Jonathan Stark

I recently received the following question via email:

I’m quoting on an iPhone app for [an international company]. I’m yet to fully scope it out, but I’d really like to make it in Phonegap. And as much as I read that I shouldn’t be nervous about it… can’t help it. Tell me I shouldn’t be worried?

Anytime you’re working with Apple, you have good reason to be nervous. They can reject apps for any reason, and often do.

Their recent announcement about iPhone OS 4.0 includes even more restrictive Terms of Service than previous versions. I – and others – believe that these restrictions are targeted directly at Adobe and the Flash compiler in CS5.

On the surface of it, it appears that PhoneGap is not affected by the new language. We won’t know for sure until people start submitting apps and test the rules.

One thing is for sure – if Apple feels that your app is sub-standard in any way, they’ll reject it. Make it beautiful and I think you’ll be safe.

UPDATE: Apple has re-confirmed that using PhoneGap is OK http://blogs.nitobi.com/jesse/2010/04/14/phonegap-and-the-apple-developer-license-agreement/