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App Store Tip: Specify the Devices Your App Runs on Using the Info.plist File

The App Store requires that you provide metadata about your application before submitting it. While most of this metadata is specified using the iPhone Developer Program Portal, the process for selecting device-related dependencies in iTunes Connect is no longer available. Instead, if your app relies on features that are specific to a device, such as the compass on iPhone 3GS, add the UIRequiredDeviceCapabilities key to your app’s Info.plist file to indicate the specific hardware feature required. The UIRequiredDeviceCapabilities key in your app’s Info.plist file tells iPhone OS that your app can only be launched on a device with specific features and provides the App Store with a list of device requirements so users don’t download applications that they cannot run. To learn more about assigning required capabilities for your apps, read the Device Support section of the iPhone Applications Programming Guide . Read more app submission tips

App Store Tip: Enhance Your App with Core Location

The Core Location framework allows you to build applications which know where your users are and can deliver information based on their location, such as local weather, nearby restaurants, ATMs, and other location-based information. If you build your application with features based on a user’s location, make sure these features provide beneficial information. If your app uses location-based information primarily to enable mobile advertisers to deliver targeted ads based on a user’s location, your app will be returned to you by the App Store Review Team for modification before it can be posted to the App Store. You can learn more about using Core Location by reading the CLLocationManager Class Reference and downloading the LocateMe sample code available in the iPhone OS Reference Library. Read more app submission tips

iPhone Developer News and Announcements Now Available via RSS

You can now subscribe to a new RSS feed that will allow you to instantly receive updates to the iPhone Developer News and Announcements. Get the latest information on a wide range of topics including tips on submitting apps to the App Store, current turnaround time for app review, program updates, development and testing techniques, and much more. Subscribe now .