Dropbox Tweaks SDK to Comply With App Store Review Guidelines

Comment (1)Last week, we had reported that iPhone and iPad apps with Dropbox integration were being rejected for violating Apple's App Store review guidelines.

The integration included an option that allowed users to signup for Dropbox and purchase additional storage. According to Apple's App Store review guidelines, developers who offer paid subscriptions either have to use Apple's in-app purchase feature or need to ensure that there is no link pointing users to external purchasing mechanisms.

Following this, Dropbox quickly rolled out a temporary SDK (v1.2.2) that removed both account signups and external paid subscription packages. Dropbox said it was "working with Apple", but apps with integration of the temporary SDK were still rejected - until now. Since then, Dropbox has been tweaking their SDK to fully comply with Apple's App Store guidelines.

Although Apple has yet to give the new, updated SDK an official thumbs up, it appears to be satisfying App Store reviewers based on this thread on Dropbox forum.

So we didn't get an official verdict (imagine the worst game of telephone you've ever played), but we do have reason to believe that this build is more likely to get approved than the previous build I posted earlier.

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