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For iOS, can't you just wrap your web application in a thin native app layer that provides the push functionality?
by xyby 7y ago
For iOS, can't you just wrap your web application in a thin native app layer that provides the push functionality?
- berns 7y agoFrom the app store guidelines: 4.2 Minimum Functionality Your app should include features, content, and UI that elevate it beyond a repackaged website. If your app is not particularly useful, unique, or “app-like,” it doesn’t belong on the App Store.
- cma 7y agoPerhaps the main distinguishing app-like thing is distracting notifications.
- SlowRobotAhead 7y agoRight! I ran in to this when I wanted our app to “portal” to the website and just move Bluetooth data along. Apple thought about this and doesn’t like it.
- noir_lord 7y ago4.3 We'll continue to get away with this until the EU makes us stop.
- nicoburns 7y agoWould push notification support not be exactly the kind of feature that would qualify for this rule? In practice there are hundreds of apps like this on the app store.
- avip 7y agoYou can, you just can't publish it on the appstore.
- hoyer_io 7y agoYes you can and we are exactly doing this since quite a while. Actually a lot of companies do this.
- the_gipsy 7y agoYes you can and there tons of apps that do just that. The important part is that they go through the app store, so that apple has complete control of what goes through.