HTTP Live Streaming iOS restriction

Question

I need to implement real-time video streaming from a security camera to an app over cellular. My concern is the following restriction:

Video streaming content over a cellular network longer than 10 minutes must use HTTP Live Streaming and include a baseline 64 kbps HTTP Live stream

Is this referring to streaming FROM an app or TO an app (my case)? I'd love to use HLS but the 30s latency just doesn't cut it.

I know this is not a valid argument, but similar apps like Dropcam have made it to the App Store.

Answer 1

Streaming TO an App, i.e the App is downloading the video.

From the docs:

Warning: iOS apps submitted for distribution in the App Store must conform to these requirements.

If your app delivers video over cellular networks, and the video exceeds either 10 minutes duration or 5 MB of data in a five minute period, you are required to use HTTP Live Streaming. (Progressive download may be used for smaller clips.)

If your app uses HTTP Live Streaming over cellular networks, you are required to provide at least one stream at 64 Kbps or lower bandwidth (the low-bandwidth stream may be audio-only or audio with a still image).

These requirements apply to iOS apps submitted for distribution in the App Store for use on Apple products. Non-compliant apps may be rejected or removed, at the discretion of Apple.