AppStoreVersionState with removedFromSale never shows in app's AppStoreVersions

[owenzhao]

When using v1 endpoint.

1. I got apps.
2. For an app, got its appStoreVersions.
3. For an appStoreVersion, got its appStoreState.
4. List all apps with those appStoreVersions.

Here is the screenshot of app store connect website. The circled apps are "removed from sale".

Here is the screenshot of my own app, there is no appStoreVersions with the state of "removed from sale". Any idea?

[dluffymonkey]

请问一下，这里面App的展示的icon是从哪个属性里面获取到的，感谢
Could you please tell me which attribute the App's display icon is retrieved from? Thank you.

[polpielladev]

Hi @owenzhao, I have been struggling with the same issue for my app Helm. From the tests I have done, I don't think the removed from sale state is actually returned by the API 😞

I inspected the network traffic on App Store Connect, and it looks like they use a field called legacyAppStoreState that we don't have access to. We have done so already, but I would suggest filing a feedback request to Apple themselves.

{
    "type" : "apps",
    "id" : "your_id",
    "attributes" : {
      "removed" : false,
      "marketplace" : false,
      "appStoreLegacyStatus" : "DEVELOPER_REMOVED_FROM_SALE",
      "name" : "your_app_name",
      "bundleId" : "your_bundle_id",
      "sku" : "your_sku",
      "primaryLocale" : "en-US"
    }
}