Re-use an existing app name

[rickyy]

E.g. I have an app called "ABC", I want to create a new app also call "ABC", is it possible to do the following?

1. Submit an update of an existing app, renamed to "DEF"
2. Submit a new app, use the name "ABC"?

Anyone tried this before and does it work?

Thanks.

[iosdevjtp]

Originally Posted by rickyy

E.g. I have an app called "ABC", I want to create a new app also call "ABC", is it possible to do the following?

1. Submit an update of an existing app, renamed to "DEF"
2. Submit a new app, use the name "ABC"?

Anyone tried this before and does it work?

Thanks.

It should work, I had to do something similar for an app: my initial app was rejected and since the app use Push Notification and iAd, the new one I had to resubmit was in need of a new bundle ID. Since you can not change a bundle ID when an app use iAd, I deleted the rejected one and right away submitted a new one with the same name and it worked fine. So I will assume renaming th existing one will work too.