Apple Allows 'Drafts' App to Reinstate Notification Center WidgetEarlier this month, Apple asked note-taking app
Drafts to
remove its Notification Center widget, which offered simple tools for opening up the
Drafts app and creating a new note. At the time, the removal request seemed highly questionable, because a multitude of apps with Notification Center widgets, including other note-taking apps like
Evernote, provide similar functions.
As it has done with several other overly zealous removal requests, Apple has reexamined the
Drafts widget and has reversed course once more, allowing the
Drafts app to retain its Notification Center widget.
In a new 4.0.6 update pointed out by
MacStories,
Agile Tortoise, the developer behind
Drafts, has returned the widget to the app with permission from Apple.
New: 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.
In addition to returning the original quick note creation function to the
Drafts widget, today's update also brings expanded functionality in the form of a feature that allows users to open recently created drafts. Combined with the existing functionality, the
Drafts app now allows users to view recent drafts, create new drafts, view the number of stored drafts, and create new drafts from the clipboard, all very useful widget features.
The removal of the
Drafts widget and its subsequent return mark just one of the policy reversals Apple has implemented over the last few months. In October,
PCalc was asked to
remove its calculator widget before
Apple changed its mind, and just last week, file-management app
Transmit was allowed to
reinstate a key sharing feature that Apple had
previously said was not allowed.
Apple's frequent and erratic app policy shifts suggest the company is continuing to struggle with defining just how it wants various iOS 8 features to be used. The combination of a large app review team and somewhat ambiguous guidelines have led to many contradictory removal requests of previously approved features, causing confusion and disquiet among developers.
Drafts can be downloaded from the App Store for $9.99. [
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