On 25 Sep 2010, at 1:10 PM, Dan Hopwood wrote: > I found the following link with info on how to send SMSs from within an > application. > > http://blog.mugunthkumar.com/coding/iphone-tutorial-how-to-send-in-app-sms/ > > I have not tested this yet but have the following question. If the above > does work, do Apple allow applications onto the App Store that use such a > technique or does it depend on the context. For example, it would make sense > that Apple reject an application that spams the users contacts on every > launch but perhaps not for an app that replies on sending SMSs for it's > purpose.
The fact that Apple provides a public API for composing and sending SMS messages would suggest that they permit apps to use it. As for your particular use, the approval process is less opaque than it had been, but the only definitive guidance on what Apple will do is whatever Apple does. They have published their guidelines; they're behind an ADC login, so I won't try to guess at the answer to your question (and a good thing, too), but you can get at them from <http://developer.apple.com/appstore/guidelines.html> If it were me (speaking only as to what I think is reasonable and fair), I wouldn't send an SMS except on the express permission of the user, every time, and at least offering to show the full text of the message, every time. — F _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
