I just used a time based trick when I needed to push through behavior that apple...

reddalo · 2024-08-04T07:52:20 1722757940

I did the same in one of my apps. It's a private app, you need a login code to use it; Apple wanted to test all the features, so I put some fake screens in the app, those screens didn't even make API calls.

I set a timer for two weeks, after those the app started having its real behavior, with API calls and everything.

The whole Apple app review is a joke.

paulryanrogers · 2024-08-04T14:35:46 1722782146

Apple testers no longer demand test credentials to get beyond login walls?

saagarjha · 2024-08-04T17:04:13 1722791053

They do. You can detect those of course.

eddd-ddde · 2024-08-03T20:07:07 1722715627

I love it, goes to show how useless the app verification process is.

One could probably find a way of fingerprinting reviewer systems to directly hide the feature only for them.

1986 · 2024-08-03T23:48:35 1722728915

Uber tried to do this, they geofenced Cupertino for a feature so it wouldn't appear during app review

stephenhuey · 2024-08-04T04:56:56 1722747416

Seems pretty unreliable. At least I know a recent Google Play Console reviewer was located at the Google office in Lisbon. I wouldn't be surprised if Apple used reviewers outside Cupertino.

chedabob · 2024-08-04T10:42:46 1722768166

Ye we've had apps rejected because they hit our IP geoblock, and the logs would always indicate they were testing via an Irish mobile network.

We specifically allow-listed Apple's /8 range, but they don't always use the corporate VPN.

plumeria · 2024-08-04T03:46:10 1722743170

Does "tried" imply they weren't successful?

eddd-ddde · 2024-08-04T04:18:13 1722745093

The linked post mentions they getting caught after a while.