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Leafcutter
Inspiring
December 9, 2013
Question

Mac App store submission fails because of QuickTime API usage

  • December 9, 2013
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I just tried to upload a desktop app to the Mac app store and got an update email from Apple saying:

"... Deprecated API Usage - Apple no longer accepts submissions of apps that use QuickTime APIs...'

I'm not explicitly using QuickTime in my app as far as I know, but I do use StageVideo.  With a bit of searching it appears that other frameworks (Unity for instance) are experiencing the same problem just recently. I guess this is possibly a bigger picture issue where Apple have changed something that breaks the desktop submission process for some frameworks.

Has anyone else seen this issue (if not then I guess maybe not many desktop apps are being submitted) and if so is there a workaround?

** EDIT **

I think it is something to do with this:

https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/releasenotes/General/CarbonCoreDeprecations/index.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40012224-CH1-SW16

And there is at least one other person that has noticed it :

http://forums.adobe.com/message/5906984

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Leafcutter
Inspiring
December 10, 2013

There is a bug report on bugbase for this issue now - it looks like it will affect all attempts to upload an AIR app to the Mac App store.  If you are developing a desktop app or have existing desktop apps for sale on the app store then this issue will probably stop you releasing or updating them. 

Adobe engineers are apparently aware and investigating but a vote if the issue affects you would always help:

https://bugbase.adobe.com/index.cfm?event=bug&id=3680732