Deadline for app updates using UIWebView has been extended beyond the end of 2020.
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New notifications are available in the App Store sandbox environment and it will be possible to use them in production later this year:
-DID_RENEW lets you know when a subscriber successfully auto-renews.
-PRICE_INCREASE_CONSENT lets you know when the App Store starts asking users to agree to your subscription’s new price.
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The deadline to upgrade to the APNs provider API has been extended to March 31, 2021. APNs will no longer support the legacy binary protocol after this date.
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Customers can now pre-order your app up to 180 days before it’s released for download on the App Store.
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Prices of apps and in-app purchases (excluding auto-renewable subscriptions) on the App Store will increase in Brazil, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Russia, and South Africa. Prices of apps and in-app purchases (excluding auto-renewable subscriptions) will also be adjusted in Iceland and Albania to align with pricing used in other markets selling in U.S. dollars with value-added tax.
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Play Store is experimenting with a new change that shows direct comparisons between similar apps to let users decide which best fits their needs.
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Google Play Policy - Declared permissions and in-app disclosures.
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It is now possible to optimize an app publishing process with new Google Play Console features.
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Developer tips and guides: Common policy violations and how you can avoid them
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