Is Javascript an "other executable code" for iOS?

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In Apple's guidelines, I saw:

2.7 Apps that download code in any way or form will be rejected

2.8 Apps that install or launch other executable code will be rejected

What I'm trying to do now is to provide a TextView that allows the users to enter Javascript and run in UIWebView by

stringByEvaluatingJavaScriptFromString:

So I'm not 'downloading' any code, and Javascript is not something 'other' but part of the UIWebView's features.

In some ways, its just like running a regular UGC WebApp in UIWebView.

I'm ready to submit the app but still worry about being rejected after a 10-day-waiting...

Anybody knows exactly whether this is OK??

Clovis answered 15/8, 2011 at 15:9 Comment(8)

Just submit it and tell us how it goes! – Benzophenone 15/8, 2011 at 15:21

@Benzophenone Okay, but later... – Clovis 15/8, 2011 at 15:22

So you can be 100% sure, best place to ask is via the iOS dev center. Taking a look around I can't see a contact link for general enquiries (only post-rejection or urgent fixes), so best place is the developer forums. – Pearce 15/8, 2011 at 15:58

@Alex, I've also posted in the dev forums devforums.apple.com/message/513221#513221 – Clovis 15/8, 2011 at 16:2

Just do it (its better to ask for forgiveness then permission) – Set 15/8, 2011 at 18:56

Guys! Approved! "Read for Sale"! – Clovis 23/2, 2012 at 3:12

This question appears to be off-topic because it is about TOS for a third party service. Ask their customer service for more information on their policies. – Electrophysiology 22/12, 2014 at 5:31

No, ignore their customer support and just put it in your app, see if it is detected, and then tell no one. You never know until you try. I realize this angers some people, but this has been successful for us. – Roshelle 5/1, 2016 at 17:51

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Check your current iOS Standard Agreement. It may explicitly allow executing Javascript inside UIWebView, no matter whether the Javascript was downloaded or otherwise. It also may allow interpreting any source code (Javascript or otherwise) that isn't downloaded (e.g. entered as text, as with the half dozen or so Basic interpreters allowed in the App store since the agreement was revised last year).

Vulva answered 15/8, 2011 at 18:46 Comment(0)

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Interpreting it this way would disqualify, for example, all apps that use Facebook Connect, which shows a dialog in a web view and there's at least some Javascript in it.

So you should be fine.

Dia answered 15/8, 2011 at 15:51 Comment(2)

Thanks a lot ;-) But theres still some difference: the dialog in Facebook Connect is generated by a pre-written .js file, but I'm inputting in run-time. However, I found some apps like "Basic!" living in the App Store, so maybe its fine. – Clovis 15/8, 2011 at 16:6

On the other hand, the FB Connect code is actually downloaded from the Interwebs, while yours is built into the app :P – Dia 15/8, 2011 at 16:14

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Check your current iOS Standard Agreement. It may explicitly allow executing Javascript inside UIWebView, no matter whether the Javascript was downloaded or otherwise. It also may allow interpreting any source code (Javascript or otherwise) that isn't downloaded (e.g. entered as text, as with the half dozen or so Basic interpreters allowed in the App store since the agreement was revised last year).

Vulva answered 15/8, 2011 at 18:46 Comment(0)

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