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Using translators it would be possible to create a sort of meta-platform that could compile to both iPhoneOS and Android. A clever developer could make an SDK t

by astine 17y ago

Using translators it would be possible to create a sort of meta-platform that could compile to both iPhoneOS and Android. A clever developer could make an SDK that abstracted the differences in the platforms and made it easier for developers to support both platforms by using the same codebase for the same apps on either. By making it more difficult to support both at the same time, Apple may be hoping to keep more developers on only their platform and retain the edge that they have over Android.

lehmannro 17y ago
That's what quite a few programming platforms already do (I know it's the case with Appcelerator and suspect MonoTouch doesn't do it any differently); but these are actively outlawed by the new paragraph 3.3.1: (emphasis added) Applications must be originally written in Objective-C, C, C++, or JavaScript. Applications that link to Documented APIs through an intermediary translation or compatibility layer or tool are prohibited.