# Questions before beginning the journey of Defold Engine

**URL:** <https://forum.defold.com/t/questions-before-beginning-the-journey-of-defold-engine/69307>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [September 20, 2021, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/questions-before-beginning-the-journey-of-defold-engine/69307 "2021-09-20T15:12:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![abhishektheironman](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/abhishektheironman/32/26172_2.png) [@abhishektheironman](https://forum.defold.com/u/abhishektheironman)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/questions-before-beginning-the-journey-of-defold-engine/69307/1 "2021-09-20T15:12:33Z")

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Hi everyone,  
I came to Defold few years back but I had to went back away empty handed, because of engine license & lack of admob support. Now situation seems to have changed but still I want to ask few questions (I have already read many posts but none was similar to mine)  
1.) I have heard somewhere that Apple raised issue for Defold projects because of lua script encryption (something like that). Can someone shed more light on it? What is the status now?  
2.) How update works? Will I have to download new release everytime or there is an “update button” which updates the engine ?  
3.) Admob is very important for me. Earlier there was third party support for admob hence I went back (I hate reliance on 3rd party sources). Now it seems that Defold now itself maintain & provide admob feature. Is it true?

Thanks in advance  
Cascade Games

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**Author:** ![gianmichele](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/gianmichele/32/24028_2.png) [@gianmichele](https://forum.defold.com/u/gianmichele)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 3:25pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/questions-before-beginning-the-journey-of-defold-engine/69307/2 "2021-09-20T15:25:31Z")

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Welcome back!

To quickly answer your questions:

1 - Not sure how it got solved. I think it was an overzealous reviewer. @britzl might have more information since he was in contact with the people at Apple

2- Yes, the editor will show an Update Available button for you

3- Correct!

> **[Defold AdMob extension API documentation](https://defold.com/extension-admob/)**
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> This manual covers how to use AdMob to show ads on iOS and Android in Defold.

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**Author:** ![abhishektheironman](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/abhishektheironman/32/26172_2.png) [@abhishektheironman](https://forum.defold.com/u/abhishektheironman)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/questions-before-beginning-the-journey-of-defold-engine/69307/3 "2021-09-20T15:45:17Z")

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Thanks for the quick reply ! Defold community is awesome ❤❤❤

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**Author:** ![britzl](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/britzl/32/23_2.png) [@britzl](https://forum.defold.com/u/britzl)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 7:40pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/questions-before-beginning-the-journey-of-defold-engine/69307/4 "2021-09-20T19:40:00Z")

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> [@gianmichele](#):
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> Not sure how it got solved. I think it was an overzealous reviewer. @britzl might have more information since he was in contact with the people at Apple

Yes, see these tweets:

[https://twitter.com/bjornritzl/status/1387519836012662785](https://twitter.com/bjornritzl/status/1387519836012662785)

And the full forum thread:

> [@Urgent! Need help! I have huge problem with game submission to Apple](https://forum.defold.com/t/urgent-need-help-i-have-huge-problem-with-game-submission-to-apple/68031):
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> Two weeks ago, I submitted my game (created with the defold engine) to Apple for review. And got the following message: Hello, \*Upon further review of the activity associated with your Apple Developer Program membership, we have determined that your membership, or a membership associated with your account, has been used for dishonest or fraudulent activity. Therefore, your Apple Developer Program account has been flagged for removal. \* We found that your app is in direct violation of the [Appl…](https://developer.apple.com/terms/)

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**Author:** ![abhishektheironman](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/abhishektheironman/32/26172_2.png) [@abhishektheironman](https://forum.defold.com/u/abhishektheironman)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 8:52pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/questions-before-beginning-the-journey-of-defold-engine/69307/5 "2021-09-20T20:52:05Z")

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So I hope I can work on my iOS projects without any worries?  
BTW thanks for the reply

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**Author:** ![abhishektheironman](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/abhishektheironman/32/26172_2.png) [@abhishektheironman](https://forum.defold.com/u/abhishektheironman)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 8:52pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/questions-before-beginning-the-journey-of-defold-engine/69307/6 "2021-09-20T20:52:42Z")

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The best thing which I liked is that Defold team backed the developer who was facing the issue ❤

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**Author:** ![britzl](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/britzl/32/23_2.png) [@britzl](https://forum.defold.com/u/britzl)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/questions-before-beginning-the-journey-of-defold-engine/69307/7 "2021-09-20T21:20:37Z")

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> [@abhishektheironman](#):
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> So I hope I can work on my iOS projects without any worries?

Yes, absolutely!

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**Author:** ![abhishektheironman](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/abhishektheironman/32/26172_2.png) [@abhishektheironman](https://forum.defold.com/u/abhishektheironman)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 10:29pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/questions-before-beginning-the-journey-of-defold-engine/69307/8 "2021-09-20T22:29:10Z")

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Thanks a lot ❤
