New Gmail App for iPhone is Unusable, Shows Errors Upon Launch

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Aaaaaand they just pulled it, confirmed on Twitter 20 minutes ago:

https://twitter.com/#!/gmail/status/131794997308690434

Apparently they code-signed it with an improper distribution profile that doesn't allow for push notifications. How does someone mess up something so important, especially when it's the official Gmail app?

people fuck up. I am more surprised that something that shows an error on login would pass Apple's appstore inspection

I suspect that when it comes to Google, Apple's review process may be to approve anything broken and ugly and to find a reason to reject anything that works.

It can easily happen if you have multiple profiles installed, and you get to the "Submit" stage in XCode, and it auto-selects the wrong profile.

There's no way to check which entitlements the app was submitted with.

https://plus.google.com/100940716892313727285/posts/4aPVQTj9...

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