JesalRajdev

@conmulligan: Yeah, they've even rejected an update to the Mac app because they're worried I'm using GB content without permission. Maddeningly inconsistent.

A short while ago I posted here asking for help testing a new GB Video Player I was developing. Thanks to some good feedback, I've released that app today.

Features

• Search, watch, and download videos
• Cast videos using Google Cast
• Create queues of videos
• Autoplay episodes
• Picture in Picture
• Track your progress through shows and videos

All features are available on all devices, from iPhones to iPads to Macs

Coming soon

• Create playlists
• More themes
• Auto-downloads

It's available on the App Store here

Images

Gallery

Compatibility

The app is compatible with devices running iOS 13+ or macOS 10.15 Catalina.

It is based on the SwiftUI framework, and so can't run on older OS's.

Feature Requests

I'm always open to hearing about features you'd like to see or issues you've had! Either post them here or create an issue on GitHub

Did the trick, hopefully they're less eagle eyed in the future

Same login issues. I gave them my login details, but they said they were able to access a way to pay, so it was a no go. Weird thing is that changing to the WKWebView got it through for some reason, and they've not rejected in TF since.

I've resubmitted with a lot of custom CSS injected to hide any links to signup/the rest of the site, as well as some JS - Swift bridging to automate the process a bit. Hopefully that's enough for them

My first build used SFSafariViewController and was rejected on TestFlight. It all just seems so inconsistent.

Yeah, I've been trying to push back a bit, but they've been pretty persistent. Even with Sign-In With Apple, they've been incredibly insistent. My flow is exactly the same as yours is with Bomb Cyclone, but I didn't want to draw any attention to it on the off chance that impacted you.

I'm going to try the whitelist (thanks @ev77) and also use some injected CSS to hide the links to other parts of the GB website

Hi

I've recently submitted a Giant Bomb video app to the app store, that has been constantly rejected because it provides a way of making an in app purchase.

It seems that in the log in flow, it is possible to get to the sign up page and pay for a subscription, and so they keep rejecting my app.

I use the first method detailed in https://www.giantbomb.com/forums/api-developers-3017/how-to-authenticate-a-gb-app-1807094/ by directing the user to a web view inside the app, but have also been rejected with the second method too for a "direct callout to a page where users can purchase a subscription via card/paypal"

I understand that there are a few other GB video apps on iOS, but they all use the flow that I've been rejected for.

Is there another way I can log in

I've also been told I must support sign in with Apple if the app supports other Social logins

Thanks

I've been working on a new Giant Bomb app as a method for learning Swift and SwiftUI. I ended up liking the direction it took and will likely end up releasing it on the iOS and Mac app stores.

It's still early enough that there a probably a ton of kinks in it, and it's definitely not feature complete either, but if anybody would be able to test it/suggest new features, that would be great.

To test the iOS app, visit https://testflight.apple.com/join/RYHvUlQE in Safari on your device.

For the macOS app, I'll need an email to invite you to get access, so shoot it over via PM.

Features implemented

• Browse
• Watch
• Download
• Up Next
• Synced progress

Features to be implemented

• Search
• Auto-download new episodes
• New episode notifications
• Autoplay next episode
• Queue/playlist
• Chromecast Support

It works across iPhones, iPads, and Macs but requires at least iOS 13 or macOS Catalina to run.

Any feedback and requests would be greatly appreciated

I understand this isn't really a bug, but thought I'd share.

Recently (past week or two) my downspeed with Giant Bomb. Initially I thought there was a bug with the video player, since it would just stop every 5 seconds. Looking at the speed I get when downloading the video though, I'm not breaking 1MB/s, and often sitting around 300KB/s. This, clearly, isn't fast enough to stream HD videos.

I'm in the UK, with a connection that hits 250Mb/s most of the time, and regularly get 15-20MB down from other sites if downloading files.

Any idea what this could be?