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Inspiring
January 12, 2012
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Loading data from XML hosted on a site accepted by Apple?

  • January 12, 2012
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I'm about to start working on an App that holds the template and code to build the stuff. It gets its level design, variables and other things from an XML hosted on a website/server. The app will also load pictures from the website/server to be displayed in the app. So, what people download is the "shell". Would Apple allow this app into the app store? Considering I've read how they don't allow external code to be loaded into the app, or is this only limited to code inside external swfs?

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January 12, 2012

Hi TenchyMyo,

As far as I know you can load whatever text data you want from an endpoint hosted on a website/server but you cannot load swf that contains code.

In fact I have already made a call and got back the reply from an iPad and it worked perfectly.

I do not read xmls, I only read "old style" variables (however always text is).

TenchyMyoAuthor
Inspiring
January 12, 2012

I did search before I posted and read only the threads that seemed to cover what I wanted to know. As replies here are rare I decided to read ALL threads I got from my search and actually found one with the answer, sort of, as he doesn't say if he loads variables, which to me is like code , but I hope Apple will be ok with my app loading external stuff through an external xml aswell, like they were for this guy:

http://forums.adobe.com/message/3868894#3868894

* I'm loading xml-data and pictures (like icons for other apps) from an external server into the app, to promote our other apps. Works like a charm and apple had no problem with this.