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Apple reminds developers on important deadlines for receipt certificate changes and notarization tools

Apple notifies developers on upcoming changes in purchase receipt signing certificate. Developers who use custom receipt validation should update their software accordingly.

If your app validates App Store receipts on device, make sure your app will support the SHA-256 version of this certificate. New apps and app updates that don’t support the SHA-256 version of this certificate will no longer be accepted by the App Store starting August 14, 2023.

Apple Developer

Apple also notifies developers that they should migrate to Xcode 14 or notarytool utility by November 1, 2023. Submissions from Xcode 13 and altool utilities will be no longer accepted then.

Important dates:

  • June 20, 2023. Receipts in the sandbox environment will be signed with the SHA‑256 version of this certificate for devices running a minimum of iOS 16.6, iPadOS 16.6, tvOS 16.6, watchOS 9.6, or macOS Ventura 13.5.
  • August 14, 2023. Receipts in new apps and app updates submitted to the App Store, as well as all apps in sandbox, will be signed with the SHA‑256 intermediate certificate.
  • November 1, 2023. Notarization requests will be only accepted by Xcode 14 and newer or notarytool.

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Weekend good reads for Apple developers #2023/21

We’re almost there for WWDC23. Just a little bit over a week. And we’ve got good collection of articles for this long weekend.

And while you’re still here, we’d like to invite you to our pre-WWDC Apple Treats episode – join us live on May 30 at 9:00am PDT. See you there! 🙂

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhXiDJTzQps

iPad shipments more than doubled in China in Q1

AppleInsider refers to Canalys’ report claiming that iPad shipments are more than doubled year over year in 2023 Q1.

A report from Canalys seen by AppleInsider shows that shipments of the iPad more than doubled YoY in China for Q1 2023. The tablet market was particularly strong for the quarter, with 38% growth in total.

The report says Apple’s market share also jumped by about 13% to 38.4% YoY.

AppleInsider

Reference: iPad shipments more than doubled in China for Q1 versus 2022


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