Crazy, though, because if Apple has a problem with the potential uses of a documented public API, is that not an indication that there’s something wrong with the API? Unsurprising because the implicit rule 0 of the App Store has always been that Apple isn’t going to publish an app they don’t want in the store, and that’s that. That’s simultaneously unsurprising, and, a little crazy. As I read it, rule 3.3.1 effectively means “ You may not use private APIs, and you may not use public APIs to do things we don’t want you to do.”

So perhaps it’s better to focus on this clause in rule 3.3.1: “in the manner prescribed by Apple”. Rogue Amoeba claims - and I don’t doubt them - that they’re not using private APIs in this app. “Non-public APIs” and “private APIs” are the same thing. So they’re citing App Store Review Guideline 2.5:Īpps that use non-public APIs will be rejected.Īnd rule 3.3.1 from the iOS Developer Program License Agreement:Īpplications may only use Documented APIs in the manner prescribedīy Apple and must not use or call any private APIs. I think the bottom line is that Apple is saying that apps are not allowed to act as AirPlay receivers on iOS, but there’s no App Store guideline that explicitly forbids that. Rogue Amoeba backwards-engineered the protocol, and coded their own iOS AirPlay receiver implementation using (they claim, and I have no reason to doubt them) only public APIs. It’s that they yanked version 3 after it had been in the store for a month, and the issue is the above-quoted new feature.Īpple doesn’t provide APIs for apps to serve as AirPlay receivers. Third-party AirPlay device, when you can use the iOS device youĪs I understand it, it’s not that Apple yanked Airfoil Speakers Touch after it had been in the store for three years. Means you can stream audio from one iOS device to another, or even IOS device becomes a full-fledged mobile AirPlay receiver! That With an inexpensive in-app purchase, your The other major feature in Airfoil Speakers is the new EnhancedĪudio Receiving option. The key is to focus on what’s new in version 3 of the app: More on Apple’s Removal of Airfoil Speakers Touch From the App Store Thursday, Īfter some interesting back-and-forth with a few informed sources, I think Apple’s removal of Airfoil Speakers Touch from the iOS App Store is not as mysterious or capricious as I first thought.

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