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Clarification on Using Stripe for a Facilitation Platform and Compliance with App Store Guidelines
Hi everyone, We are developing an app, Video Tradie, which operates as a marketplace platform connecting customers with independent tradespeople for consultations. The app facilitates scheduling, communication, and payments but does not directly provide any services—our role is strictly as a facilitator. For payment processing, we are currently integrating Stripe to handle invoicing, payment splits to tradespeople, and detailed reporting features that are essential to our business model. However, we want to ensure compliance with Apple’s App Store guidelines, particularly regarding: Digital Services vs. Physical Services: Since the app facilitates consultations (virtual services), would it fall under Apple’s in-app purchase requirements, or could it qualify for exemptions, similar to apps facilitating physical services? Stripe Integration: If we continue using Stripe for payments, are we allowed to remit Apple’s 15% commission (under the Small Business Programme) while not using Apple’s payment infrastructure? Marketplace Positioning: Does positioning our app as a marketplace rather than a direct service provider exempt us from using Apple’s in-app payment system? Alternative Billing Options: If operating in regions like the EU or South Korea, where alternative billing is permitted, are there specific steps we need to follow to comply? We are seeking clarification to ensure we develop the app in a way that aligns with Apple’s expectations. If anyone has experience with similar setups or advice on communicating with Apple during the submission process, I’d greatly appreciate your input! Thank you!
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Jan ’25
Enterprise developer renewal
We are a technical team of a large enterprise whose main business depends on internally developed iOS applications. Our Apple enterprise developer account expires on February 16th, and we filled in the renewal application form before that, but it was rejected by Apple. We contacted the Apple consultant through Apple's official website, and they said that the enterprise department is a separate department, and they could not solve my problem. Later, after efforts, I directly contacted the email address of the enterprise department, and I explained our situation. After their review, the final plan still could not renew, but only extended the use of our P12 certificate, and the maximum extension was one year in the end, so that we can deal with the application that is being distributed by the enterprise as soon as possible. May I ask if there is any better way to successfully renew my account? Only the extension of the certificate is not what we want, my profile explains the whole process, but this is the only way at present,
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Feb ’25
HomeKit
March 2025. I’ve reached a point where so much about the Apple ecosystem is broken that I have stopped caring. My lights stopped working properly in HomeKit shortly after the last update. They work in the Wiz native app but not HomeKit. Device automations are now spotting and random; bad when they are alarms. When Apple was less, it was more. I have an iPhone 12 and see no reason to upgrade. Why pay a premium for suboptimal products and services. Anyone notice that calls to Apple Support are now fielded by non-professionals? I’ve asked. Just random applicants, typing my question(s) into Safari for solutions. No idea why government is getting cut when private is t any better. Humans are on a downward slope.
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Mar ’25
Can't Access App Store Connect
Hi, I am a new user here, I have created my apple developer account and purchased an apple developer membership for a year. I have received my web order details and also the invoice few days ago but when I try to go to App Store Connect it won't let me in. I have contacted the apple developer support 3 days ago but I did not received any response yet. It's frustrating. I do not know much how to navigate on these apple products and devices so I am kind of lost here. Your help or advice, would be greatly appreciated. Btw, I believed I have already enrolled in this apple developer membership because every time I tried to click enrol it leads me to another purchase membership page which I have already paid, so I ended up clicking the withdraw membership instead of clicking the purchase tab. Thank you in advance to those who are able to address this concern.
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Feb ’25
Apple Developer Enrollment
Hello, I am trying to enroll to apple developer program as solo developer. While trying to enroll via app my passport and drivers license are not validated. When trying to enroll via web, I fill in the details and try to make the payment, but payment itself is not deducted from my bank account. I receive email that payment is being processed, but nothing further happens.
