Submitting ARKit apps to AppStore without Face Tracking

We’re removing ARCore from the app here...

By the way, does anybody know anyway to virtually test an AR app for different iPhones, since the Simulator doesn’t work with AR ?

 

Our app submission failed today on incorrect camera usage message and there is nothing related to True Depth API, which confirms that removing AR Core was a good fix!

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Smart AR Home - A gateway into augmented reality in your home
http://smartarhome.com

 

That's great man !
What message did you have before for camera though?

Do you mind telling us, when you do a search in your Xcode project, how many results do you get when typing "ARFace" ?
I'm worried since we have removed ARCore but still got 2200 results !

 

I focused on removing "ARFaceAnchor" and not in XCode but in Unity/VS code. I got 0 results eventually, just make sure you search by folder to include native ".mm" files.

I think now that we know AR Core was reason, unchecking face tracking in AR Kit plugin and removing AR Core from the solution should be enough. Unless you really want to make sure your app goes through the process ASAP

For camera I had some generic message like "camera is required" so it was definitely violation for Apple. I set it long time ago and forgot to update.

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Smart AR Home - A gateway into augmented reality in your home
http://smartarhome.com

 

The app passed the submission and it's now available in iOS store (link <- if anyone is interested in Smart Home automation with AR). That concludes the investigation.

AR Core owners replied today that they have a fix and it will be part of the next release.

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Smart AR Home - A gateway into augmented reality in your home
http://smartarhome.com

 

It is still available only on Iphone 10?I tested Unity tongue and eyes on Ipad pro 2017 model.But it did not work.I turned on the face tracking settings.A black screen appears.Can it be used in old devices supporting AR?

 

Hi, everybody. Using the version of Unity 2018.2.18. Version of Arkit plugin 2.0.0. I have already 3 times received a rejection from Apple due to the use of TrueDepth API. I updated The Arkit plugin to the latest version, but it didn't help. "ARKit Uses Facetracking"is not selected in Unity's ARKit settings. On the advice of the user BinaryBanana I commented out all the lines with "ARFaceAnchor" in C# but it did not help. Please help to pass the test in the AppStore.

 

Hi Jim,

I have exact same issue as #58. I do not have face tracking checkbox enabled. When I run the FaceTracking example, on XCode I see the message (I tested on iPad since I do not have iPhone X or newer):
"
Uncaught exception: UnityARKitPluginFaceTrackingNotEnabled: UnityARKitPlugin: Checking FaceTracking device support without enabling it in settings.
"
However, my app has also been rejected twice from Apple for the same reason. Other than regular ARKit SLAM I only used Image Recognition

 

I have this problem too.I didn't select "ARKit Uses Facetracking",and I still can‘t pass the APP store review.

 

what should I do?Just copy ARSessionNative.mm to my project assets?Or can I delete all the arkit plugins before,and use the arkit plugin you give?

 

OK,I'll try the latest version first,thank you!

 

I downloaded the latest version of ARKit this morning, made sure the face tracking was not checked and the @#$@#$@s at apple are still rejecting it. What is the current fix to please these guys? Can you tell I've had enough of the app store?

Here is their reply:


This app continues to contain references to ARFaceTrackingConfiguration. It would be appropriate to remove all unused ARKit2 selectors from this app before resubmission for review.

Guideline 2.5.1 - Performance - Software Requirements

During review, we found that your app includes TrueDepth APIs. However, we were not able to locate any features in your app that use TrueDepth APIs.

Next Steps

If your app does not include any features that use TrueDepth APIs, please remove them from your app.

As your app uses the Unity ARKit plugin, it would be appropriate to update to the latest version, which includes a setting that allows you to exclude TrueDepth APIs.

If your app does include features that use TrueDepth APIs, please reply to this message in Resolution Center to provide information on how to locate them.

 

sure. I'll work on that now. Thanks!

 

Most of the info I am finding on doing this is from like 2011. Is there an updated way to do this? Is it done just in xcode or in unity?

 

I downloaded the latest version of ARKit this morning. I just copied it into the Asset folder and told it to merge (on mac), was there a different way to update ARKit?

 

I found these lines in UnityARSessionNativeInterface.cs

#if UNITY_EDITOR || !UNITY_IOS
private bool IsARKitFaceTrackingConfigurationSupported()
{
return true;
}
#else



Can I just change that value to false?

 

Just got approval from App store using the most recent bitbucket version! Thanks Jimmy for support!

https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1446229928#?platform=ipad

 

How can I reinstall ARKit? Just copy the new files?

 

How did you put the new files in? Just copy?

 

Yes I removed the Plugins/iOS folder and replace it with folder in Jimmy's newest push

 

Just got an app rejected due to TrueDepth which I'm not using in any way.
So I guess the fixes discussed in this thread arent't yet live in the package manager version of ARKit.
Any ideas on when that happens? I'm sure I'm not the only one who had their apps rejected due to this.

The app was submitted with ARKit XR Plugin 1.0.0-preview.20, ARCore 1.0.0-preview.24 and AR Foundation 1.0.0-preview.22. The settings asset had "Uses face tracking" unchecked.

I've now removed ARKit from the package manager and added the files from the zip mentioned above and resubmitted - will report back when/if it gets approved.

 

Thought that I had updated my status on this, but I finally got my app ok'ed by apple! I had to delete the arkit folder and copy the new one. Also I had to make sure I had my permissions defined in my info.plist.

