Parental gate for app store..

Discussion in 'Buildbox General Discussion' started by defonten, Mar 28, 2016.

  1. defonten

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    Hi, may be a bit unrelated to bb software but still I hope someone had experience with it, I got my app rejected because apple said I need a Parental Gate because I have ads which lead to external pages. (I have google's AdMob) Anybody had this before? Thanks!
     
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    Umm.. Am I the only one experiencing this or just nobody makes apps for Kids category?! :)
     
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    I assume that means you need some type of security. Like a pincode to use in app or birthdate entry.
     
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    Not 100% sure on this one.
    i know a while back that if your game is made for kids and has in app purchases your meant to have a parental gateway, which is normally something like a maths question that young kids can not solve so kids can't make purchases.
    But this is not achievable in build box though, i think not any way.
    Didn't think it was viable for ads though.
    Maybe something has changed.
    Best result is just not tick the made for kids bit in rating questionnaire i guess. Or remove the ads and charge for the app.
    Good luck with finding a result.
     
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    I'd be interested to hear if anyone's developed a suitable parent gate in BB. I'm developing a kids educational game with multiple worlds. I'd like to make it free with the first few worlds unlocked and then an IAP to unlock the other worlds, which I guess I'll need a parental gate for.
     
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    Thanks for the advice playsgames6666! You're right. I decided to drop the Kids category because in this category mainly apps that are for really small kids which I'm not positioning to and older children might get annoyed by having to face this parental gate every time they want to share their scores on a facebook.

    Resubmitted my app with "Made for Kids" unchecked, let's see :)
     
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    You can't do it in bb of course. But if you're familiar with basic coding you can implement Parental Gates that are available for free on cocoacontrols.com for example
     
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    Thanks for the tip @defonten I'll check it out.
     
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    I have just submitted a kids game with a parental gate. Will keep you posted if it gets approved. :)
     
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    FYI for those interested. My parental gate was approved by Apple. :)
     
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    How did you make this parental gateway?
     

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