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Reputation: 553

iOS app rejected by Apple after test device fails SMS based user authentication

I have an iOS app that is intended for use on iPhone devices only.

The Target Device Families build setting is set to iPhone.

The UIRequiredDeviceCapabilities build setting includes telephony, a capability not available with iPads.

Apple rejects the app because, during multi-factor authentication, their iPad is not capable of sending/receiving SMS text messages.

Apple documentation states that

At runtime, iOS cannot launch your application unless the declared capabilities are present on the device. Further, the App Store requires this information so that it can generate a list of requirements for user devices and prevent users from downloading applications that they cannot run.

My interpretation of this is that an iPad cannot launch my application because Telephony capabilities are not present on the device.

My Questions

  1. Is telephony truly a capability that renders iPads unusable or not?
  2. Short of developing an entire demo version of the app just for the review process, what strategy exists to get approval for any SMS-based feature an app may have?

I understand the last question is a bit opinion based, but I think an answer for it could help others dodge this issue when developing SMS-based features.

Perhaps the only viable solution is to make a demo version just for them.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 279

Answers (1)

Eugene Dudnyk
Eugene Dudnyk

Reputation: 6030

I checked WhatsApp (which also needs SMS auth), and it is not available on iPad App Store. In its Info.plist it has the following iPhone-related keys:

   <key>CFBundleSupportedPlatforms</key>
   <array>
      <string>iPhoneOS</string>
   </array>
   <key>UIRequiredDeviceCapabilities</key>
   <dict>
      <key>telephony</key>
      <true/>
   </dict>
   <key>DTPlatformName</key>
   <string>iphoneos</string>
   <key>LSRequiresIPhoneOS</key>
   <true/>
   <key>UIDeviceFamily</key>
   <array>
      <integer>1</integer>
   </array>

You may try to add them and check the review process again.

Upvotes: 2

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