{"id":3615,"date":"2011-01-07T15:15:31","date_gmt":"2011-01-07T14:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/3615-no-java-or-adobe-air-in-apples-mac-app-store.html"},"modified":"2011-01-07T15:15:31","modified_gmt":"2011-01-07T14:15:31","slug":"no-java-or-adobe-air-in-apples-mac-app-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/3615-no-java-or-adobe-air-in-apples-mac-app-store.html","title":{"rendered":"No Java or Adobe AIR apps in Apple\u2019s Mac App Store"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple\u2019s App Store Review Guidelines<\/a> appear to forbid Java or Adobe AIR applications from being published in the store:<\/p>\n

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Apps that use deprecated or optionally installed technologies (e.g., Java, [PowerPC code requiring] Rosetta) will be rejected.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Since Adobe AIR is not shipped by default with OS X, any applications requiring that runtime will not qualify. Java is forbidden because Apple has deprecated its own build of Java; and while it seems supportive<\/a> of Oracle\u2019s official OpenJDK project for Mac OS X, apparently that support does not extend to allowing Java apps into the store.<\/p>\n

Of course it is not only Java and Adobe AIR that are affected, but any apps that need a runtime. <\/p>\n

There are many other provisions, most of which seem sensible in order to protect the user\u2019s experience with the App Store. Some of them have potential for causing controversy:<\/p>\n

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Apps that duplicate apps already in the App Store may be rejected, particularly if there are many of them. Apps that are not very useful or do not provide any lasting entertainment value may be rejected. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

What defines duplication in this context? How will Apple test whether an app has \u201clasting entertainment value\u201d \u2013 I presume this refers to games.<\/p>\n

The situation on Mac OS X is different than on the iPhone or iPad, since users can easily install apps via other routes. That said, if the App Store catches on then not being included may become a significant disadvantage. Further, it will not surprise me if Apple starts hinting that non-approved apps carry more risk to the user, so that some users might decide to avoid anything without this official stamp of approval.<\/p>\n

I wonder if Adobe will do a Flash packager for the Mac similar to that which it offers for iOS, to get round these restrictions?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Apple\u2019s App Store Review Guidelines appear to forbid Java or Adobe AIR applications from being published in the store: Apps that use deprecated or optionally installed technologies (e.g., Java, [PowerPC code requiring] Rosetta) will be rejected. Since Adobe AIR is not shipped by default with OS X, any applications requiring that runtime will not qualify. … Continue reading No Java or Adobe AIR apps in Apple\u2019s Mac App Store<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8,49,63,67],"tags":[123,132,154,158,512,565,686,689],"class_list":["post-3615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adobe","category-apple","category-java","category-oracle","category-professional","tag-adobe","tag-air","tag-app-store","tag-apple","tag-java","tag-mac","tag-oracle","tag-os-x"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3615\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}