This is mainly a Mac app issue, though it's perhaps related to a similar issue with iOS app receipt validation on App Store review testing.
I'm stuck in app store rejections because they are seeing a 'damaged app' error trying to launch my app on some of their test environments. I cannot reproduce in numerous attempts.
Has anyone else been stuck this way (esp. recently) and if so what did you do to resolve?
My app runs perfectly if I compile without app store code and notarize it myself, on a variety of systems. It's universal (M1 and intel), tested on all the above, both admin and standard accounts, so that makes me think the issue is only in the StoreKit / receipt-validation code.
The app does local receipt validation in a very standard way, requesting the receipt if it's absent. I've tested this with the exact app submitted (and rejected) to app store review, exported from the Xcode organizer, and in my testing the app successfully refreshes or validates the receipt. At worst (e.g. if offline) it prompts to log in with the apple ID. I'm using a sandbox App Store account to test.
I've never seen a 'damaged app' error happen even when I manually delete the receipt. The worst I've seen is a notarization error if I copy the app to a different machine (since app store archived build is not notarized, docs state that App Store will notarize it).
Since there's no Mac TestFlight I can't download the actual binary that App Store review is testing which presumably has modifications (at least, notarization). And their error reports are very vague, just a screenshot of the error and generic testing advice.
I can't be the only one who has been in this situation, and although I've used a DTS support ticket I don't know how soon they'll get back to me. Any helpful knowledge is appreciated!
I'm stuck in app store rejections because they are seeing a 'damaged app' error trying to launch my app on some of their test environments. I cannot reproduce in numerous attempts.
Has anyone else been stuck this way (esp. recently) and if so what did you do to resolve?
My app runs perfectly if I compile without app store code and notarize it myself, on a variety of systems. It's universal (M1 and intel), tested on all the above, both admin and standard accounts, so that makes me think the issue is only in the StoreKit / receipt-validation code.
The app does local receipt validation in a very standard way, requesting the receipt if it's absent. I've tested this with the exact app submitted (and rejected) to app store review, exported from the Xcode organizer, and in my testing the app successfully refreshes or validates the receipt. At worst (e.g. if offline) it prompts to log in with the apple ID. I'm using a sandbox App Store account to test.
I've never seen a 'damaged app' error happen even when I manually delete the receipt. The worst I've seen is a notarization error if I copy the app to a different machine (since app store archived build is not notarized, docs state that App Store will notarize it).
Since there's no Mac TestFlight I can't download the actual binary that App Store review is testing which presumably has modifications (at least, notarization). And their error reports are very vague, just a screenshot of the error and generic testing advice.
I can't be the only one who has been in this situation, and although I've used a DTS support ticket I don't know how soon they'll get back to me. Any helpful knowledge is appreciated!
