Rant: 2 weeks wait for review rejected because YT doesn't show on embedded browser in GS

izam

I'm really sick of Apple's app review system. I made sure everything worked perfect on the game.
But then when a youtube video can't display on the embedded browser, they marked it down as flawed and rejected it!
After waiting for 2 week! Amazing. simply amazing.

Hopscotch

@izam, what did they complain about? The fact that the video was unavailable at the time or that it opened in a browser window?

Armelline

Are you opening a Youtube video specifically, or is this if they navigate to one from whatever page is opened?

If you're opening one specifically, that's a fair rejection but also something you should submit a bug report for!

That all said, Apple are infuriating with their review system!

izam

It's just a link to my youtube channel. There's also another link direct to a particular YT video on my channel. Those links are on the main menu of my game. All other URL work inside an embedded browser. I don't know why youtube can't. And now I've got to wait for the new binary to be processed and then resubmit and how long will the wait be this time? Another 2 weeks??

This is just one of the reasons why I prefer android publishing. I don't think I'm alone in this. That is why GS team needs to up their game to focus on Android publishing more and not just giving iOS their main priority.

RabidParrot

Have you tested the youtube link via adhoc?

The_Gamesalad_Guru

Apple's market share is much higher as to sales than android. Every stat one reads shows iOS users spend more money. To abandon Apple is foolish just becuase it requires some work. Not very smart business plan.

Hopscotch

The redirection from the normal youtube link to the mobile version may be the problem.

Have you tried using the mobile link directly? (m.youtube.com...)