# Apple Rejected a Droidcon NYC iOS App for Mentioning Android

DevFeed: [Apple Rejected a Droidcon NYC iOS App for Mentioning Android](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/sad-puppy-conference-kevin-galligan-38111.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://touchlab.co/2016-11-sad-puppy-conference>)

Published: 2016-11-02T20:50:12Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Touchlab | Enterprise Mobile Innovation & Development](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/touchlab-enterprise-mobile-innovation-development.md>)

Topics: [iOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ios.md>), [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [cross-platform](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cross-platform.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [app-store](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/app-store.md>), [apple](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apple.md>), [code-sharing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code-sharing.md>), [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [cross-platform-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cross-platform-development.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [ios](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ios.md>), [jokes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/jokes.md>), [press](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/press.md>)

## AI overview

The article recounts how Apple rejected the Droidcon NYC iOS app because it mentioned Android and showed an Android character. A revised version replaced those references with sad-puppy imagery and "[Sad Puppy]" text, and was accepted. It also explains that the app used a native iOS UI with Android-based components underneath for cross-platform development.

## Source excerpt

If you install the Droidcon NYC iOS app, you'll notice it's a conference for sad puppies. We tried to release on the app store, Apple rejected it because...