Diablo® III

I've created an iOS app that will let you browse/view your heroes. Very similar to the current profile view on the website here. Is there any interest in me abstracting some of the design into an objectice-c iOS API for broad consumption? I'll post my project/github link probably this weekend/next week but I can make a separate API project if there is actually some interest.

If you do this, I will post about it on my site so more people will see it is available.

I love the idea.

iPhone, iPad, iPod, All the above?

I was mainly targeting iPad, but I also have it semi-working on the iPhone 4S as well. I'm more of an iPad fan since there's more screen room and whatnot. I don't see me ever pulling out an iPhone to check out D3 heroes. It's a native app as well. It's not one of those crappy HTML5 apps that run like garbage :-P

Sweet,

I have an iPad, granted its the original. the wife has a 2

I look forward to possibly seeing it. ;)

Im planning to buy Iphone 5 when it comes to Finland, so support for that would be nice when its released.

Read the terms of use first, it seems to exclude use on the app store. It might be possible to release under a BSD license or something, and make the app free.

09/07/2012 07:53 AMPosted by DirkGently

Read the terms of use first, it seems to exclude use on the app store. It might be possible to release under a BSD license or something, and make the app free.

I don't see where mobile apps on the app store are forbidden under the ToS. Of course, you can't sell the app, but that wasn't implied by OP.

09/07/2012 10:06 AMPosted by Poutine

Read the terms of use first, it seems to exclude use on the app store. It might be possible to release under a BSD license or something, and make the app free.

I don't see where mobile apps on the app store are forbidden under the ToS. Of course, you can't sell the app, but that wasn't implied by OP.

If you are required to use GPL or a similar type of license, then you cannot submit or distribute via the app store, as that violates the license terms of GPL. You would need to release it under something like MIT or BSD to abide by the open source requirements of the ToS. I don't know if those are enough to satisfy the requirements or not.

The programming code of an application must in no way be hidden or obfuscated, and must be freely accessible to and viewable by the general public.

Nowhere in the usage policy does it state that an application must use the GPL. You could just as easily release your code into the public domain or other license. The usage policy does not prevent distribution of an app on the iTunes App Store. The combination of the GPL and App Store User Agreement however is a legal grey area which is another topic entirely (although you could dual-license an application to get around that).

Additionally, if the code that engages the API is extracted into a client library which satisfies the usage policy, then the entire application does not have to be open source (unless you want it to be).

09/06/2012 10:48 AMPosted by CToph3r84

I've created an iOS app that will let you browse/view your heroes. Very similar to the current profile view on the website here. Is there any interest in me abstracting some of the design into an objectice-c iOS API for broad consumption? I'll post my project/github link probably this weekend/next week but I can make a separate API project if there is actually some interest.

That's a very nice idea.
I was thinking of making one myself, but since I saw this, I'll wait for your github link and see if I can make any contribution :)

Yeah, i've some skills so if i can help for anything :D
i'll wait for the link

Feel free to fork/contribute to my Objective-C static library:

https://github.com/rnystrom/D3Kit