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		dliff on Oct 9, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple rejects developer's horoscope app, says App ... While web browsers on iOS are unfortunately just re-skinned Safari, you actually are able to create/download totally custom keyboards. A while back I created a custom keyboard to translate what you type and help you learn a new language.

TedDoesntTalk on Oct 9, 2021 [–]

> While web browsers on iOS are unfortunately just re-skinned Safari,

Is that also true for Firefox, Chrome on iOS?

raydev on Oct 9, 2021 | [–]

"Re-skinned Safari" is incorrect, but third party browsers must use the version of WebKit that ships with iOS. Third parties are not allowed to use their own rendering or JavaScript engines.

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