App Store Rejection - Prefs Non-Public URL Scheme

Your Environment

• Plugin version: Latest
• Platform: iOS
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Context

Apple Rejection Notice:

Your app uses the “prefs:root=” non-public URL scheme, which is a private entity. The use of non-public APIs is not permitted on the App Store because it can lead to a poor user experience should these APIs change.

Upon scanning all plugins and source of our App, the only area using prefs:root=… is this one.

Expected Behavior

The plugin should use only public API’s so rejections do not occur.

Actual Behavior

The plugin uses non-public API’s so rejections do occur.

Possible Fix

I havn’t reviewed a potential fix as of yet, however simply stripping the functionality out that makes use of this would be the first step.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Use the plugin.
2. Submit an App to the store.
3. Get rejected.

Context

I was trying to submit an App (infact, many Apps that use this plugin), all of the Apps had the same rejection today.

[mauron85]

PR was merged and version 2.3.6 has been released.

[activemapper-teamwork]

I am stuck with v2.3.5 as I am using Ionic platform, and they are not ready for v3+ yet… We really need you to comment the prefs:root line in version 2.3.5 for any Ionic apps to use background-geo… please do this for us!