So I uploaded J2OC, and had lost interest in it. After all, who needs a second “let’s recompile Java into Objective C” in order to build iPhone and Android applications, if Apple isn’t going to allow it?

Then Apple does this: Statement by Apple on App Store REview Guidelines

In particular, we are relaxing all restrictions on the development tools used to create iOS apps, as long as the resulting apps do not download any code. This should give developers the flexibility they want, while preserving the security we need.

What I would ideally want is a Java VM kernel that can be linked into an iPhone application, one capable of running a jar file. Because ideally I’d like to write model code in Java–so I can port that model code to Android. Yet I don’t want UI bindings into the Apple API–I’d rather just build the UI twice, while the (more complicated) model code remains the same.

Thank you Apple. Maybe I’ll document J2OC better and provide some sample programs. It really is a cool little bit of technology. 🙂