worst thing that can be said about the device ID is that it absolutely identifies your device. No other iPhone will ever have that device ID.
There are not really any privacy risks in giving out a phone ID, and as noted you need to give it out to be able to run test builds on your phone.
I would say though, that if you want to hire someone to develop an app for you you should certainly trust them enough to give them what they ask for, since you are going to be running an application on your phone from them that has not gone through any approval process (though the sandbox helps a lot there as there's not much harm they can do).
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According to statistics I've found here jailbreak-statistics-2013 only 5% of devices are jailbroken. So why do iOS developers care about detecting jailbreaks?
People who jailbreak weren't going to pay anyway, but can generate rather good word of mouth, right?
As an enterprise developer I have a different set of challenges to safeguard with jailbroken devices such as sensitive data or passwords that should not be stored on the device or baked into code.
Regarding your comment about jailbreakers not "paying" for an app that's usually a fringe situation amongst that 5% that even try to take advantage of cracking an app. Most jailbreakers, including myself, do so for added functionality Apple doesn't provide out of the box.
I think nobody develops thinking in JailBroken devices, honestly.
I don't care, and never knew anybody who did.
A practical concern (besides trying to discourage theft) is that there are additional support costs when people with jailbroken devices submit bug reports or ask for help. A jailbroken device can have problems that don't happen with a stock device, and these problems can be very hard to track down when the device configuration is unknown.
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There are a lot of useful apps already available in the app store and I don't want to reinvent them just because i think they'd be useful to be part of my app. So I'm wondering whether it is possible to sell them from within my app, whereby the user can purchase them without leaving the comfy confines of my app. Any idea about this? Or will the user always have to head over to the App Store to get their hands on them?
On a side note, it would be nice if i could get some commission for selling them within my app (can't imagine Apple would allow that though).
No this is not possible. Best you can do is redirect the user to the app store app from within your app to the app the user wants more info on.
That's a question for Apple. You might check out Apple's In App Purchase Programming Guide.
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Working for a digital agency, you get a lot of interesting requests! :)
I have a client who has asked a rather strange question:
Is it possible to submit the same app to the App Store under multiple, different accounts/identities?
So if you search for Company A in the App Store, you would get this app as a result, and if you also searched for Company B, you would also get this app as a result.
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Read the AppStore Review Guidelines Apple recently published.
2.20 Developers "spamming" the App Store with many versions of similar apps will be removed from the iOS Developer Program
Additionally, I think it'd be wise to advise your client against such a move, as it will only cause fragmentation for the app. Apps have keywords, so perhaps you should focus there to increase search results. I think you'd run into some issues submitting the same app to the store under different developer accounts--not to mention that you have to have individual developer accounts to even attempt such submissions. It'd really be a headache.
Technically, yes. At least if you're using different App-IDs and sign it with the distribution certificate for the account you'd like to upload it under.
I do not know however if Apple checks for 100% identical code / apps while reviewing apps - if not, it would propably work, if no, propably not :)
Even if multiple developers could get the same app approved, they would still have to change the app ID and the app name, so the search results would not show the same app, but multiple similar apps, all with different reviews and ratings, the aggregate of which would all be far lower in the popularity rankings.
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Ive applied for the IPhone App developer license over a week ago but still havent heard anything back from apple as of yet.
Im quite deep into the development of my application and am wondering if there is a way i can deploy it to a device for testing in the meantime (while waiting for apple to get back to me)?
I cant jailbreak the phone because its not mine.
Also, does anybody know the average time it takes for apple to "contact your legal representative" and approve the application process?
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Unless you jailbreak, no, you will have to wait for a certificate to deploy a signed app.
I'm not aware of any way to load apps
Maybe one of your friends has a dev certificate?
I believe the apple process takes a bit over a week - at least that was the case for my UK based Ltd company.
Personal (non-company) applications are quicker; I believe these usually complete within 24 hours.
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I am going to develop on iPhone platform. Can some one make an explanation about how to do this? Here is some of my question?
If I want to publish my iPhone software (totally free, and will be free forever), do I have to register apple developer with $99?
If I don't pay for apple, where else can I get detail development information (such as API documentation, library references, etc)?
What are the steps to develop and publish my software by the official way if I want to spend as little money as I can?
If you want to publish in the app store, you have to pay the $99.
There are tons of tutorials, and several good books available.
See #1. You've got to pay the $99 to publish the official way (through the app store.)
All that said, there is the concept of ad-hoc deployment which lets you share a limited number of apps with other people. The limit is 100 phones, and the users will have to go through a much more complicated process to get the app installed. The real purpose for ad-hoc distribution is getting your app to people who can test it before you send it to the app store.
In my opinion, after you've bought the iPhone and the Mac you have to have to run XCode, $99 is a pretty small price to pay. You're probably paying that much every month to keep the phone.