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Fixed Guideline 4.2 and still rejected? The 4 App Store rules AI-built apps hit next
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Fixed Guideline 4.2 and still rejected? The 4 App Store rules AI-built apps hit next

DEV Community: ios·LetsDeployIt Team·about 14 hours ago
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You wrapped your AI-built app properly, fixed the "repackaged website" problem (Guideline 4.2), resubmitted, and a day later App Store Connect says Rejected again, for a rule you hadn't heard of.

That's common. AI builders like Lovable, Bolt and Rork handle a lot, but there are four rules they leave to you, and they tend to surface on a later submission, once the obvious problems are fixed:

5.1.2(i) : sending personal data to an AI service without asking

4.8 : Google login without Sign in with Apple

3.1.1 : selling digital features through Stripe

1.2 : letting people post with no way to report or block

Here's what each one says, and the fix.

First: read the rejection properly

Every rejection has the same three parts:

A guideline number , such as 4.2.…

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