
Why now, when I hadn't changed anything relevant? I don't know. When I submitted the app to App Review, Apple silently added the game center entitlement to my app, even though the app didn't have the entitlement when I submitted it.

I discovered that the Game Center capability was enabled for the StopTheMadness App ID, even though I never specifically enabled it. If you login to your Apple Developer account on the web, the Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles section has a list of your App IDs. The Game Center entitlement is there! But why? % codesign -display -entitlements - /Applications/StopTheMadness.app

It turns out that the entitlements of StopTheMadness downloaded from the Mac App Store are different from the entitlements of the build that I submitted to App Review. You do not need to resubmit your app for us to proceed." (I'll discuss this a bit more at the end of the blog post.) If this submission includes bug fixes and you'd like to have it approved at this time, reply to this message and let us know. user-selected.read-writeĭespite the mystery, App Review allowed me to get the submission approved without changing anything: "The issues we've identified below are eligible to be resolved on your next update. My most recent Mac App Store submission of StopTheMadness was rejected by Apple App Review for the reason "Your app contains the Game Center entitlement, but it does not link against the GameKit framework." This was puzzling, because my app does not contain the Game Center entitlement! % codesign -display -entitlements - ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/Archives//AppStore\ 9-26-22,\ 8.44\ PM.xcarchive/Products/Applications/StopTheMadness.app

Check your App IDs for unused capabilities Articles index Jeff Johnson ( My apps, PayPal.Me) Check your App IDs for unused capabilities September 28 2022
