Apple iMessage Sticker Update Hell!
Why is it so hard to upgrade a sticker app that has literally no code?
In December 2019 I wrote an article about Unnecessary Forced “App” Updates. TLDR — around this time, Apple started deleting apps which didn’t conform to App Store Review Guidelines, in other words apps that hadn’t been recently updated.
I don’t have a problem with this policy but I do have a big problem with things changing outside my control and making the upgrade process a nightmare.
There are normally two things that go wrong. The first is the arcane code signing process. My initial article dealt extensively with this issue so I wont repeat the solution here.
Up until last month, code signing was my biggest issue and using the techniques described, updating could be done in a few hours. The most time consuming issues dealt with updating provisioning profiles and creating new privacy policy web pages.
