We've been developing app that also streams video content from Mac to iPad, and this recent Apple reversal on USB has been very frustrating for us.
About a year ago we submitted an app to the App Store that uses the same USB tech (PeerTalk), we wanted to see if Apple would allow it (we didn't want to build a business around something that could change on a whim). If it was allowed that would have changed the entire direction of our development. An Apple rep called us and informed as that USB access is not allowed.
With this in mind we went ahead with using WiFi, which has been HARD and time consuming. Now Apple all of a sudden allows USB access, what?!
How does Apple expect people to build serious apps when the ground is shifting beneath our feet?
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We've been developing app that also streams video content from Mac to iPad, and this recent Apple reversal on USB has been very frustrating for us.
About a year ago we submitted an app to the App Store that uses the same USB tech (PeerTalk), we wanted to see if Apple would allow it (we didn't want to build a business around something that could change on a whim). If it was allowed that would have changed the entire direction of our development. An Apple rep called us and informed as that USB access is not allowed.
With this in mind we went ahead with using WiFi, which has been HARD and time consuming. Now Apple all of a sudden allows USB access, what?!
How does Apple expect people to build serious apps when the ground is shifting beneath our feet?
Anyway.. I should write a post with more details.
It sucks, but this is always the risk when developing on someone else's proprietary platform.
Walled garden issues, to state it more bluntly. You live by the sword, you...
I went ahead and put together a post. Check it out. "Apple, is USB allowed now?"
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8778010