Questions tagged [newsstand-kit]

The Newsstand Kit is the framework supporting the delivery of content on the Newsstand folder on Apple devices.

The Newsstand Kit framework is the software library which provides the functionalities required to allow the magazine or newspaper publishers to deliver their media and text content on the Newsstand folder on iOS 5 () (and subsequent versions) enabled Apple devices.

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iTunes Newsstand Cover art changed to default image

I had released some newsstand applications on app store and the cover art was getting displayed on app store and itunes properly till last week. It was getting updated whenever i was updating the same on itunesconnect newsstand section. Suddenly…
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iOS 5 newsstand application icon

UINewsstandApp UINewsstandIcon CFBundleIconFiles images/AppIcon-114.png I have an image located in images/AppIcon-114.png and it doesn't…
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Newsstand restarts the download on Resuming

I'm having difficulty in resuming the download using NewsstandKit. The Download does starts in Background Mode but when App Resumes to Active Mode, The totalBytesWritten are changed to 0 and it starts the download again. The Code works on Simulator,…
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using ios 5 newsstand limitations

I have an app that needs to fetch background media from the server even when the app is closed. I know that ios 5 newsstand does this for once a day. but i also know that this feature is intended for magazines and not any app. so what is the…
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Auto restore/sync in-app purchases in Newsstand app prior to iOS 9 and iTunes password prompt issue

I have recently started developing Newsstand application and need to deal with the restoration of in-app purchases. There are cases resported that some users made unwanted "duplicated" purchase in the following situation: There are two kinds of…
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Creating more than 1000 IAPs for an application

I am working over application which sells product (similar to newsstand) to user. There is limit from apple on number of IAPs that can be created inside app. Right now limit is 1000. But my app requirement is more than 1000 IAP. Is there any way i…
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iOS 8 NKAssetDownload isn't calling willSendRequestForAuthenticationChallenge

I'm trying to breath life back into a project from iOS 7.1 onto iOS 8.1. Obviously this is a NewsStand app. I need to be able to validate a certificate manually against a different host name. This all happens inside of…
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Can't disable newsstand notification per-day limit in iOS8

I tested my newsstand app on two iOS8 devices (8.0.2 and 8.1) and get background notification only once in 24 hour period. Does anyone know how to disable this limit in iOS8? I'm not 100% sure that the problem is in OS version, but in iOS7…
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newsstand app without subscriptions

Back in iOS 5 days Newsstand-Apps needed to have a subscription option. Also if the app only offers free issues, there had to be at least a free subscription. after downloading a bunch of apps from the iOS app store (newsstand section), many of them…
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Newsstand Kit downloading not working on cellular network

I have many Newsstand apps on AppStore. They are all from same source code, 1 source and multi-targets. It was fine until now. Recently I updated the apps and some of them have a problem. When trying to download the issues by tapping the download…
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newsstand memory storage issue, how do i get the app cache directory?

I have a newsstand app which has magazines and uses the newsstand framework. I realized there was something wrong when deleting the magazines and/or when downloading them because when I accessed settings/usage my app keeps growing in memory usage…
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Xcode 5 How to turn app into Newsstand app

I am following this tutorial. I added "Application presents content in newsstand = true" to Info.plist as well as Newsstand icon: But my app appears in simulator as regular app and not in Newsstand. What am I doing wrong?
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Read pdf while its downloading in iPhone using a PDF Reader

I'am developing a newsstand application and i want to read the content of the pdf while its downloading. Currently the user has to wait until the pdf downloads to read it. In some newsstand apps i have seen the users can read while the pdf pages…
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Newsstand icon not updating

Ive been trying to figure this out now for over a week and for some reason, no matter what i do, the newsstand icon is not updating via code. I have read through the Apple developer documentation and tripple checked my image dimensions and they are…
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Newsstand download several issues with NKAssetDownload in one time

I try to make a newsstand app, and i have a question. I make my app according this tutorial. It's so awesom tutorial, and app work fine, but i want users to have opportunity to download several issues at the same time. Example from tutorial can't do…