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by qz_ 2360 days ago
I believe Apple forbids running third-party code it hasn’t approved, with some exceptions for educational apps.
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Fnoord 2360 days ago
> I believe Apple forbids running third-party code it hasn’t approved, with some exceptions for educational apps.

Exceptions list:

1) Content served over HTTP(S) such as JavaScript.

2) WeChat.

3) ...

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rswail 2360 days ago
WeChat/LINE/AliChat etc all do their apps with JS in a webview, which apple explicitly allows.
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m-p-3 2359 days ago
Which is probably why Firefox Mobile on iOS can't have extensions, which is a shame.
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davidajackson 2360 days ago
I see, it's like when developers build automatic deployment into their apps to avoid app review.
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pat2man 2360 days ago
Yeah but these apps are just html and JavaScript which is normally allowed.
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EGreg 2360 days ago
Yeah Apple explicitly states that in their guidelines. Why would they ban it?
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