is Google Docs a private API?

[foo357]

Apple forbids private API's in iPhone apps. There is available the Google Data APIs Objective-C Client Library found at gdata-objectivec-client - Project Hosting on Google Code

Why is this API not considered a private API?

[bytor99999]

Originally Posted by foo357

Apple forbids private API's in iPhone apps. There is available the Google Data APIs Objective-C Client Library found at gdata-objectivec-client - Project Hosting on Google Code

Why is this API not considered a private API?

No this isn't a private API. What they mean by private API is those classes that are deeper in the classes, that Apple does not guarantee to always be there, or be the same. Since they are private Apple can feel ok if they change its api, because if you just use the public apis, those are the ones that Apple will not change.

Basically when you make your own apis, there are methods that you want clients to be able to call, but there are other methods that you create that are within your library that you yourself call and don't expose to the outside world.

So the Google APIs are actually considered public apis. They are just objective c classes that simplify calling the Google Web Services. It basically handles the URL calls and retrieving the feed and converting them into object-c classes automatically for you.

Hope that helps to clear things up.

Mark

[foo357]

Originally Posted by bytor99999

No this isn't a private API. What they mean by private API is those classes that are deeper in the classes, that Apple does not guarantee to always be there, or be the same. Since they are private Apple can feel ok if they change its api, because if you just use the public apis, those are the ones that Apple will not change.

Basically when you make your own apis, there are methods that you want clients to be able to call, but there are other methods that you create that are within your library that you yourself call and don't expose to the outside world.

So the Google APIs are actually considered public apis. They are just objective c classes that simplify calling the Google Web Services. It basically handles the URL calls and retrieving the feed and converting them into object-c classes automatically for you.

Hope that helps to clear things up.

Mark

Mark,

Good reply. Thanks for taking the time to write-up a comprehensive answer.

[funkytaco]

If it's not in the public Apple Documentation, then it's not allowed.