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This is awesome (and was seemingly inevitable now that React Native is in play), and it will be really interesting to see what Apple eventually does about this.
by AlwaysBCoding 11y ago
This is awesome (and was seemingly inevitable now that React Native is in play), and it will be really interesting to see what Apple eventually does about this.
If they change the terms of service to prevent hot loading app updates via JavaScriptCore they're going to isolate a lot of developers, since so much cool stuff is being developed around JavaScriptCore right now. The rnplay playground app that's currently in the App Store dynamically loads entire apps onto your phone to play around with -- it's so cool, why block things like that from existing?
If they do nothing, it's clear a rogue app store distribution ecosystem is going to evolve (case in point ^) which seems like a sub-optimal outcome for everyone.
Isn't the only eventuality for Apple to change their app store approval process to allow dynamic updates? I mean it's obviously better for developers, and probably ultimately better for end users as well. I just don't see any way around it with the momentum writing iOS apps in Javascript has right now.