Regardless of whether someone can see the URL, you could make the web app require a "handshake" from the native app (e.g., a valid session code.) This would keep out anyone trying to skirt around the fees.
On Nov 25, 2:41 pm, Ryan Joy <atxr...@gmail.com> wrote: > I may not understand your question fully, but I would find it very > easy to determine the source URL or data feed for any HTTP traffic > coming into my developer (or jail broken) iphone. Or, even easier to > analyze my network traffic. > > -RYAN JOY > http://twitter.com/atxryan > 512.552.2687 mobile > > On Nov 25, 2009, at 2:21 PM, Mark Phillip wrote: > > > There has been a good amount of talk lately about building web > > applications for mobile phones, instead of native applications > > (http://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2009/11/apple_is_not_ev.html > > ). Ignoring any performance, findability, or "slickness" issues, > > I'm curious about the commerce aspect and haven't been able to find > > a good answer. > > > iPhone, Android, and webOS, all have a WebView-like control that > > allows you to wrap an existing web page in a full-fledged native app > > that you could submit to their respective App Store. Is there any > > reason why a person wouldn't be able to charge for this app if the > > URL wasn't publicized? On these three platforms, would there be any > > way to decompile the app and figure out the source URL? > > > Thanks, > > Mark > >http://markphillip.com > > > -- > > Our Web site:http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Refresh Austin" group. > > > [ Posting ] > > To post to this group, send email to Refresh-Austin@googlegroups.com > > Job-related postings should followhttp://tr.im/ > > refreshaustinjobspolicy > > We do not accept job posts from recruiters. > > > [ Unsubscribe ] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > refresh-austin-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > > [ More Info ] > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin -- Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to Refresh-Austin@googlegroups.com Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to refresh-austin-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin
