One of my friends(who is a newbie iPhone developer) is having a jailbroken iPhone 3GS. He is developing an app which he plans to submit to the App Store. He is simply using it as a test phone and this is his first app.
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Is there any problem in using the
jailbroken iPhone to test the
app which he will be submitting to
App Store ? -
Is there any drawbacks in using a
jailbroken iPhone for iPhone
Development and ultimately App Store
Submission ?
He is not planning to submit it to Cydia or any other repositories.
There is no problem with testing an app on a jailbroken iPhone. (There is no way for Apple to know, and even if there was, what would be the point of doing that?)
Jailbroken iPhones do not always exhibit the expected iPhone behaviour, as jailbreaking breaks stuff on lower OS levels to allow for unsigned apps to execute. In my experience, unexpected bugs tend to crop up once in a while. Best if your friend tests on an regular device prior to submission.