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Mac App Rejection - Temporary Exception Entitlement Key for Safari

Let's consider an app doing the following steps using AppleScript, in order to auto-login to some website:

1- Open "Safari" and navigate to website

2- Fill the username and password fields with JavaScript
do JavaScript " document.getElementById('password_input').value = 'userPassword' "

3- Submit form using JavaScript --- do JavaScript " document.forms['login_form'].submit() "

For a sandboxed Mac app, com.apple.security.temporary-exception.apple-events entitlement key must be added for "Safari", in order to execute AppleScript procedure above.

<key>com.apple.security.temporary-exception.apple-events</key>
<array>
<string>com.apple.safari</string>
</array>

Everything works great this way, without any problem.

Here is my question:

Does the app get rejected because of this temporary exception usage for Safari?

Solution

  • After waiting for more than one month, my app got approved.

    In entitlements section of iTunesConnect, I briefly explained why I used this entitlement key, and my app got approved without any problem.

    So I can say that temporary exception usage for Safari is NOT a reject reason.