Bypass the OTP

Question

We are using the phone sign-up and sign-in with custom policies in Azure AD B2C (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory-b2c/phone-authentication) in an app.

But I guess Apple won't enter a phone number and wait for an OTP on the phone while testing the app. How do we make Apple bypass the OTP part?

Answer 1

I believe this is something you will need to take up with the Apple team.

Without the Apple testers being able to get their phone numbers (in a different country) tied to the test account, Apple can't sign off.

On the Apple support forum someone suggested using on-device video recording to show the whole process, import and trim on Mac, and upload as an attachment with a note for the testers to review the video of the operation.

There is a suggestion in this post for how to disable the OTP but it might be better long term to get the approval by reaching out to Apple.

Answer 2

Great suggestion! We will try the video approach and see if Apple will approve the app based on it.

Thanks for your fast reply :-)