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This seems like a perfect opportunity for Apple to allow apps to be installed outside of the App Store (like macOS). I was absolutely shocked that Apple reject
by bluthru 7y ago
This seems like a perfect opportunity for Apple to allow apps to be installed outside of the App Store (like macOS).
I was absolutely shocked that Apple rejected the Gab app. Their rules are arbitrary and constricting.
- Terretta 7y agoThe single page app at https://hkmap.live/ https://hkmap.live/ opens on iOS with a note telling you how to add it to your Home Screen. That gives you a custom app icon, which opens as a live full screen map app w/o browser chrome. This open mechanism to “sideload” what a regular user can’t tell the difference from an App Store app was the original iPhone app distribution strategy for both live and offline HTML5 apps, provided to developers before the App Store existed. It remains relatively trivial to distribute apps this way. Start here: https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/AppleApplications/Reference/SafariWebContent/ConfiguringWebApplications/ConfiguringWebApplications.html https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Ap...