I don't know the answer to your question, but my guess is that many of the things that node does won't run/can't be done in a sandbox. I believe the experiments with node on iOS so far have always been in jailbroken devices. But I may be wrong. -- Jorge.
On Jun 23, 2012, at 5:01 AM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > I'm excited about the prospect of writing iOS and Mac apps using JavaScript > through NodObjC, but before I invest too much time in the idea, has anybody > successfully written and distributed an app built this way? > > The NodObjC repository only has one example Mac app, and no sample iOS apps. > The sample Mac app assumes node is already installed in /usr/local/bin. This > is fine for development or personal use or for installation on > tightly-controlled systems, but for distribution to end users, node and all > its dependencies should be relocatably compiled and included inside the app > bundle. Certainly this is a requirement for an app to be approved by Apple > for distribution on their App Stores. For iOS apps, node and dependencies > would need to be cross-compiled for arm. I have a little experience with such > things so this shouldn't be a problem, but they're things that currently seem > to be left as exercises for the reader, and I'm wondering if any readers have > already successfully completed those exercises, and if they ran into any > trouble along the way. > > What I'm most interested to learn is whether any apps built using NodObjC > have been approved for distribution on Apple's iOS or Mac App Stores. I'm > worried that Apple will reject the app because node is an interpreted > runtime. This list of ways to get your app rejected by Apple has "execute > interpreted code" at number 4: > > http://www.infoworld.com/d/developer-world/how-get-rejected-the-app-store-854 > > That's not an official Apple document, and it's two years old, so I'm not > sure if their rules have changed or how strictly this provision is enforced. > This article from a week later says Apple has eased up on that particular > item: > > http://www.macrumors.com/2010/06/11/apple-eases-up-on-restrictions-on-interpreted-code-in-iphone-developer-agreement/ > > So. Anyone here have any NodObjC-powered apps on an Apple App Store? Let us > know what they are! > > > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" 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/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" 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/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
