Download and Run Stacks - Can Do On Mobile?

[Charles E Buchwald]

I've been working on a system that is basically a magazine reader. My iOS "player" contains all the code. It downloads a ZIP archive with an XML file that contains all the content, plus the media assets.

If I need to add functionality of any kind, I'll update the iOS player, even if it's only interactivity that I plan on using in the future.

This isn't quite as flexible as the kind of arrangement that Richard is talking about here, but it's still pretty clean and versatile. Of course it works on other platforms, too.

- Charles

On 13 Sep 2014, at 1:41 AM, Richard Gaskin <ambassador at fourthworld.com> wrote:

> Brahmanathswami wrote:
> 
> > I remember being "blown away" years ago in the late 90's when Scott
> > Raney had a little demo of
> >
> > go stack url "http://somedomain.com/somestack.mc"
> >
> > and it downloaded and ran the stack.
> ...
> > But, can we do this on Mobile?  can the app on your iPhone download
> > and run stacks?  I think not... What about Android?  Probably not
> > also... security constraints....
> 
> For the last several months a majority of the projects I manage are client-server apps that rely on downloaded stacks, so the server's not just deploying data, but the code and UI too.  Tons of fun for all - clients love seeing new features roll out without every having to install anything new.
> 
> This type of distribution is technically sound on all platforms, and allowed on all but one:  iOS' SDK license explicitly forbids apps that download executable code.
> 
> Apple may change their mind in the future, but for now this is something we can enjoy on all other devices on the planet, but we must make our iOS customers wait for a larger, more complicated complete install.
> 
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> Richard Gaskin
> Fourth World Systems
> Software Design and Development for Desktop, Mobile, and Web
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