From 3a9ed9a89f7e6ed6b6b5d83d992dc20fdac770b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexander Orlov Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 23:59:00 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Access to proprietary APIs apart from HTML5 --- FAQ.md | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/FAQ.md b/FAQ.md index d61f5f1e..901b2744 100644 --- a/FAQ.md +++ b/FAQ.md @@ -389,3 +389,12 @@ those that motivated the development of the Even Knuth found it worthwhile to give us his opinion on this issue at point, [a flame about 64-bit pointers](http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~uno/news08.html). + +## Will I be able to access proprietary platform APIs (e.g. Android / iOS)? + +Yes but it will depend on the _WebAssembly embedder_. Inside a browser you'll +get access to the same HTML5 and other browser-specific APIs which are also +accessible through regular JavaScript. However, if a wasm VM is provided as an +[“app execution platform”](NonWeb.md) by a specific vendor, it might provide +access to [proprietary platform-specific APIs](Portability.md#api) of e.g. +Android / iOS.