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DarkLeafyGreen
DarkLeafyGreen

Reputation: 70466

Will Apple reject my iOS SMS client?

Before I go on with my work and put more time in it I want to know if Apple will reject it.

I am working on a SMS client for the iPhone, that is a simple app with three views.

A settings view

Dashboard

Send SMS

I heard their might be a problem with this kind of applications. What do you think?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1371

Answers (2)

Erik B
Erik B

Reputation: 42594

There are apps on the app store that sends sms from a gateway. WhatsApp sends an sms from a gateway to confirm the phone number you entered. You could do a similar thing to authenticate the user and then the sms sending will not be anonymous.

Whether the app will be rejected in the end is up to Apple, but I think there is a good chance it won't be. However, I wouldn't be surprised if it was rejected anyway.

EDIT: This is how WhatsApp's authentication works.

  1. User enters phone number.
  2. Phone number is sent to server.
  3. Server sends an sms with a 3 (or 4, don't remember) digit code to that number.
  4. User enters the code.
  5. Code is sent to server.
  6. Code is validated and if it matches the user is authenticated.

I have no affiliation with WhatsApp, but I'd still recommend you to download it, to get a better understanding of how it works. If anything is unclear, ask and I'll try to explain it to you.

Upvotes: 2

user207616
user207616

Reputation:

As mentioned in you other post, Apple is really clear about that. They will not approve an application which supports anonymous SMS messaging:

Guidelines: https://developer.apple.com/appstore/resources/approval/guidelines.html

22.6 Apps that enable anonymous or prank phone calls or SMS/MMS messaging will be rejected

Upvotes: 5

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