Waiting for Review...

Sat, Aug 14th, 2010

JourneyTag has been on hiatus for a few months. Back in June, I submitted a casual update to fix a compatibility bug in iOS 4 and also added support for iAds.

Around the time I submitted my app, Apple started requiring developers to use the Application Loader for all app submissions, but I actually uploaded my app using the deprecated way--directly in iTunes connect.

Two Months later, JourneyTag was still "waiting for review". I had no idea if I was stuck in a very long queue of low priority apps, or I was in "App Store Limbo" due to the way I uploaded the binary.

At this point, I had two choices: 1) reject the binary and go to the back of the line or 2) keep waiting.

I finally rejected the binary and re-uploaded it using the Application Loader and 7 days later I got rejected!

This is great news as the rejection came with a specific bug and related fix. I am a simple resubmit away from being back in business.

This was very frustrating process and it really does give me doubts on wether I want to depend on the App Store approval process for any future projects.

If Apple would provide a better communication channel for us developers, perhaps mixups like this would not happen. I really wish Apple would treat it's developers half as good as it treats its customers.

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