iPhone: Problems after application submission in AppStore..

Question

I've submitted my first iPhone App to the AppStore (on 10.09.10) and I have just found out that it was "Ready For Sale" (18.09.10). After a short moment of deep Happiness, I've found out some problems in my App, that I DO NOT have when I install it on my iPhone using XCode:

1) My APP uses the CLLocationManager to get the GPS coordinates. I've already tested it and it works very well, but after downloading my App from AppStore, I've noticed that my App DOES NOT get any coordinates. Normally, after installing a new App on my iPhone, that needs to get the GPS coordinates, the iOS asks me if I want to allow that App to do so, but in the case with my App, the iOS does not ask me that question. Am I missing something? P.S.: As I submitted my App to the Review-process I did NOT select the option which says that my App "needs the location services" (UIRequiredDeviceCapabilities in my Info.plist). Do you think this was a mistake?

2) I have some "boolean buttons". When the user clicks on the button, it makes a sound. But in the AppStore version, it does not make ANY sound (even the sounds the picker makes when a picturen is taken can not be heard). Here is my method:

- (void) playMCSound:(BOOL)release {
    //Get the filename of the sound file:
    NSString *path;
    if (release) {
        path = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@%@",
                [[NSBundle mainBundle] resourcePath],
                @"/releaseClick.wav"];            
    } else {
        path = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@%@",
                [[NSBundle mainBundle] resourcePath],
                @"/cllick.wav"];            
    }

    //declare a system sound id
    SystemSoundID soundID;        
    //Get a URL for the sound file
    NSURL *filePath = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:path isDirectory:NO];        
    //Use audio sevices to create the sound
    AudioServicesCreateSystemSoundID((CFURLRef)filePath, &soundID);        
    //Use audio services to play the sound
    AudioServicesPlaySystemSound(soundID);        
}

Is something wrong with this method? (as I said: it works normally when I install the App using XCode)

My App is "KA Feedback", by the way. But it is only available in Germany.

I would appreciate any suggestion.

Answer 1

With respect to #1, check in the location services settings next to your app name, if location permission is "on" or "off", it's probably in the off position.

And for #2, while this may sound really silly, I have to ask that first, is the volume turned up when you're in say, the iPod app? I'm not talking about the ringer volume, but the volume of audio apps. Check that first. If it is indeed non-mute, then check in your distribution build, that releaseClick.wav (which is what I presume is supposed to be loaded) exists, and is being copied into the app bundle.

Answer 2

I have the same problem about location services, I wonder if you found the solution?