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Will Apple approve an app with this level of Obfuscation in it's source? I thought they had to have the source itself?

• SXX 6y ago
  Apple don't need the source of your app, but some bytecode that they can optimize for target platform. As for making sure that certain app not using private frameworks they can just do it through the testing.
  • saagarjha 6y ago
    Bytecode is not required for applications targeting iOS. And I will note that the latter is fairly difficult to actually check in principle, and it's mainly enforced (actually, in certain cases it's not ;) ) in practice by the threat of consequences if they catch you doing it rather than testing.
    • SXX 6y ago
      So providing bitcode is still optional for release on App Store?
      • saagarjha 6y ago
        As long as you are not targeting watchOS or tvOS.
        • SXX 6y ago
          Thank you for correcting me! I really expected that by now they using it for all devices.
• saagarjha 6y ago
  No, they don't. You can provide them with symbol files for your application so they can symbolicate crashes on your behalf, but this isn't required. (Interestingly, there are teams at Apple that reverse engineer applications for compatibility reasons, and the occasional "someone got an obfuscated binary past app review and we need to know what it does".)
  • grecy 6y ago
    Huh, thanks. I thought they reviewed the source of all apps to make sure they aren't doing anything naughty.
    • underdeserver 6y ago
      That would be ridiculously expensive.
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