Third Party Cocoa iPhone Apps Coming… “Soon”
During one of the many evening parties which took place during WWDC I overheard something very interesting from a key member of the iPhone development team that answers at least part of our question.[...] Thanks to jlgolson for providing this nice story on Digg (more than 796 Diggs).
What other user say about this:
jimbochicago: The strategy we’re doing is to take as much from the style sheets in Safari to at least *look* more native. It’s frustrating, because we do have an actual app that supports GPS, but in the browser, we’ve had to get around it by putting in a bunch of ways to set location (drop-downs of cities, address, intersection, etc.) Java would certainly have helped, but as Tony Soprano used to say, Whaddyagonnado?”http://beta.earthcomber.com/phone/comber/getLooklists.do?clientCode=auto
Note: This won’t *look* iPhone-ish unless you’re using the iPhone’s browser. So here’s a sneak bonus for making Firefox fake like the iPhone browser:
Type “about:config” into Firefox’s url bar.
Then, in the filter bar, type “agent”, and look for “general.useragent.override” Double click on this.
In the input box, paste this string for the iPhone user agent:
Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU like Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/420+ (KHTML,like Gecko) Version/3.0 Mobile/1A538a Safari/419.3
Click “OK”. A new bold line will be there with that user agent.
mobilehavoc: *sigh* Another Apple fanboy’s wet dream on Digg…when will it end?
streak: Can we all agree that Apple /usually/ doesn’t announce or release things until they’re pretty much ready for mass consumption? And that an SDK with documentation doesn’t just bloom from the womb? And that there’s more to building an incredible new device than just saying you’re going to do it? If yes, then please give it a bit of a rest.
locojones: Riiiiiiiiiiight, because the “engineer” “diligently declined every invitation” to show the actual device (which in real-people terms means he doesn’t even have one) but willingly divulges NDA-like information regarding future development on said device? If it doesn’t make sense, it’s not true.
ktan91: Anyone know how much money I need to bring to the Cingular/AT&T/Apple store to buy a iPhone? And what info I need? I’m on a family share plan and my 2 year contract is over. Hope someone knows. Thanks!
etandrib: A comment on the page says:
“Interesting I was there too. In fact I was standing just behind your right shoulder. The “Yeah. There will be.” was in fact directed at someone who was creeping behind my right shoulder and asked “Will there be wifi support.”
Sorry to burst your bubble like that.”I trust the guy commenting more than this story. Buried as inaccurate. Until Apple posts a News story and an actual SDK I won’t believe it.
chazuk: I was there and I overheard that steve jobs has a 15 inch cock and ejaculates gold when he makes love.
Must be true…….
etx313: I call BS. This is just apple marketing.
flaminio: Are you kidding me? Someone overheard someone who probably knows nothing at a party that took place two weeks ago? Sounds like someone is digging deep for iPhone Week.
f8tbrautmehere: @mrsteve007
That video was amazing!
I mean that it was amazing in the way someone masks a slap in the face with a backhanded compliment kind of way.What is it with all the anti-iPhone posts? If you don’t want it, or like it, then don’t buy it or comment on the stories. I think I understand you though, because “When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child, but when I became a man, I put away childish things. What? It’s Corinthians one, chapter thirteen verse eleven. “
That means, grow the fuck up.
lordmike: “Third party” probably doesn’t mean everyone… it probably means Google, Electronic Arts, and those few companies that write games exclusively for cellphones. The rest of us are probably not “worthy” of development tools… These limitations would fit perfectly into Apple’s “embrace and control” agenda…
donkeydrop: Read more carefully; what’s coming soon is Wifi not 3rd party apps.
Sticky_icky: If this took place at WWDC why didnt anybody post this right after WWDC?
judgeFire: There are many interesting things for both Apple and developers in this.
Third party applications could well be sold through the iTunes store, as the app already functions as the main interfacing method with the iPhone. For that, Apple would perhaps set up some sort of testing/certification program for developers, before the apps would be made available.
iTunes pages are already fully linkable, so a developer’s ‘download now’ button could simply point there.
Now, how to test and build apps for the phone, well… tricky.
network23: Forget Flash support since 1) it requires a hefty licence fee per phone and companies like SonyEricsson already told them to fuck off and 2) the mobile version is “Flash Light” and quite useless. Go for AJAX instead!
