Reverse engineering in AppStore review

Mar 2024 可可頭
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8fbOKKbzVI&t=136s

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1. How to submit apps to AppStore Hokil a Coco a He a ds T a ipei 2024.3
2. 1. Prepare your code 2. a paid Apple Developer account 3. generate certificate/provision 4. archive ipa 5. fill app metadata in AppStore connect 6. submit for review In basic
3. • Hidden feature inside 
 Not show for reviewer, only for users • Competitions pass 3 apps per week with team member 100+, means pass 12 apps per month Advanced
4. • Hidden feature inside 
 Not show for reviewer, only for users • Competitions pass 3 apps per week with team member 100+, means pass 12 apps per month • Initial member 3: PM + UI + RD Hell mode
5. framework app 1 framework app 2 framework app 3
6. framework app 1 framework app 2 framework app 3 pass reject reject open for download Remove after 3 days
7. first 3 month • Wrote 18 a pps • Only P a ss 2 • Surviv a l 6 d a ys • P a ss r a te 11%
8. Reverse engineer in AppStore review Hokil a Coco a He a ds T a ipei 2024.3
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11. 1. Market survey: 2. Isolate apps, look like a newbie 3. Obfuscate, make code independent 4. A/B test in every submit How to apply reverse engineering?
12. What Apple do?
14. • cl a ss dump • string strip • property function n a me • process f low
15. What kind of app can pass?
17. What will newbie do? 🤦🤦🤦
18. 1. Each account submit 1 or 2 apps 2. Each app use different Mac to archive • Cloud Mac • Cloud CI What will newbie do?
19. Obfuscate
20. 1. ipa contain Mac identifier 2. Almost all text can strip out 3. refactor framework 4. app will put in ban list after tremendous download A/B test result
21. • Submit 40~60, pass 28~35 apps per month • Each app can survive 2~14 days • More technique: fastlane + bitrise + selenium • Total team member < 10 After 2 years
22. • Hidden feature inside 
 Not show for reviewer, only for users • Competitions pass 3 apps per week with team member 100+, means pass 12 apps per month • Hell mode complete Hell mode
23. • Choice outweighs effort, add more developer? • Write down strategy, verify with result • Limited variable for A/B test • Something you don’t like to do, let robot do The way we do