14 DAY TRIAL // An application leveraging a private API (application programming interface) has been pulled from the App Store, leaving an empty spot for people seeking a solution to toggle Bluetooth on and off with a single tap.
As its name implies, Bluetooth OnOff allowed iPhone and iPad owners to switch Bluetooth on and off at their leisure. For such a simple app, some people may wonder what on Earth could be so bad about it that Apple had to pull it?
As it turns out, it used a private API which only Apple was allowed to access and leverage in iOS. Private APIs give Apple the freedom to make minor, or even abrupt tweaks, without breaking everybody’s apps. Unfortunately for the developers of Bluetooth OnOff, the entire purpose of the app relied on that single API that got it kicked out.