{"id":305,"date":"2020-05-06T15:21:15","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T13:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mic.st\/blog\/?p=305"},"modified":"2021-07-15T08:55:24","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T06:55:24","slug":"my-first-intransparent-app-store-review-adventure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mic.st\/blog\/my-first-intransparent-app-store-review-adventure\/","title":{"rendered":"How to get your first ever app approved in Apple&#8217;s App Store"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>While publishing FlippyApp (<a href=\"https:\/\/mic.st\/blog\/portfolio\/\">https:\/\/mic.st\/blog\/portfolio\/<\/a>) to the App Store (<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/flippylearn\/id1479486387\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/flippylearn\/id1479486387<\/a>) I learnt a lot about how to deal with the intransparent review process of the Apple App Store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two most important:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The review process is very intransparent. <br><strong>Quick Help:<\/strong> If you get any incomprehensible rejection messages, google them. Probably a lot of people got the same message.<br><br><\/li><li>Although it feels like talking to a wall sometimes when answering rejection messages, be honest and give as much information as possible.<br><strong>Quick Help:<\/strong> If they accuse you of anything, take that accusation, think about it and answer it with honesty.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The first version of my app was rejected with a default text message. A quick google search showed me that a lot of people got (maybe still get) this exact message when submitting apps for the first time. Apple accused me of violating the App Store Review Guidelines. They also attached a bullet point list of possible violations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Actually, I did not violate any of the given points and I answered that. This did not help anything it resulted in just another default answer which now said my whole account was under investigation ?! They also added I should not write any further mails and wait for there review or any instructions. So I did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Half year later: Still no answer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So I decided to write them another mail, although they explicitly asked me to wait. I took every bullet point and gave a detailled answer why I did not violate this certain point. One day later, everything was fine and my app was approved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although I am very happy that my App is finally in the Apple App Store, I do not like how intransparent the whole review process is. It&#8217;s fine with me that they made me think about every possible violation but then they should not ask me to wait and do not react to the accusations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every update after that was reviewed and accepted pretty quickly. So I think this step of the review process is maybe just a filter that should prevent spammers or people who do not interact with the reviewers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">References:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Featured Image by <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/de\/users\/riyan_hidayart-14811392\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=5062314\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">riyan hidayat<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/de\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=5062314\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pixabay<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While publishing FlippyApp (https:\/\/mic.st\/blog\/portfolio\/) to the App Store (https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/flippylearn\/id1479486387) I learnt a lot about how to deal with the intransparent review process of the Apple App Store. The two most important: The review process is very intransparent. Quick Help: If you get any incomprehensible rejection messages, google them. 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