apple has rejected my iPhone app saying it must run on iPad as well

Question

Hey,

I've just submitted my app to review (for the App-Store), and apple has rejected my app, saying the following:

"On iPad, the application displays a black screen and no content loads. This review was conducted on iPad running iOS 3.2.2 as well as iPhone 4 running iOS 4.1. A screenshot has been attached for your reference. "

am i obligated to create an iPad version of my app? or maybe i've set some property "on" and made apple think i would like the app to work on iPad?

to be more clear, i want my app to run on iPhone only. is it possible? and if do, what need to be set (project properties? info.plist?) to mention that the app should run on iPhone only? so that apple will not test it on iPad...

appriciate your help.

Dror.

Answer 1

You do not have to create a specific version of your app for the iPad, however all iPhone apps must also be able to run on the iPad. You might want to try searching google for resources on how to make your app iPad compatible.

Answer 2

The problem is almost certainly that you (accidentally) made the app universal.

IF you made it universal, you MUST have both an iPad and iPhone version in there.

If you make the app normal, iPhone only, you do NOT have to (indeed, you can't) have an iPhone version in there.

To be clear, Apple are talking about the "ACTUAL" iPad version. Of course, your iPhone app will run using the "blow up mode" on an iPad. Apple are not referring to the "blow up mode."

It is rather silly that in that particular form letter, they do not say something like: ,"You have almost certainly accidentally made your app universal instead of iPhone only" since that is the situation 100% of the time when that happens.

Good luck on waiting another 2 weeks :-/