A federal judge asked Apple to approve Fortnite's submission at the U.S. app store or return to court to explain why it does not have a legal basis for doing so.

In a new document, U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers confirmed that the court had received the latest motion from Epic Games to request Apple to approve the release of Fortnite on the App Store.

The obviously annoyed judge asked Apple to show the court that "Apple argues that it can ignore the legal authority of the court's order." Gonzalez Rogers also suggested that Apple would need to go back to court to explain whether the situation was not resolved.

Gonzalez Rogers reminded the tech giant, saying: "Apple is fully capable of solving this problem without further introductions or hearings," adding that the company's name is to ensure compliance with the court's ruling.

Readings between the demand for the names of Apple officials in the new document suggests that Gonzalez Rogers did not consider non-compliance with the court's injunction and therefore did not consider the allegations of contempt.

This is after her earlier ruling, where the judge struck Apple in an attempt to bypass the court order and accused the tech company of sworn in.

After winning the right to include links to external payment mechanisms in its app, Epic Games resubmitted Fortnite to the U.S. App Store. However, Apple told the game makers that it decided not to take action on Epic Games’ submission action until the Ninth Circuit’s new injunction on Apple’s pending requirements. (In other words, Apple said it would not have to approve the app until the legal action surrounding its appeals aired in full swing.)

In view of Apple's decision, Epic Games filed a motion on Friday asking the court to enforce the injunction.

The latest legal threat is a one-year court battle against Apple's App Store policy, which has long denied the right of app developers to link to external payment options without paying Apple A commission. Apple initially complied with a court ruling in the lawsuit, allowing U.S. developers to apply for exceptions to its App Store rules, but it still collected 27% of alternative purchase commissions, down from the usual 30%. Apple also asked developers to use a "panic screen," which warns consumers to make purchases outside their app store when they click.

In a major developer win, Gonzalez Rogers ruled that Apple had “deliberately violated” the court’s ban on anti-competitive pricing and commissions, which seemed to make Fortnite seem able to return to the App Store. But Apple sat for a week, neither approving nor denying the game's publications, and its lawyers responded.

What happens next may be important to Apple as it may inspire similar legal actions or regulations in other global markets.

Apple is the winner of EPIC's original antitrust lawsuit against the tech giant because the court declared it was not a monopoly. But when Gonzalez Rogers agreed that Epic Games won in one area if developers wanted to use their website for in-app purchases, such as for virtual merchandise or subscriptions.

After the decision, Apple updated its app store strategy for the U.S., and apps including Spotify, Amazon Kindle and Patreon quickly launched a new version of its app to take advantage of new features.

The epic game declined to comment. Apple did not respond to a request for comment.