{"id":7477,"date":"2018-06-06T12:52:06","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T12:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/?p=7477"},"modified":"2018-06-06T12:52:06","modified_gmt":"2018-06-06T12:52:06","slug":"linked-apple-revamps-app-store-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2018\/06\/06\/linked-apple-revamps-app-store-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: “Apple Revamps App Store Guidelines”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple Revamps App Store Guidelines, Sets New Rules for Remote Mirroring Apps Like Steam Link – Mac Rumors<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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A new rule, 2.3.12, states that all apps are required to “clearly describe” new features and product changes in their “What’s New” text. Apps can continue to use generic descriptions for bug fixes, security updates, and performance improvements, but anything more significant must be listed in the notes. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

!!!!!!!! Quite possibly the best thing out of Apple this week. I\u2019m pretty tired of leaving 1-star reviews to Application updates on the iOS App Store citing lazy developers who don\u2019t give a shit about their users. A handful of times last year, \u201cBug Fixes\u201d equaled a complete redesign of the app with ads, forcing me to download their new app, removing a feature I relied on or switching to a subscription model all without telling me just a lazy \u201cbug fixes\u201d note.\u00a0<\/p>\n

MOST users don\u2019t care but that doesn\u2019t mean a proper ChangeLOG isn\u2019t important.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple Revamps App Store Guidelines, Sets New Rules for Remote Mirroring Apps Like Steam Link – Mac Rumors:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2018-06-06T12:52:12Z","apple_news_api_id":"30a40760-bb6f-4d58-aaf5-36e97a9b6169","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2018-06-06T12:52:15Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AMKQHYLtvTViq9TbpepthaQ","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-linked","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1WB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7914,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2019\/01\/29\/is-apple-enforcing-changelog-in-the-app-store\/","url_meta":{"origin":7477,"position":0},"title":"Is Apple Enforcing ChangeLog in the App Store?","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"January 29, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Via Apple\u2019s App Store Review Guidelines: 2.3.12 Apps must clearly describe new features and product changes in their \u201cWhat\u2019s New\u201d text. 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