Yesterday I made a quick update to a previous blog post. I will go into a little more depth here as some folks mis-understood that this was a new topic because it was part of the older post.
Recent changes to the Apple iPhone SDK developer license agreement have been a hot topic over the last week. There has been much speculation over how far reaching the 3.3.1 clause of the agreement is, not to mention the business strategy behind it. I will not join that conversation, but I will speak of what I have learned with regards to the impact on PhoneGap (iPhone/iPad).
Through email discussions with Apple, I specifically asked what, if any, impact did this have on present/future applications submitted to the App store that were built using PhoneGap. In no uncertain terms, my contacts at Apple have assured me that “PhoneGap is not in violation of the 3.3.1 clause of the license agreement.”
How this affects other tool-chains like Appcelerator, Flash CS5, Corona, MonoTouch, … I have absolutely no idea. All I can say is that PhoneGap is okay.
I will post updated information if I receive it, I have done a few other things to test the waters. Yesterday I submitted my iPhone PhoneGap Tutorial application to the App Store, I will post info here when/if it is approved ( although it may be rejecting for offering insufficient functionality, as it is a tutorial ).
The tutorial source code is available here: http://bit.ly/Jestitute
What a relief. This is good news indeed. I’m submitting my app in a few weeks here (fingers crossed)
Comment by Jordan B — April 17, 2010 @ 12:51 am
yes a relief, we just started using phonegap too
Comment by jbc software — April 18, 2010 @ 6:11 pm
Great news! PhoneGap has a great future ahead!
Comment by Kirk Strobeck — April 19, 2010 @ 1:28 pm
I know how to build Palm webos app. My question is can YOU make API or plugin or something to help me port my webos app to iPhone/Android platform and if possible I want to keep all the look & feel of webos widgets / user interface?
Can you do that? please
Comment by Khoi — April 20, 2010 @ 6:17 am
@Khoi
Apple has a strict iPhone / iPad Design Guidelines and you should follow it as must as you can. Don’t do just “porting”, that’s why this Apple vs Flash fight started and as you can see, Apple is winning!
Rethink your app for the Apple devices if you can.
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It is a positive news that Phonegap can be used with iphone OS 4. We have been burnt by doing about 4 Rhomobiles apps just before the iphone OS 4 guidelines came about. Of the four, the first app is waiting as long as a month pending “in review” with neither approval or rejection from Apple.
Could you post an update as to whether Apple has approved your “PhoneGap Tutorial” app or any update from them?
Thanks.
Comment by Venkat — April 28, 2010 @ 2:15 pm
What a relief.
Great work guys and keep the good work going.
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Note that Apple has approved plenty of apps and then rejected them later. Also note that cross compiled apps used to be OK, but are not anymore. It appears as though apple is trending towards stricter and stricter requirements. If they decide phonegap is a threat to their business model, they will not hesitate to make a new clause in the SDK banning it.
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