In addition, Apple does not ban all hot patching technologies. More than 27,000 apps in the United States were also pulled from App Store in June, the report said. However, those able to skip Apple Store's vetting process once the original app got approved, hot patching may be used by hackers to embed malicious code into users' smartphone.Įarly this month, Apple had warned iOS developers by emails that any code, frameworks, or Software Development Kits that can change the app's behavior or functionality after App Store Review approval had to be removed.Ĭhinese apps were not the direct targets. To ensure all apps in the App Store meet Apple's standards for security and integrity and maintain a healthy and clean app ecosystem, Apple has developed a thorough vetting process that scrutinizes all submitted applications. The report said the cleanup probably target apps using hot patching, a solution that can enable developers to bypass the time consuming vetting process to deploy patches to users' devices immediately. More than 15,500, or 34.34 percent, of them were gaming applications, it said. Over 45,000 Chinese apps were removed from Apple's App Store during the last ten days. A total of 45,362 Chinese apps were booted from Apple's App Store from June 13 to June 22, according to data analysis platform ASO 100, Beijing Business Today reported.
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