Interesting breach of iOS terms or something for LC users?

2012-04-18 Thread Chipp Walters
There's this new mobile app development platform called AppGyver: http://appgyver-preview and they have a 'player' app for developers which has already passed review and is in the AppStore: AppGyver Preview App Anyone can download this app to their iPhone and then enter in a name and a password

Re: Interesting breach of iOS terms or something for LC users?

2012-04-18 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi, Just like PhoneGap, AppGyver is basically a locally functioning website and does nothing that Safari can't do. If Apple has already approved the engine, then Apple might tolerate the preview app. This doesn't pave the way for RunRev to do something similar. -- Best regards, Mark

Re: Interesting breach of iOS terms or something for LC users?

2012-04-18 Thread Bob Sneidar
http://www.appgyver.com/ That link works. Kinda stupid name tho'. Bob On Apr 18, 2012, at 2:23 AM, Chipp Walters wrote: There's this new mobile app development platform called AppGyver: http://appgyver-preview and they have a 'player' app for developers which has already passed review

Re: Interesting breach of iOS terms or something for LC users?

2012-04-18 Thread AcidJazz
The name is based on the American tv show MacGyver isn't it?The character could, essentially build anything out of a paper clip, book of matches, or whatever he had available. That may not make the name less stupid, but I was pronouncing it App giver and definitely thought that was silly.

Re: Interesting breach of iOS terms or something for LC users?

2012-04-18 Thread Bob Sneidar
You are correct, and I did get the connection. I used to watch that show. It was entertaining. As an aside, Myth Busters did a segment on whether or not it was possible to blow open a lock by taking the gunpowder from a few bullets, pouring it into the key hole, sticking a bullet casing

Re: Interesting breach of iOS terms or something for LC users?

2012-04-18 Thread Colin Holgate
As an aside to your aside… the husband of a ex-colleague of mine was the person the studio turned to when figuring out the things MacGyver could do. They would call him up and say something like MacGyver is locked in a broom closet, how would he get out, and he would think about it and call

Re: Interesting breach of iOS terms or something for LC users?

2012-04-18 Thread Geoff Canyon
This would be the best job ever. On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 12:27 PM, Colin Holgate co...@verizon.net wrote: As an aside to your aside… the husband of a ex-colleague of mine was the person the studio turned to when figuring out the things MacGyver could do. They would call him up and say

Re: Interesting breach of iOS terms or something for LC users?

2012-04-18 Thread Chipp Walters
I'm not sure I agree. AppGyver (AG) has many of the same api hooks to iOS as LC. So, in theory, one could just as easily abuse those privileges in an AG player as a LC player. For instance, say you write an AG file (html/jscript) to access the native features of iOS like the contacts list, and