The policy used to exist, it was Section 3.3.1 of the iOS Developer Agreement in 2010 [1]: "Applications must be originally written in Objective-C, C, C++, or

The policy used to exist, it was Section 3.3.1 of the iOS Developer Agreement in 2010 [1]: "Applications must be originally written in Objective-C, C, C++, or JavaScript as executed by the iPhone OS WebKit engine, and only code written in C, C++, and Objective-C may compile and directly link against the Documented APIs" Steve Jobs also wrote some emails on the issue [2], but by September 2010 and following a potential Federal Trade Commission investigation, the clause had been removed again [3]. [1] https://daringfireball.net/2010/04/iphone_agreement_bans_flash_compiler https://daringfireball.net/2010/04/iphone_agreement_bans_fla... [2] https://www.taoeffect.com/blog/2010/04/steve-jobs-response-on-section-3-3-1/ https://www.taoeffect.com/blog/2010/04/steve-jobs-response-o... [3] http://www.peterfriese.de/apples-updated-developer-license-this-changes-everything-again/ http://www.peterfriese.de/apples-updated-developer-license-t...