I think your reading of the policy (3.1 - "Apps with metadata that mentions the name of any other mobile platform will be rejected") is correct. It stinks, it's obnoxious, it's cravenly self-serving, and it makes me think they're a little scared. But you'd be a damn fool to risk breaking it, particularly given the rejection of the Android magazine app.
And yet… here's a book app <http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/effective- java-app-iphone/id348149681?mt=8> with the title "Effective Java" And another, "Java The Good Parts" <http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ java-the-good-parts/id371676805?mt=8> And some JavaDoc readers: <http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/java-doc/id397879624?mt=8> <http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/java-doc/id397879624?mt=8> And some static-text Java educational apps: <http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/java-ee-q-a/id367786692?mt=8> <http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/java-technologies/id373547115? mt=8> And, similar to what a Java Posse app would provide, something called "Java Developer News": <http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/java-developer- news/id321774418?mt=8> There are 83,000 Google hits for the search term "site:apple.com itunes "app store" java". Some are about the island, and there are many duplicates. The hit count plunges 1,100 if you replace "java" with "j2me", although that could be explained in part by the unpopularity of ME compared to the SE and EE. Still this does turn up hits that do mention other platforms in their metadata. Consider Storyz <http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/storyz/id294773113?mt=8>: "Show, Tell or just check out each thread of growing, growing, growing Storyz on iPhone, wap, phone apps such as J2ME and Android (soon), Facebook, web widgets and email (soon)." [of course, Storyz was last updated in March, 2009, prior to the public guidelines and the prohibition on mentioning other platforms.] >From this, I guess I wouldn't assume a Java Posse app would be an automatic rejection. I'd be concerned, sure -- Apple's App Store policies and their enforcement has been capricious at best. But an app that provided real value -- collecting episodes, providing an interface to the show notes and moderator group, providing a swipe gesture to make the whip crack sound or an auto-chipmunk feature to grind through the Quick News -- probably couldn't be rejected just on functionality grounds. --Chris On Dec 14, 2:42 am, Moandji Ezana <[email protected]> wrote: > I guess it would, since the app description would mention competing > platforms such as Java and Android. > > That said, I've never used the Apple App Store, so I could be wrong. Does a > zearch for Java return any results? > > Moandji > > --www.moandjiezana.com > > Sent from my phone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
