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The way I see it, there are two types of private API use - malign and benign. Malign would be attempting to circumvent iOS security, such as attempting to acces
by LeoNatan25 11y ago
The way I see it, there are two types of private API use - malign and benign. Malign would be attempting to circumvent iOS security, such as attempting to access disallowed services, attempting to retrieve personal information, abuse, etc. Bening would be use for overcoming Apple bugs or shortcomings in public API. If for the latter, as here, it is not that bad in my book.
- masklinn 11y agoMotivation is irrelevant to my comment. If you're using private APIs in a library, any user of the library is at risk of submission rejection because of the library, the least you can do for them is let them make an at least somewhat informed choice about it, and ideally (if your library is multi-purpose) have them opt in the behaviour requiring private API access. It's not a question of purpose or of "badness", and really has nothing to do with your book.
- LeoNatan25 11y agoOh, I agree with that completely. Just wanted to distinct between "good" and "bad" use of private API.