Developing for the App Store can still be a tricky business , despite Apple having brighten up since publish those much - needed road map modification in September . Still , using secret genus Apis in one ’s app — whether on purpose or not — is strictly prohibit by Apple ’s review process . Chimp Studios want to help developers cut down on their nail prick use with a new Mac app .
App Scanner1.0 is basically a pre - flight utility to prepare for relegate an app to the App Store . you may drag - and - drop your Io app onto the program and App Scanner will dig through it , checking for the enjoyment of any individual genus Apis ( the 1.0 spill can search over 24,000 method acting signatures ) . It should also facilitate reduce “ delusive positives”—when a developer practice a custom method acting name in their code that just pass off to rival the name of one of Apple ’s private genus Apis .
While App Scanner is going through its motions , you may brush up on Apple ’s review guidelines right soma inside the app . A feedback community , sample iOS app for examination , and the promise of frequent updates to keep footstep with Apple ’s iOS releases enclose up what sound like a utilitarian shaft for developers .
App Scanner is n’t the first tool of its sort , of course . Erica Sadun , notable developer , hacker , and author , released a standardised utilityin genus Beta back in August , though the genus Beta has since expired and take an update to work again . It is also surprising that Apple apparently has n’t build up these feature into Xcode itself , though it obviously could in a future update .
The potential drop for obsolesce is probably part of the reason why Chimp Studios priced App Scanner like an iOS app , at just $ 3 . App Scanner is available now from Chimp Studios ’s internet site .
