Too many symbol files

Just submitted my first Swift application to iTunes Connect. Xcode says it’s successful but after the build is automatically processed by iTunes Connect, I got an email from iTunes Connect saying I have “Too many symbol files”. Here’s the email I got from iTunes Connect. Dear developer, We have discovered one or more issues with…

App Store Reviewer Could Not Confirm IAP to remove iAd

My Message Scrambler App have supported iAd since I released version 2.0, which I released in March 2014. For version 2.3, I was planning to add a feature to permanently remove the iAd using In-App Purchases (IAP). This tutorial from Ray Wenderlich was very useful when I was implementing this, and I would highly recommend…

How long for Apple to approve apps

To give you some idea on how long Apple actually approves apps, I’ve posted here the schedule for 2 versions of my Message Scrambler app. One version went to “Waiting for Upload” state on March 1st, and went to “Ready for Sale” state on March 5th. The next version, I submitted on March 16th, and…

Showing and Hiding the Correct iAd size using Auto-Layout

WhWhen I implemented iAds on my Xcode 5, I decided to use auto-layout to show, and hide the iAd banner depending on whether ads are available or not. Here is a simple summary of my main view. MainView – HeaderView– ContentsView– BannerView For auto-layout “height” settings, I only had it setup for HeaderView. Both ContentsView…

From iOS 4 to iOS 7

I’ve just renewed my iPhone developer account (¥8400 per year) and am current updating my old app from when I developed them in 2010 to now. Many things have changed for the better and I was able to migrate my app in just one weekend. First, the price. I remember it to be much more expensive…

iAd goes live on July 1st

I want to be one of the firsts to offer an iAd-enabled app come July 1st so better start working on the free add-supported version of Message Scrambler. I believe Apple will start accepting apps later this week. iAd, here I come.

"Upload Received" to "Ready for Sale"

My first iPhone application, Message Scrambler, is now ready for sale!!! Looking at the status history of this app, it took only eight days from the day I submitted it until the day it was approved. April 22, 2010 – Upload ReceivedApril 22, 2010 – Waiting For ReviewApril 28, 2010 – In ReviewApril 29, 2010…

Waiting for Approval

Searching the web how normally it takes for Apple to approve an application and the usual answer I get is 2 weeks. I’ve been waiting for one week already. One more week to go. Can’t wait. Apple, hurry up! 😀

Message Scrambler

I’ve created a new blog site for my first iPhone app – Message Scrambler. It looks like when submitting an application to Apple, developers are required to have a “support site” for the application. I created this site as my “support site” and also to give more information/updates about the application.