What’s New in iOS 8 SDK ?

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What’s New in iOS 8 SDK

iOS 8 SDK Overview
 iOS8 is biggest release for developers since the introduction of the
app store.
 iOS8 includes over 4000 new API.
 Sharing options are open for developers(can add your app in
default sharing menu)
 Photo app : Developers can embed their photo filters in photo app.
 Notification Center : Actionable notifications, even can access
notification without device unlock
 Widgets : Developer can build widget and that can appear in
Notifications center.

iOS 8 SDK overview
 3rd Party Keyboard : developer can build custom keyboard.
 Document editing and auto sync with iCloud at original location.
 Predictive typing
 Family Sharing(up to 6 Members)
 Swift Programming language
 Testflight integration

Extensibility
 An app extension (or extension) lets you extend custom
functionality and content beyond your app and make it available
to users while they’re using other apps. Extension Types :
Extension Example extension that helps users
Today Get a quick update or perform a quick task in the Today view of Notification Center
(A Today extension is called a widget)
Share Post to a sharing website or share content with others
Action Manipulate or view content within the context of another app
Photo Editing Edit a photo or video within the Photos app
Storage Provider Choose a document from among the set of documents the current iOS app can access
Custom keyboard Replace the iOS system keyboard with a custom keyboard for use in all apps
 An app extension is different from an app. Although you must use
an app to deliver your extensions, each extension is a separate
binary that runs independent of your app.
 You can add multiple extension targets to a single app (an app
that contains one or more extensions is called a containing app).
 When users install your containing app, the extensions it contains
will automatically installed.

Extensibility – Design & Life Cycle
 Should be Focused on single task. i.e. photo related extension should
support image editing related feature only
 Better to use standard UI instead of custom UI i.e. for Photo editing
extension use UI like photo app has used. Today Extension should match UI which are
used in default Today’s UI.
 extension’s life cycle begins when a user chooses it from within
another app
 An app that can let users choose an extension to help them
perform a task is called a host app.
 An extension’s life cycle ends soon after
it completes the request.

Local Authentication Framework
 The Local Authentication framework provides facilities for
requesting authentication from users with specified security
policies. For example, to request that the user authenticate using
Touch ID.
 Touch ID will be mostly useful for apps or part of content in app ,
which is more secured, and required to have user authentication
before proceeding.
 LocalAuthentication.framework

Photos Framework
 The Photos framework (Photos.framework) provides new APIs for
working with photo and video assets, including iCloud Photos
assets, that are managed by the Photos app.
 You can get photos based on Moments hierarchy, and also can
identify burst photos, panoramic photos, and high- framerate
videos
 Asset and thumbnail loading and caching - Request images of
assets at a specified size, or AV Foundation objects you can use
for working with video assets. The Photos framework automatically
downloads or generates images to your specification, caching
them for quick reuse.
 PhotosUI.framework to create app extensions for editing image
and video assets in the Photos app.

Manual Camera Control
 Your app can take direct control over the
camera focus, white balance, and exposure
settings. In addition, your app can use for
automatically capture images with different
exposure settings
 iOS 8's Camera brings notable additions
like a timer and separate controls for focus
and exposure. As seen in the screenshot
below, the timer comes with basic three-
second and ten-second delays, along with
an off mode.

Health Kit Framework
 Health Kit (HealthKit.framework) is a new framework for managing a
user’s health-related information.
 Health Kit makes it easy for apps to share health-related
information, whether that information comes from devices
connected to an iOS device or is entered manually by the user.
 The user’s health information is stored in a centralized and secure
location.
 The user decides which data should be shared with your app. Once
data is shared with your app, your app can register to be notified
when that data changes
 For example, you could request that your app be notified whenever
the user takes his or her blood pressure, or be notified only when a
measurement shows that the user’s blood pressure is too high.
 Mayo Clinic have developed an application that can message a
health professional if certain readings go outside safe bounds that
they have set for their patient (with the patients permission!)

Home Kit Framework
 Home Kit (HomeKit.framework) is a new framework for
communicating with and controlling connected devices in a user’s
home.
 Can create actions to control devices. The user can group actions
together and trigger them using Siri i.e. “Siri, turn on the lights in the
living room.” I.e. “Siri, turn on all of the lights downstairs.”
 Grant home device’s access to guest.
 Home Configuration-hierarchy : Homes , Rooms , Accessories ,
Services , Zones
 This framework will work only with accessories which support
Apple’s Home automation protocol

Cloud Kit
 The Cloud Kit (CloudKit.framework) provides interfaces for moving
data between your app and your iCloud containers.
 No Web Services development will require, can store content
directly in iCloud
 Apps can store data in a public area that is readable by all users
and for that will not require user’s iCloud account.
 A record is a dictionary of key-value pairs representing the data you
want to save.
 It provided various db operations methods
for data manipulation i.e. add, query

Handoff
 Handoff is a capability introduced in iOS 8 and OS X v10.10 that is
designed to facilitate easy transfer of user activities among multiple
devices associated with the same user.
 i.e. a user who is browsing a long article in Safari moves to an iOS
device that's signed into the same Apple ID, and the same webpage
automatically opens in Safari on iOS, with the same scroll position
as on the original device.

Unified Storyboards for Universal Apps
 Create a single interface for your app that works well on both iPad
and iPhone, adjusting to orientation changes and different screen
sizes as needed.
 Design apps with a common interface and then customize them for
different size classes.
 You no longer need to create a specific iPad storyboard; instead
target the appropriate size classes and tune your interface for the
best experience.
 To support the new Size Classes, you'll need to enable "Use Size
Classes" in the File Inspector of your storyboard. This will allow you
to configure your storyboard for multiple device sizes.

Additional Framework Changes
 Core Location Manager : You can determine which floor the device
is on, if the device is in a multistory building.
 You can also use it to define geographic regions and monitor when
the user crosses the boundaries of those regions. In iOS, you can
also define a region around a Bluetooth beacon
 Core Image : Core image detectors can detect rectangles and QR
codes in an image.
 iAd : If you are using AV Kit to play a video, you can play preroll
advertisements before the video is played
 The UISplitViewController class is now supported on iPhone as well
as iPad
The new UIPrinterPickerController class offers a view controller-based way to display a list of printers and to select one to use during printing. Printers are represented by instances of the new UIPrinter clas

Additional Framework Changes
 The UINavigationController class has new options for changing the
size of the navigation bar or hiding it altogether by using gestures.
 The new UIVisualEffect class enables you to integrate custom blur
effects into your view hierarchies.
 The new UIAlertController class replaces the UIActionSheet and
UIAlertView classes as the preferred way to display alerts in your
app.
 The new UIPrinterPickerController class offers a view controller-
based way to display a list of printers and to select one to use
during printing. Printers are represented by instances of the new
UIPrinter class

Deprecated APIs
 The UIApplication methods and properties for registering
notifications.
 The UIViewController methods and properties for interface
orientation.
 The UISearchDisplayController Class class. This class is replaced
by the UISearchController class.
 Methods and properties in Game Kit that use player identifier
strings.

iOS 8 Screens – Interactive Notifications

A stronger Spotlight

Keyboards get powered up

Messages gets audio and video chat

iCloud Drive

HealthKit centralizes your health info

Family sharing

A brand-new Photos app

Sample Widget

Share Actionsheet

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