Remember when Applewent after that handy note - taking gubbins , a popular app that ’s one the first truly useful thingamajig for iOS 8 ? Turns out , Apple ’s been pull all kinds of apps that take reward of new features in Io 8 — even after they ’ve been approved to be in the App Store . And developers are starting to get fairly upset .
The Guardianjust publish a lengthy reporton the trend . The paper names the follow apps as victim of Apple ’s newly unpredictable App Store :
convey , an FTP programme that have you economise files iCloud Drive ( a new ability in iOS 8)
PCalc , a estimator app and widget that looks a luck like the aboriginal iOS calculator
Drafts , a writing app that included buttons in an accompanying widget
Launcher , an app that makes it easier to launch apps from the Notification Center
Why Apple is doing this remains a piece of a whodunit . At first coup d’oeil it would seem that Apple is bolt down apps that dispute its owns , but upon closer examination , the trend seems to point to some mix-up about the new App Store guideline . Since gizmo and extensions are new to iOS 8 , there are all kind of novel pattern that Apple ’s written to make these work they way that they need . It just seems like peradventure not all of these new rules are written down , or coherent . And it sucks for the developer who are making utilitarian thing , getting them approved , and then watching Apple pull the rug out from under them .
We ’ve reached out to Apple for more details on the specifics of what ’s going on and will update this Emily Price Post if we listen back . [ The Guardian ]
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