{"id":44062,"date":"2024-07-12T18:18:11","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T22:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=44062"},"modified":"2024-07-15T10:35:39","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T14:35:39","slug":"delta-1-6-rejected-from-the-app-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2024\/07\/12\/delta-1-6-rejected-from-the-app-store\/","title":{"rendered":"Delta 1.6 Rejected From the App Store"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zac Hall<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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We knew the retro game emulator app Delta was popular, but over 10 million users on iPhone alone? That’s the stat that the team behind Delta shared today alongside the latest news about availability on iPad.<\/p>\n

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Delta for iPad comes with features exclusive to iPadOS, including support for Handoff from iPhone, opening multiple Delta windows, and even playing Delta in Stage Manager or in Split View. That’s in addition to each console skin being optimized for the iPad and full-screen game support.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Riley Testut<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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lol Apple rejected it<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

John Voorhees<\/a> (Mastodon<\/a>):<\/p>\n

I’ve had a chance to try the new Delta 1.6 iPad features and they’re great, so it was disappointing to see that the app has been rejected by App Review<\/a>. According to the AltStore Mastodon account<\/a>, the reason was that the app included a link to the developers’ Patreon page, even though that link appeared in prior versions of the app. The Patreon link has been removed and the app resubmitted, so hopefully the update will be available worldwide soon.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Riley Testut<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Some positive news! App Review just called — tl;dr we are<\/em> allowed to include Patreon benefits (e.g. alternate app icons), there are just some changes we need to make first<\/p>\n

Rather than delay 1.6 any more though, we’ve removed all<\/em> Patreon functionality for now and resubmitted. Plan is to add it back in an update soon once we get 1.6 out the door (hopefully soon)🤞<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

It was also rejected for “4.3.0: Design Spam.”<\/p>\n\n

Stuart McHattie<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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it’s their get out clause for “actually we just don’t want to approve your app any more”. See the review guidelines and in particular (b). So I guess what they’re saying is that they wanted emulators, but they’ve had their fill.<\/p>\n

Which is a dumb reason for an update. I could understand this reason for rejection on a brand new app.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Craig Grannell<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Rejecting Delta – DELTA! – for “spam” is, even by Apple standards, taking the piss. Then again, this is one of those opaque rules that often just means Apple doesn’t want the app. MAME4iOS has been tangled in this net for some time now (although I suspect will now fall foul of Apple gradually deciding to punt emulators that aren’t specifically for game consoles, despite having approved a bunch for home micros; still, arcade boards were an unknown).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Craig Grannell<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Emulation state of play on iOS:<\/p>\n