Mobile LC Apps Downloading Stacks After installation

[jonathandlynch at gmail.com]

If we could have our own LC App Store, where people could play an app with a player app on different platforms, it would be quite excellent.

At the very least, I think Apple would object.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Aug 11, 2017, at 10:09 AM, Roger Eller via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> Several companies HAVE their own app stores.  Samsung is one that comes to
> mind.  http://joyofandroid.com/android-app-store-alternatives/
> 
> ~Roger
> 
> 
> On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 10:00 AM, Jonathan Lynch via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
>> If Apple and Google allowed player apps that play external code, companies
>> could essentially set up their own app stores, bypassing google play and
>> iTunes.
>> I cannot imagine either company would appreciate that.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Aug 11, 2017, at 9:52 AM, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode <
>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Mark,
>>> 
>>> Thanks for weighing in. I would like to read into those licenses that I
>>> could update my core LCS, but I know in my soul that if I do that it's
>> just
>>> a shoe waiting to drop that could affect not only my license but the
>> entire
>>> LC community. I also feel that when I create an extra button(with stub
>> code)
>>> because a "data" update offers more options that I am staying within the
>>> guidelines and the spirit of the App/Play store rules. I see this as
>> simple
>>> decision. I call it the "Johnny, did you eat a cookie?" scenario. Johnny
>>> says "no" because he did not eat "A" cookie but ate 3 cookies. I am not
>> a 2
>>> year old and know what these rules were intended to prevent.
>>> 
>>> By the way, I was once rejected because my data update "answer" dialog
>> was
>>> worded as "An app update is available". I explained that it was a data
>>> update and not code and changed the verbiage of the dialog. I then passed
>>> the review. Moral: The review team can look VERY close at any app during
>>> review.
>>> 
>>> As it was said in Goodfellows... At least, that's how I feel.
>>> 
>>> Ralph DiMola
>>> IT Director
>>> Evergreen Information Services
>>> rdimola at evergreeninfo.net
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On
>> Behalf
>>> Of Mark Waddingham via use-livecode
>>> Sent: Friday, August 11, 2017 7:24 AM
>>> To: How to use LiveCode
>>> Cc: Mark Waddingham
>>> Subject: Re: Mobile LC Apps Downloading Stacks After installation
>>> 
>>>> On 2017-08-11 12:20, Jonathan Lynch via use-livecode wrote:
>>>> I know the reviewers at app stores are not always careful, but
>>>> something like an LC player would surely get their notice.
>>> 
>>> Review, from my understanding, is heavily automated (it has to be - if
>> you
>>> think of the scale of the App Stores these days). However, there is
>> always a
>>> means to get in contact with a human about specific issues (which can
>> take a
>>> while to get escalated with someone who can actually do something - but
>> at
>>> least it is possible).
>>> 
>>>> They do allow us to import JS, but JS is way more sandboxed than LC.
>>> 
>>> Yes - this is true - however, as I noticed this morning Apple no longer
>> have
>>> their advisory about allowing arbitrary JS to be downloaded and run
>> within a
>>> WebView. This is simply because you can could build a host app which
>> gives
>>> access to every single OS API on iOS and make all of them callable from
>> JS
>>> (even if the JS bundled with the app does not use any of it).
>>> 
>>> So, the point is the language is not the point - what the code running in
>>> the language does is important.
>>> 
>>> Like Google, Apple are wanting to know precisely what OS APIs your app is
>>> calling at the point of review - so they have some idea of the surface
>> area
>>> of attack for any malicious intent. How much analysis they currently do,
>>> no-one really knows - however the guidelines means that (in principal)
>> they
>>> have reasons to pull any apps very quickly if they find that they are
>> doing
>>> something which is 'not allowed'.
>>> 
>>> Warmest Regards,
>>> 
>>> Mark.
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Mark Waddingham ~ mark at livecode.com ~ http://www.livecode.com/
>>> LiveCode: Everyone can create apps
>>> 
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