Filip Brož Apple is constantly looking for new ways and solutions to improve the state of the App Store, and just before the release of a new version of the mobile operating system, it updated its rules for app approval. The new set of rules mainly applies to news coming in iOS 8, such as HealthKit, HomeKit, TestFlight and Extensions.
Apple has recently modified the rules for HealthKit, so that no personal data of users may be provided to third parties without their consent, so that it cannot be misused for advertising and other purposes. It is also not possible to store data obtained from HealthKit in iCloud. Similarly, the new rules also refer to the HomeKit function. This must fulfill its primary purpose, i.e. ensuring the home automation of all services, and the application must not use the data obtained for purposes other than improving the user experience or performance, whether in terms of hardware or software. Applications violating these rules will be rejected, whether in the case of HealthKit or HomeKit.
At TestFlight, which It was bought by Apple in February as a popular application testing tool, states in the rules that applications must be submitted for approval whenever there is a change in content or functionality. At the same time, it is forbidden to charge any amount for beta versions of applications. If developers want to use Extensions, which guarantee an extension to other applications, they must avoid advertisements and in-app purchases, at the same time the extensions must work offline and can only collect user data for the benefit of the user.
On top of all the guidelines, Apple reserves the right to reject or disapprove new apps it deems to be terrible or creepy. “We have over a million apps in the App Store. "If your app doesn't do something useful, unique, or provide some form of lasting entertainment, or if your app is downright terrifying, it can't be accepted," Apple says in the updated rules.
You can find the complete rules on the Apple developer website in the section App Store Review Guidelines.
The right approach, I definitely don't want any garbage in the App store ;-)
on the other hand, what one condemns as trash can entertain another .. this is pretty thin ice
It won't be so hot, before, for example, people used to put a million "farting" applications on the AppStore and they also got a tip. If the application is useful, is sensibly created and is not a joke, then the developer need not worry.