Thanks for all your help guys!

 

@jimmya Is the codebase shared between the Unity ARKit Plugin and the ARKit XR Plugin from Package Manager? We're using the XR Package and the app gets rejected with the same reasoning (still using TrueDepth APIs despite having the checkbox unchecked).
I opened a separate Thread about that (https://forum.unity.com/threads/sub...pps-to-appstore-without-face-tracking.606826/), but would still like to know whether the code is shared internally.

 

Hi, @jimmya fast forward to may 2019, which would be the best way to use unity remote with face tracking in arkit? and with which version of unity? Thanks in advance, dunno if the question fits the thread completely...

 

I am try the face tracking in arkit2.0 (client and server),and i finished all the steps,get the right result without the tongue ,the animation tongue out useless ,I think the tongue is not been catch. I check the blend shape name and the version of arkit, and the overrides in Blend Shapes Controller is 52 too. Everything is works well with out the tongue,Did i miss something? Sorry to trouble you !

 

Hi @jimmya
My app got rejected by apple number of times, I've followed your guidelines but I don't know how face to remove Face Tracking api from my app.

I am using:
Unity 2019.2.11
AR Foundation 3.1.0 preview 4
AR Subsystem 3.1.0 preview 4
ARKit XR Plugin 3.1.0 preview 4

So far This is what I've done:

• ARKit Setting only has 2 options (Required and Optional) and I've tried both options. Right now "Required" is selected.
• I even tried to build for iOS (Unity Player Setting > Strip Engine Code Checked)
  
• I have removed "ARKit Face Tracking" Package from Package Manager but "AR Foundation" Package includes Face Tracking and "ARKit XR Plugin" includes Face Tracking.
• I tried removing files from Packages, but ended up getting errors in consoleLog.

what else do I need to do, I need to resolve this issue asap.

Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

 

Hi,

My app update also got rejected with the same reason from Apple:

Guideline 2.5.1 - Performance - Software Requirements

During review, we found that your app includes TrueDepth APIs. However, we were not able to locate any features in your app that use TrueDepth APIs.

I was using ARKit plugin 2.0.1 and ARFoundation 2.0.2. I now updated to ARFoundation 3.0.1 and ARKit Plugin 3.0.1
I find no way to deactivate the Face tracking APIs.
ARKitSettings has only a <Requirement> option. Nothing specifically about Face Tracking.
Regarding the BitBucket link found in this thread, I do not have that file in my project.

I also have ARKit Face Tracking 3.0.1 installed in Unity. If I remove it I get errors: ARKitFaceSubsystems and ARKitBlendShapeLocation not found.

Any idea on how I could get the app published to Apple?

Thank you.
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Later Edit - Fix (for my case)

I removed the ARKit Face Tracking package and also deleted ARKitBlendShapeVisualizer.cs file that was causing errors
After this I could create a new build for iOS that I do notice in xCode, does not have the Face tracking libraries included.
*I am just now resubmitting to Apple.

 

Hi @GeorgeMincila ,

I suggest, you should talk to Apple and tell them about the steps you've done so far. And ask them, if there's any way of removing FaceTracking API from Unity or Xcode.

Because I did the same, and later that day they published my App. This is what I wrote to Apple:

 

Running into this problem as well.

Getting rejected from Apple Review. Using ARFoundation 3.0.0-preview 6.

Need a way to disable TrueDepth API.

Thanks

 

UnityARBuildPostprocessor.OnPostprocessBuildIOS (System.String pathToBuiltProject) (at Assets/Unity-Technologies-unity-arkit-plugin/Assets/UnityARKitPlugin/Plugins/iOS/UnityARKit/Editor/UnityARBuildPostprocessor.cs:308)
UnityARBuildPostprocessor.OnPostprocessBuild (UnityEditor.BuildTarget target, System.String pathToBuiltProject) (at Assets/Unity-Technologies-unity-arkit-plugin/Assets/UnityARKitPlugin/Plugins/iOS/UnityARKit/Editor/UnityARBuildPostprocessor.cs:25)

I followed the instruction in the previous posts but when I drag and drop Jimmy's plugin into my project. The project just can't build in 2019.3.1f1, my ARkit is 3.0.4
For some reason, my package folder in the Editor has become empty so I don't know where to find those packages if needed.
How do I fix this please?


Update an hour later:
Ok, I commented the 308 if Unity_IOS out and it built. Hope that Apple would accept this one.
I was wondering if there's a easier way to remove all those facetracking calls nowadays.


Update the next day:
Thank you for all of your inputs. My App has been approved by Apple. And the only concern for me is that I don't know if I am using the latest ARkit or and older version.

 

We have removed "ARKit Face Tracking" but apple insists:

"At this time, we continue to find your app is accessing TrueDepth api in your app’s binary. Please note that app’s on the App Store are responsible for all content in their app’s binary, including content from third-party libraries."
Any other suggestions?

 

Same here, just got rejected today using Unity 2019.3.5 and AR Foundation 4 preview 3 (latest).

@jimmya is this a known issue - is there a solution?

Obviously it's a major blocker as we've based our work on this and we can't just swap to AR Foundation 2 versions older.

 

I have the same problem, anyone managed to resolve it?

 

same here 2019.4.12f1 + ar foundation 2.1.8.

now testing resubmit after removing facekit from package manager,
and deleted 2 files from project:
ARCoreFaceRegionManager.cs, ARKitBlendShapeVisualizer.cs..