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Final reminder: Answer the updated age ratings questions.( WHICH EMAIL IS IT?)
Hello recevied this email: Hello, We’re reaching out because you have not provided responses to the updated age ratings questions in the App Information section of your app in App Store Connect. If you don’t answer these questions by January 31, 2026, you won’t be able to submit app updates in App Store Connect. These new questions cover: In-app controls. Capabilities. Medical or wellness topics. Violent themes in your app or game. Your answers to these questions will help ensure the correct rating is assigned and help you deliver an age-appropriate experience. Learn more about age ratings values and definitions Learn how to set your app rating As a reminder, we’ve updated the age rating system for apps and games in order to provide people with more granular age ratings and categories. You can view the age rating for each of your apps under the updated system and respond to the new questions in the App Information section of your app in App Store Connect. The updated age rating system adds 13+, 16+, and 18+ to the existing 4+ and 9+ ratings. Age ratings are assigned to each country or region and may vary based on region-specific suitability standards. These changes will be reflected on Apple devices running a minimum of iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS Tahoe 26, tvOS 26, visionOS 26, and watchOS 26. Please also note that the Texas SB2420 legislation goes into effect January 1, 2026. Under this law, making an age rating change to apps distributed in Texas would be considered a significant change. If you update your age rating after this date, you may need to trigger the significant change consent process. If you have any questions, please contact us. The Apple Developer Relations Team I don't even know which app they are talking about? No notification about this inside apple developer account /console stuff? What am I supposed to do? Someone on reddit saying you need to make new release and redo the age thing but what if you have 10 apps? Anyway,WHAT APP IS IT? what is this GENERAL EMAIL? Should we ignore it?
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App "Ready For Distrubution". Is there a way to find the app in the appstore FROM the "appstore connect"? (From my developer console)
I also Pressed "Automatically Release this version" Does this mean the app is already up? if yes, Is there a way to find the app "page" in the store, directly from my app store connect (developer console) page? I roamed through the different sections and could not find a way to go directly to my app store page from my app development pages (App information, app review, history, trust and safety pages, growth and marketing pages, monetization pages, nominations) non seemed to have a direct link to my released page?
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Sep ’25
Very technical question about the 'project.pbxproj' file. Targeted devices?
Hello In my app code (in flutter) but you can remain if you code in other langages, maybe you can help in other ways, I have a file called: project.pbxproj I am wondering about this line: ARGETED_DEVICE_FAMILY = "1,2"; Is it true that the 1 is for Iphone and 2 for Ipad? Would that mean that if I wrote "1" and removed 2, then in my app page in developer store side I would not see a tab for Ipad where the store requires from me to post screenshots for ipad? For instance (see image below) I know you guys use XCODE and it handels it itself, but can you open your .ipa files and check "project.pbxproj" to confirm differences between these files when the app is targeting Iphone Vs targeting Ipad? Thanks
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Sep ’25
Unlocking hidden "Developer mode" option on Ipad (without Mac or Xcode)
Hello, I have an iphone but not an ipad Actually a relative has an iPad. The problem I encoutered was when i was testing an app that I had built prior (so I had the ipa file) but no acces to Xcode. The thing is when I wanted to test it on my iphone, everything WENT SMOOTH and ok. When I tried on iPAD, I encounteed the problem I could not unlock the hidden "developer mode" option in any way, I tried so many things, checked and rechecked, the option was and stayed hidden, I could not activate it. Therefore I could not test the app. In the apple store I was required to give a screenshot for iPAD but that failed. because I could not produce ANY, since I could not run my app on iPAD. I actually have no idea how I activated the ability to turn on the developer mode on my iphone, it was just there and I activated it perhaps because I had added the email of my iphone to the developer account somehow? somehwere? But for iPAD I just could not find a way to do it, don't know if adding it somewhere could trigger something on the ipad to allow it to show the developer mode option so I can activate it finally? Anyway, I tried things I read on internet, methods that mention how to activate the developer mode ability on an ios devide though WINDOWS, there were 2 but one I did not trust much, and even I think i tried it and in the end it did not work for some incompatibility making that method obsolete or something? the other I am not sure but probably same idea. I would like to know, how to activate the ABILITY to SHOW the option to activate the developer mode on iPAD (or any other device but for now I am focuson on iPad) please, and without using macbook or xcode!? Could Apple or anyone offer some guidance? That would help a fellow developer. Thank you. Ps. No I cant get the mac or xcode for now (but hopefully in a far future, but for now I can't). Thanks
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Sep ’25
[REQUEST] for a tool/method/guidance how to create privacy manifest (PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy) when you don't have Xcode/mac
Hello, PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy Is primordial and without it the app is rejected from the Store I believe. All 5 ressources I had found related to it, mention XCODE, or explain how to add the code to langages that I don't use (Switf i think?) etc. I am building the app thought CI/CD, so prior to building it the app does not have privacy manifest and there is not way to generate it automatically without xcode it seems. My app is written in Flutter prior to becoming an iOS app. I am seeking for a method to do that. Thanks.
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Sep ’25
Need guidance for creating the xcprivacy file WITHOUT A MAC when coding on flutter, especially when third party sdks are there.
When you have a mac, creating xcprivacy is pretty straightforward for your app, you simply use xcode, then select the sdks and target them and your privacy manifest is ready. In the other hand, when you are using CI/CD solutions you might not use xcode direclty. In that instance and if you are coding in flutter, you need to create your privacy manifest by hand. I would like guidance how to write that file, I would it for a given third party SDK and where to put that file in the flutter project (just to be sure) For example we choose the most important third party SDK manifest: FUTTER framework. I keep getting errors about it for my app, got alot of builds get the INVALID BINARY error because of that, and my mails indicating me a problem with the manifest. Please show me the source code of the manifest privacy for a project where a third party SDK is present (in particular: flutter sdk) Thanks
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Mar ’25
How are we supposed to get Ipad screenshots for our store, without having an Ipad? haha
Hello, I am making my first app in appstore, I have an iphone I was able to run the app there and take screenshots, but It feels I am obligated to also get an ipad eventhough I don't use/need it much? Is there any other authorized way to get the screenshots for your app in an Ipad? Or is mandatory to get an Ipad to build Iphone apps? (Unless I did not select the rigth settings and I could somehow deselect the ipad screenshots sections?) By the way slight observation, is it me or the forum seems to be buggy and slow? I ma opening pages and it gets "error failed to download page etc"
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Mar ’25