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I'm not questioning HOW he can do it, I know how a webViewUI works.

I'm saying - Apple does not allow you to do that. The agreement for submitting apps states a bunch of shit about how the app has to "do something" and "provide stuff for the end user".

If you write an app that is literally just a webViewUI opening a URL - it's not really any different than opening the page in safari. Thus, Apple's rule is to deny apps like that. They will deny it and send you a letter stating the app doesn't provide any (new/real) functionality to the user. There is an army of "App reviewers" for Apple who are specifically trained to deny such apps. Rightly so too, you shouldn't be creating an app that is literally just opening a URL. You can simply do that from your site by providing a bookmark button with an icon so the user can save your page to their home screen with that icon. Apple, in this regard, is keeping the app store a much more clean place - less full of bullshit apps like this.

Now, you can try it - and you may get lucky. But it's highly unlikely they'll let it through. I know he may want to have "an app on the app store" but Apple doesn't make it that easy, they want APPS on there.

But what do I know right, it's not like I work for an actual mainstream interactive firm who does this shit or anything.

Oh, but yes - if you want an Android app that could be done. They'll let any piece of shit on that store. The approval process for an Android app is minutes, unlike Apple which can take weeks. (There's a reason you constantly see news stories about bad apps that are installing malware or fucking up peoples phones - and they're Android apps)

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