[opendtv] Fwd: Re: Apple loosens its chokehold on app development
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: OpenDTV Mail List <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 08:05:14 -0400
At 3:07 AM +0000 9/10/10, Kilroy Hughes wrote:
PR is such a wonderful thing; especially when nobody reads it.
They said "relaxing all restrictions on the development tools used
to create iOS apps, AS LONG AS THE RESULTING APPS DO NOT DOWNLOAD
ANY CODE."
Apps without code ... Hmmm.
That could mean no apps at all, but I suspect it means no
interpreted code like Flash Action Script, no bytecode like Java,
or no virtual machines in binary like Flash, Java, etc. VMs that
will process intermediate code apps.
Yes, I think you got this right. Not that the PR was difficult to understand.
The major change is that Apple will now allow developers to use the
Adobe Flash tools to create iOS apps. Adobe stock was up 12%
yesterday.
I think the message is that you can write it in Elvi or edlin or
Flash authoring tools if you want to, but you have to compile a
single app to iOS binary and use their APIs, which is zero change
from the current policy on what apps are allowed to run on the
device. Content can't contain any interactivity, like Flash, BD-J,
etc. They don't dictate what development tools you have to use to
generate their binaries; big deal.
Content can contain interactivity. as long as it uses Apple APIs. The
developer community seems happy, although the responses are still
divided along the Flash fault line. In essence, if you want to create
apps that look the same on iOS and Android devices, feel free to use
the Flash development environment and iOS compiler. If you want to
take full advantage of the Apple APIs, use tools that support ALL OF
THEM.
Based on the blurb, they are no closer to allowing Flash content
and apps to run on iDevices. If you can convert it to a single app
in native Apple code you can, but then it isn't Flash anymore.
Don't hold your breath Kilroy. Nothing has changed about Flash to
make it desirable for mobile devices. The world is moving on. I
rarely run into sites that I cannot use on my iPhone, and when I do I
find alternatives.
Regards
Craig
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