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Feb ’25
Workout session [session.end()] taking a long time to end
I'm developing a workout app with a mirrored workout session. I'm having problems with sessions being out of sync. For example, when the workout is ended, it takes somewhere around a minute or two for it to actually fully end, so if during this time I start a new workout, then the sessions will be out of sync. I am using healthStore.recoverActiveWorkoutSession() to recover the workout session but it doesn't always work very well and in particular in the case when a workout has been manually ended (but ending hasn't completed) it enters an out of sync mode. The reason why this case is happening is because I have an third party sensor connected to this mirrored workout session and if the sensor is out of range or turned off, I end the workout. However, if the person had accidentally gone out of range, they would reconnect to the app and restart the workout as soon as they realize and in that case, when the workout hasn't fully ended, it doesn't recover appropriately. I have spent weeks trying to debug this with no luck so any advice will be appreciated.
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Jan ’25
BLE ADVERTISE
Dear Apple: The program we developed uses BLE broadcasting to discover devices. The discovered device sends three broadcasts, but when we debug the program, we found that the addresses reported by centralManager::didDiscoverPeripheral for the same device's three broadcasts are actually different CBPeripheral * addresses. I would like to ask how we can identify that these three broadcasts are from the same device? Are there any variables in the peripheral that can identify it as the same device? Thanks。
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Feb ’25
iPad Pro M4. Panic. Freezing and Restarting Daily Without Heavy Usage
I purchased an iPad Pro M4 in early December, and since day one, I’ve been experiencing a recurring issue. Almost every day, at random times, the device freezes for 1–5 minutes and then restarts itself. The tablet is not under heavy load when this happens — I mainly use it for light tasks such as watching videos in a player or Safari browser, web surfing, and reading books. The issue has even occurred while the iPad was idle and locked; it froze, displayed the Apple logo, and rebooted. I brought the device back to the store where I purchased it, and they sent it for a diagnostic check. However, the experts concluded that the device is fully functional, and no defects were found. After one of these crashes, I noticed that my Apple Pencil started lagging (see video file IMG_5688.MOV). However, after another reboot, the issue with the Apple Pencil resolved itself. I’ve documented the issue with several video recordings showing the freezing and rebooting behavior, as well as error logs generated after such incidents. Device Details: Model: iPad Pro M4 Usage: Light tasks only (video streaming, web browsing, reading) Environment: No overheating, no resource-heavy applications running What could be causing this issue, and how can I resolve it? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! P.S. I’ve uploaded all the device logs and videos demonstrating the issue to Google Drive. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_R0i_iazADWo5EgStrPdgmf1XjgPP_RC?usp=sharing
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Jan ’25
How to use donated users in your application and display Siri recommended users in Safari's system sharing
The following is my code, which runs successfully and is recommended to succeed, but it still does not show Siri's suggestion to users in the system sharing in Safari import AppIntents import Contacts import CoreSpotlight import Intents import UIKit class TestViewController: UIViewController { override func viewDidLoad() { super.viewDidLoad() self.view.backgroundColor = UIColor.white DispatchQueue.global().async { self.donateMessageInteraction(recipientName: "张三", phoneNumber: "+8613812345678") } } func donateMessageInteraction(recipientName: String, phoneNumber: String) { INPreferences.requestSiriAuthorization { status in guard status == .authorized else { return } // 1. 创建接收者 let recipientHandle = INPersonHandle(value: phoneNumber, type: .phoneNumber) let recipient = INPerson( personHandle: recipientHandle, nameComponents: nil, displayName: recipientName, image: nil, contactIdentifier: nil, customIdentifier: "com.yourapp.recipient.\(phoneNumber)" ) // 2. 