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AlanMac Aspiring developer Posts: 2612 Reg: Mar 05, 2012 Esher, UK 37,120	confirm \| cancel 03/21/14 11:40 AM (10 years ago) IAD without the control panel? - solved I want to release an ios app that is free with adverts and a second version that is paid for, that is without adverts, but I want there to be only one app in the control panel. So I was wondering, how easy would it be to 'switch on' iad by tinkering in xcode ? Title Comments I want to release an ios app that is free with adverts and a second version that is paid for, that is without adverts, but I want there to be only one app in the control panel. So I was wondering, how easy would it be to 'switch on' iad by tinkering in xcode ?

mrDavid BTMods.com Posts: 3936 Reg: May 21, 2011 San Diego, CA 51,910	03/21/14 04:47 PM (10 years ago) Alan, I don't think what your thinking would be the best idea, or really realistic. Having two apps out there with only one in the Control Panel is certainly.. possible, but messy, and you'll encounter problems later for-sure. A better solution would be: Grab the in-app plugin, and make in app purchases remove the iAds, which is definitely possible. It's not the exact solution, but it does give the same end result, without making things messy. Check it out. https://www.buzztouch.com/plugins/plugin.php?pid=16E7586E9E8D437768AEE84 @theMoster is a beast (pun not intended), if you haven't used his plugin, you'll be pleasantly surprised. Let us know how it works out, if you end up going this route, or maybe some others can give you a better solution. David https://btmods.com/chat Comments Alan, I don't think what your thinking would be the best idea, or really realistic. Having two apps out there with only one in the Control Panel is certainly.. possible, but messy, and you'll encounter problems later for-sure. A better solution would be: Grab the in-app plugin, and make in app purchases remove the iAds, which is definitely possible. It's not the exact solution, but it does give the same end result, without making things messy. Check it out. https://www.buzztouch.com/plugins/plugin.php?pid=16E7586E9E8D437768AEE84 @theMoster is a beast (pun not intended), if you haven't used his plugin, you'll be pleasantly surprised. Let us know how it works out, if you end up going this route, or maybe some others can give you a better solution. David https://btmods.com/chat

AlanMac Aspiring developer Posts: 2612 Reg: Mar 05, 2012 Esher, UK 37,120	03/22/14 02:39 AM (10 years ago) Hi David, interesting perspective, but I don't understand why you think it is unrealistic. Indeed, on Android, having one app published with adverts and one without, both from a single app in the control panel is a piece of cake. Produce two identical executables, change the app name for one of them in the manifest, add the advert code as necessary to one of them and voila, job done. So I wouldn't mind understanding the downside for IOS and why you think it would be messy to do the same for an apple app. As for the in-app plugin, I have it, but I have issues with it :- 1) I can't see how to just remove adverts with IAP (but I'd love to) 2) I'm not 'unlocking' extra functionality, just removing the adverts (although that is worth thinking about). 3) IAP works by hiding pages of extra functionality (as pages or menus), which are 'unlocked' after payment, but you still have to navigate through an IAP page every time to get to those pages, which is a bit of a usability issue. There were a couple of good mods published to overcome that which people have asked to be incorporated. These enhancements stopped working with BT 3.0 and the author has been very quiet, which frankly is concerning for the longer term support. Comments Hi David, interesting perspective, but I don't understand why you think it is unrealistic. Indeed, on Android, having one app published with adverts and one without, both from a single app in the control panel is a piece of cake. Produce two identical executables, change the app name for one of them in the manifest, add the advert code as necessary to one of them and voila, job done. So I wouldn't mind understanding the downside for IOS and why you think it would be messy to do the same for an apple app. As for the in-app plugin, I have it, but I have issues with it :- 1) I can't see how to just remove adverts with IAP (but I'd love to) 2) I'm not 'unlocking' extra functionality, just removing the adverts (although that is worth thinking about). 3) IAP works by hiding pages of extra functionality (as pages or menus), which are 'unlocked' after payment, but you still have to navigate through an IAP page every time to get to those pages, which is a bit of a usability issue. There were a couple of good mods published to overcome that which people have asked to be incorporated. These enhancements stopped working with BT 3.0 and the author has been very quiet, which frankly is concerning for the longer term support.

AlanMac Aspiring developer Posts: 2612 Reg: Mar 05, 2012 Esher, UK 37,120	04/04/14 05:27 AM (10 years ago) I worked this out, it was easier than I thought https://www.buzztouch.com/forum/thread.php?fid=4182536F2DFF156F5F3126F&tid=4182536F2DFF156F5F3126F Comments I worked this out, it was easier than I thought https://www.buzztouch.com/forum/thread.php?fid=4182536F2DFF156F5F3126F&tid=4182536F2DFF156F5F3126F

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