Reason why Apple refused the application "Gravity" that weighs objects using the new iPhone feature "3D Touch"

Tap the screen mounted on the iPhone 6s / 6s Plus A convenient application that uses the new function "3D Touch" to sense the pressure of the finger, turning the iPhone into a digital weighing instrument "Gravity"is. puzzle gameBlackboxRyan McLeod, who is working on the development of Gravity as soon as 3D Touch is announced, has filed a completed application on the App Store but is unable to publish it without being licensed to Apple. It is written on the blog, how and why Gravity that seems to be transcending can not be made public on the App Store.

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You can see from the following movie what kind of weighing application "Gravity" was.

Vimeo Gravity App Demonstration


A digital type measuring instrument that appeared in the movie.


Here put a weight of 100 g ......


Make sure it is perfect 100 g.


I will prepare four more coins.


When weighing the weight of 4 coins, it was 22.89 g.


The adapter for charging the iPhone is 23.15 g.


Subsequently appeared weighing app "Gravity" and one spoon.


A spoon is written with a dotted line on the screen of the application.


Place the spoon on the dotted line ... ...


Tap "Next" button.


Place a 25 cent coin on the spoon and tap a coin mark.


We will increase coins by 2, 3, and we will tap the coin mark each time.


Place 4 coins and tap on the 4th coin mark to complete the setting.


Once you raise the spoon from the screen and reposition it.


Tap so that there is a button written "zero" in the lower left. This makes it possible to weigh only the weight of "the item I want to weigh" out of the weight of the spoon.


I put a weight of 100 g on the spoon ......


It becomes 100 g ......


I weighed a little, but I could weigh the approximate weight.


Weight unit can also be changed.


The weight of the charging adapter can also be measured at around 23 g.


It was Ryan McLeod who developed Gravity. A new iPhone was announced on 9th September 2015, and a new function "3D Touch" to sense the pressure of the finger tapping the screen was introduced. And, "McLeod's friend contacted Mr. McLeod, saying" We should be able to weigh if you can sense the pressure of your fingers, "the development of the application started. I decided to "weigh using a spoon" by September 25 when iPhone 6s / iPhone 6s Plus is released, and as a result of continuing the experiment even after actually obtaining the iPhone 6s, on September 29 To make it possible to create a website and apply for apps to Apple.

Gravity - turn your iPhone 6s into a digital scale
http://www.gravity-scale.com/


However, on October 7th, Apple will contact you to refuse to publish Gravity on the App Store. About McLeod's reason for refusal, Mr. McLeod said, "Since 80% of existing weighing apps were joke apps, Gravity seemed to claim to be used as" an actual measuring instrument "in spite of the joke application I guess. " So, McLeod created a movie of the beginning to appeal that "It can really be used as a weighing instrument", strongly insisted that it was not a joke application, and submitted documents to Apple again.

However, in October 2015, Apple refused to authenticate the application again because "the concept of the weighing application does not match the App Store". McLeod says, "Users may put heavy things on the screen to break the display", "The way APIs and 3D Touch were used irregularly" and "points that may be used for weighing drugs" It is analyzing that it is the reason why it was not certified.

McLeod is deeply respecting the attitude of carefully selecting Apple's app and accepts the result of this time, "When the application using 3D Touch spreads, the day when Gravity may be authenticated may come "I am talking about hope.