创建发送者(你的应用身份) let senderHandle = INPersonHandle(value: "15210639372@163.com", type: .emailAddress) let sender = INPerson( personHandle: senderHandle, nameComponents: nil, displayName: "我的应用", image: nil, contactIdentifier: nil, customIdentifier: "com.yourapp.sender" ) // 3. 创建消息意图 let intent = INSendMessageIntent( recipients: [recipient], outgoingMessageType: .outgoingMessageText, content: "最近怎么样?", // 常用消息内容 speakableGroupName: nil, // 群组名称(一对一设为nil) conversationIdentifier: "com.yourapp.conversation.\(phoneNumber)", // 唯一会话ID serviceName: "My Chat Service", // 你的消息服务名称 sender: sender, // 发送者身份 attachments: nil ) // 4. 配置意图参数 intent.setImage(INImage(named: "user0"), forParameterNamed: \.sender) // 5. 创建并捐赠交互 let interaction = INInteraction(intent: intent, response: nil) interaction.direction = .outgoing interaction.donate { error in error.map { print("捐赠失败: \($0)") } } print("捐赠代码执行完成") } } }
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Feb ’25
App logout every time delete from open aps
Hi, I am testing my app with TestFlight. The app is developed with React Native Expo. Step 1: Log into the app – everything works fine. Step 2: Use the app – everything works fine. Step 3: Close the app without logging out, just close it. Step 4: Remove the app from the recent apps window. Step 5: Try to open the app again, but it requires login again. I don’t understand why the login parameters are not retained and why the app asks me to log in again. Code used for login handling: import AsyncStorage from "@react-native-async-storage/async-storage"; useEffect(() => { const loadToken = async () => { const token = await AsyncStorage.getItem(TOKEN_KEY); if(token) { axiosInstance.defaults.headers.common['Authorization'] = `Bearer ${token}`; try { const response = await axiosInstance.get('/auth/check'); const data = response.data; setSession(token); setUser(data.user); } catch (e) { setSession(null); setUser(null); } } } loadToken().then(() => setIsLoading(false)); }, []); Important Note: This issue only occurs when we switch to production. In the test environment, everything works fine, and we don’t experience this problem. However, as soon as we build for production and test on multiple devices, this issue appears. Thanks in advance!
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Feb ’25
Spotlight services not fully stopping
I wish to have all spotlight services stopped on my MacBook, however with turning all options off in the settings and also the "Help Apple Improve Search" option, however the option turns back on whenever there is a restart on the laptop as well as background services running. How can I disable this permanently? I have tried to following as well: sudo mdutil -a -i off sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.metadata.mds.user.plist sudo rm /Library/Preferences/com.apple.spotlight.plist sudo launchctl disable system/com.apple.metadata.mds However with ps aux | grep -E "mds|Spotlight|corespotlightd" it still shows spotlight related services running: User1 73830 0.0 0.0 410741568 1680 s018 S+ 11:58am 0:00.00 grep -E mds|Spotlight|corespotlightd root 3170 0.0 0.0 410682288 4816 ?? Ss 20Jan25 4:28.08 /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Metadata.framework/Versions/A/Support/mds_stores root 3168 0.0 0.0 427023376 14864 ?? Ss 20Jan25 33:53.97 /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Metadata.framework/Support/mds User1 593 0.0 0.1 434378432 45456 ?? S 20Jan25 14:00.32 /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Metadata.framework/Versions/A/Support/corespotlightd What else can I try in order to stop these and to stay shut off after turning my laptop on and off again?
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Feb ’25
Make Developer Forums Better!
Too many irrelevant posts come up when I attempt to search for something. There should be an easy button or something to earmark posts as something irrelevant- something that shouldn't come up in a search. I'm looking for something in Xcode 15 and frequently the top posts in the search are 10 years old and don't have any relevance whatsoever to the solution to my problem.
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Feb ’25
Please support device mirroring with cable and without iCloud login
Hi all, if anyone from apple Dev team is seeing this, please do consider supporting device mirroring without the need to login to icloud and with cable connection in addition to wi-fi. I am working in a corporate setting which does not allow us to login to icloud, thus I am unable to use device mirroring when my work really needs is, I am stuck with Quick time preview. I am quite sure, that this does not only apply to me.
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Jan ’25