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App Store Connect rejected the 1.7.0 upload with "Invalid entitlement for core nfc framework ... NDEF is disallowed". Older Xcode versions inserted NDEF into com.apple.developer.nfc.readersession.formats automatically; Apple has since deprecated it in favour of TAG, and validation now fails for that value against the current SDK. Removing NDEF does not affect functionality -- NDEF messages can still be read and written with TAG alone, which is what the badge scanning and check-in writing in app/NFCScanning/nfc.js rely on. Worth verifying on a real device via TestFlight, since NFC cannot be exercised in the simulator. Build number goes to 2 so the retry upload cannot collide with the rejected 1.7.0 (1).
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Summary
The 1.7.0 upload was rejected by App Store Connect:
Older Xcode versions automatically inserted
NDEFinto that entitlement array. Apple has since deprecated it in favour ofTAG, and validation now fails on that value. Per Apple DTS on the developer forums:Changes
NDEFfrom both the debug and release entitlements files, leavingTAG.CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSIONto 2 so the retry upload can't collide with the rejected 1.7.0 (1).NDEFdoesn't get re-added.Functional impact
This app uses NDEF for real work, not incidentally —
app/NFCScanning/nfc.jscallsrequestTechnology(NfcTech.Ndef)to both read badges (event scanning, swag checkout) and write them (check-in). Apple's guidance and developer reports are thatTAGalone still permits reading and writing NDEF messages, so this should be behaviour-preserving.That cannot be verified in the simulator, which has no NFC hardware. Badge scanning and writing need testing on a real device via TestFlight before the event, and this is now the top item on that list.
Test plan
plutil -lintaps-environmentstill resolves toproductionfor Release anddevelopmentfor Debug