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Pardon my ignorance but can't an iOS app host a WASM runtime without being a browser? And if so it doesn't need to be an interpreted language necessarily.
by mohamedkoubaa 21d ago
Pardon my ignorance but can't an iOS app host a WASM runtime without being a browser? And if so it doesn't need to be an interpreted language necessarily.
- sebmellen 21d agoYeah, but to my understanding that’s not what Shopify is doing.
- svieira 21d agoYes, it could, but then you would have re-invented React Native. But in WASM.
- apitman 21d agoI am fairly certain this is against Apple's policies. In principle you're not supposed to change the functionality of your app without review.
- cute_boi 21d agoi don't see any difference between wasm and js? If react native apps can be updated with js, wasm should be allowed.
- apitman 21d agoI think updating js without review is also against policy.
- whstl 21d agoIt's a grey area. App Review Guidelines §2.5.2 says: "Apps should be self-contained in their bundles, and may not read or write data outside the designated container area, nor may they download, install, or execute code which introduces or changes features or functionality of the app, including other apps" Technically Apple can punish you for anything but so far it seems to be accepted for small fixes and tweaks.
- myko 21d agoDoesn't seem like a grey area at all, pretty clear it is against the policy. Just a ridiculous policy and hard to enforce.
- spiderice 20d agoCould you reinvent OTA updates in another non-native language? Of course. But then you still wouldn't have a native app. You'd just be doing React Native but worse.
- mohamedkoubaa 20d agoMy point is that it isn't that RN "removes one of the biggest annoyances of developing for the App Store", it's that a specific technical feature of RN does that, and it's not only available to RN