Non-public API

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MOLeong OP

Created Sep ’16

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Hi Devs!

Apple does not allow non-public api usage in the app BUT

How do we distinguish between public and non public?
How do we find out if an app is consuming a non public api?

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I realized how Apple define non-public api in our code. When the method name that you defined in code has collide with Apple's private API, Apple will reject your due to conflict issue. Am I right?

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QuinceyMorris OP

Sep ’16

Public APIs are documented, private (to Apple) APIs are not.

It's your responsibility to avoid using names that collide with private API names. See here:

https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/CodingGuidelines/Articles/NamingMethods.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20001282-1003829-BCIBDJCA

(at the end of the page under heading "Private Methods").

If you accidentally override a private method name when you subclass a Cocoa class, then, yes, app store review will reject your app.

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