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- Thread starter LaynieGorilla
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Yea, for whatever reason I'm not that lucky.
That's weird though have you tried reinstalling?
Lots of iOS apps have access to the contact list. They don't require Apple's permission.
Apple provides an API for accessing the address book/contact list.
Stop speculating and saying stuff that is baseless and untrue.
Do I really have to quote myself to answer this question again?
EVERY APP REQUIRES APPLE'S PERMISSION!
do i really have to quote myself to answer this question again?
Every app requires apple's permission!
ALL SPECULATION ON YOUR PART.
No facts.
Apple does not restrict access to the user's contacts on a per-developer or per-App basis.
Google probably didn't think it was a necessary feature for the first release of the App.
Amazing... how naive....
Do developers even read this stuff?
https://developer.apple.com/appstore/guidelines.html
Just because they allow access to a ton of stuff, doesn't meantey don't control how it is used...especially when combing different features like voice activation, GPS, contact access, etc. all in one app.
When I installed the Google maps app a couple of days ago, I thought I saw the word "BETA" during the process. If I did, then it is only a BETA release, and therefore I would expect significant improvements in a future release.
Not naive. Factual.
I've certainly read them.
I don't see what relevance they have though. There's not actually a section on the use of Contacts in the guidelines.
Until you can provide some evidence to support what you're saying, nobody will take you seriously.
You haven't been able to provide an example of an App where the developer wanted to use this feature and Apple stopped them.
Apple does not like it when developers try to use something for a purpose other than that which it was intended.
Obviously, loading the user's contacts is not such a situation
Summary:
Fact: Apple provides an API that many Apps use to get the user's contacts (with permission in iOS 6.0 or later)
Your Unverified Claim: Apple decides to restrict these APIs depending on whether they like the App publisher or not.
Are you a developer? I'm not an iOS developer but any other product I've worked with gives you a set of public interfaces and you're free to use any features within that set. I'd be shocked if apple is being that restrictive. But if you have direct knowledge of this I'd like to hear more. So far it sounds like ranting
Developers work for me...Apple has rejected apps based on this type of request before (yes...for my own company's apps). I'm not able to legally provide "proof"...but at the end of the day, it doesn't matter. This stuff has a way of coming out.
So why hasn't it in the years since the iOS SDK was released?
We've heard all sorts of reasons for Apps getting rejected, but I've never seen a single one that was rejected for using Contacts in a non-malicious manner (even then, Apple has let Apps that do that onto the App Store).
Why do you think you would hear about that happening unless it was from a company that didn't think it needed to have a relationship with Apple AND is big enough to have an app that would be downloaded enough to cause an issue/uproar?
Because we've heard about so many other Apps being rejected for things - both big and small.
Look at Microsoft and Skydrive/Office