Apple once again reverses decision, brings Draft’s Today widget back on App Store

Tim Cook (Ice Bucket Challenge 001)

Apple has once again reversed its decision on removing an app’s feature because of its functionality within Notification Center on iOS.

As we reported earlier this month, even though the app Drafts had already been through Appleā€™s approval process and downloaded by users, Apple contacted theĀ developerĀ Greg Pierce, saying he must re-submit the app without the buttons to create drafts or open the app. Now that’s not the case.

On Wednesday, Pierce released an updated version of Drafts adding the buttons back. Can Apple not make up its mind?

“Today widget. Now back with the addition of recent drafts summary. Thanks to the help of some fine folks inside Apple for sorting this out,” the release notes stated on Wednesday.

Photo-2014-12-17-20-13-Uz1yqgbJ45YW7qkqyWwsjWP2c5u7MuArCi

This isnā€™t the first time Apple threatened the removal of a Notification Center widget, forced the developer to make changes, and then changed its mind. Previously Launcher was removed for a ā€œmisuse of widgetsā€ ā€“ Ā it also had buttons. Furthermore, the pCalc widget was removed until Apple decided it would allow calculator apps in the Notification Center. Confusing, we know.

Draft’s Today widget allows users to create new documents by simply pressing a button in Notification Center to launch the text editor app.

Itā€™s not necessarily frustrating Apple has rules ā€“ everyĀ developer knows this. Itā€™s that Apple keepsĀ changing itā€™s mind on apps that have already been through the approval process.

[App Store;Ā Image via MacStories]