EFB App Project - Order hint ‘MISC’ can’t be used by third parties

[Arantis_Sim]

Hello,

I created an EFB app called Nearest Navaids. This is a global app and not aircraft‑specific. I’m going to submit the package to the Marketplace Team on the Teams channel for review.

When I created the project I used <ContentType>MISC</ContentType> and <PackageOrderHint>MISC</PackageOrderHint> following the EFB SDK sample. The build/export for Marketplace shows a warning that Order hint ‘MISC’ can’t be used by third parties. I couldn’t find any other appropriate order hint for this project.

Could you please suggest which order hint I should use to be compliant?

A second question: in which category/subcategory should this app be listed in the Marketplace, and which project fields determine that? I understand how this works for aircraft but not for an EFB app.

I would appreciate any guidance on these two points.

Regards,

Yiannis

[Boris]

Hello @Arantis_Sim

MISC, as explained in the documentation, can’t be used for 3rdPs hence the warning.

However I think you can use INSTRUMENT / CUSTOM_INSTRUMENTS as Content-Type / PackageOrderHint.
For the marketplace, I’d say “Customization” > “Tool” (available when you upload the package in the MCP).

Hope it helps,

[Arantis_Sim]

@Boris Thank you very much for your suggestions!