Thread: No Flash for iPod

Originally Posted by DavidP

Here's the rules for Flash on the iPhone/iPad/iPod:

You can develop apps using any language or tool you want, as long as the app runs natively on iOS.

You can run interpreted scripts in your app as long as the user writes them or they come with the app.

You cannot download scripts to run in your app. Any interpreted script that comes from outside the device is off limits.

If I understand it right, it disallows emulators, browsers, PHP/Python and such for server software.

Besides, Adobe made it possible to convert your Flash application into a native application that runs on iP*s, but Apple kicked those applications out. Therefore, the first rule doesn't mean anything. Another thing that shows you can't really trust anything Apple says. They'll reverse all rules if they feel like doing so.

If I understand it right, it disallows emulators, browsers, PHP/Python and such for server software.

Besides, Adobe made it possible to convert your Flash application into a native application that runs on iP*s, but Apple kicked those applications out. Therefore, the first rule doesn't mean anything. Another thing that shows you can't really trust anything Apple says. They'll reverse all rules if they feel like doing so.

You must not have been paying attention to their latest updates:

Apple Approves Google Voice Apps and BASIC Interpreter in C64 - Mac Rumors
App Store Developers See Long-Stalled Submissions Approved in Wake of Guideline Changes - Mac Rumors
Adobe to Resume Work on Flash-to-iPhone Compiler - Mac Rumors
Apple Opens App Store to Third-Party Development Tools, Publishes Review Guidelines - Mac Rumors