Hi all,
I have read somewhere that the screenshots you send to Apple should NOT contain the status bar; however my app shows the status bar during runtime. After having a look around the App store I have noticed quite a few app screenshots contain the status bar.
So my question is... Is including the status bar in application screenshots a "rejectable" offence? NB The Google App screenshots contains the status bar so I am guessing no...
Many thanks!
If you've seen it in multiple different apps, you're probably okay with including it. I leave it out of my own because it looks cleaner, but you're not likely to get rejected for failing to crop your screenshots.
According to the iTunes Connect Developer Guide (PDF available once you're logged into your dev account):
iPhone and iPod touch:
Portrait: 320x460px min, 320x480px max
Landscape: 480x300px min, 480x320px max
"Please do not include the iPhone status bar."
iPad:
Portrait: 748x1024px min, 768x1024px max
Landscape: 1004x768px min, 1024x768px max
"Please do not include the iPad status bar."
Although as Noah has pointed out this is routinely ignored by developers and by Apple reviewers.
I've not had any apps rejected for showing the status bar in screenshots.