PhoneGap given Apple Seal of Approval
Over the past year or so there has been a lot of consternation on the part of developers writing applications for iPhone using the PhoneGap framework. The problem seemed to be that Apple was unpredictably rejecting applications on the sole basis that they used a 3rd party framework, or that they suspected PhoneGap used techniques they prohibited (like downloading program logic at runtime). Recently, Apple sat down and did a proper technical analysis of the framework to evaluate whether or not they should continue to discriminate based on the use of this framework, or simply evaluate these applications on their own merits instead. According to Jesse MacFadyen of Nitobi:
- Apple has given PhoneGap a technical analysis , and PhoneGap does not violate the Terms & Conditions of the App Store.
- Apple will review PhoneGap applications based on their own merits and not on their use of PhoneGap.
This is great news for the development community because it means we can continue to write simple cross-platform applications using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and deploy them natively to a number or devices without having to do tonnes of rewrite for each one.
