Wednesday, July 17, 2013

iOS 7 Top Features

iOS 7 Top Features to Know For App Creators

Apple released the iOS 7 beta for developers in the second week of June. And termed it as "the biggest change to iOS since the iPhone", which demonstrated tech giant’s thirst to beat the competition for acquiring new fan following all over the world. 

On their website, Apple unveiled the iOS 7 something like this:

“Reimagine your apps on iOS 7. Download the SDK today and take advantage of the new multitasking APIs, dynamic motion controls in UIKit, AirDrop, Sprite Kit, enhanced video APIs, new features in Game Center and Map Kit, and so much more.”

We have compiled a list of top features of the new OS for developers and designers; after all, they need to start working on their skills to create beautiful and dynamic apps to keep the users hooked up with their creations.

1. New Design: There is quite a bit of information about the radical new flat design by apple. But the thing of great value to developers is that all the change is with the same API's that was used in the earlier version. Which means it would take the same amount of effort to create an iOS 7 app as it would to create an iOS 6 app.

2. UIKit Dynamics: Apple always values tiny details in providing realistic feel to all views in every app. Now this gets even easier with their dynamics physics API. It would have taken considerable effort to add gravity, collision and other physics functionalities in apps. But with this new set of API's it will be significantly easier to add the features. In the simple language, it will be easy to build apps with images which collide with each other; controls which bounce and slide; stacks of to do lists which fall with gravity, and all that within a few hours of development

3. Javascript Bridge: The web apps and hybrid html apps are becoming very prominent. The new API set will help in creating such apps by bridging the javascript with objective-c. It will be easier to evaluate and parse JavaScript objects in objective-c, making it easy to develop hybrid apps and components.

4. Core Motion / CI Detectors: In iOS 7 there are API's to detect the mode of transport i.e. if the users are commuting in a car, bus or using their bicycle or even covering the distance on foot.

There are API's which can be used to detect human sensations and movements, for instance, the API can detect if user bobbed his head, shook his head to left or right. It can even detect an eye blink and smile. With this API, developers can create a wealth of interesting apps.

5. Text Additions / Attributed String: Rich text / attributed string with bold, italics and color in text were always available in Mac. But iOS limited itself to plain text of single color. With increasing attributed string support now it’s easier than ever to have bold and colored text for words within a sentence.

6. Notifications & Multitasking: One major drawback of iOS was that it did not allow the app to run in the background to do any additional processing. With iOS 7, now we can schedule the app to run or send a push notification from server so that it can update the information from server.

For instance, if a flight got delayed and the user have all the flight information stored, then, as soon as the app is opened at the airport the app will display that it has been delayed without keeping the user to wait till the information is fetched from the server.

7. Sprite Kit: Cocos 2D is a great library to create 2D games, but the library development were stalled for some time and sprite kit is the new solution from the tech giant, Apple. This is a great new framework to allow developers to create a great app without worrying too much over OpenGL and keeping the development time of an app to the minimum.

8. AirDrop: This is a new feature from Apple in iOS7 which allow users to share photos and files to a different device nearby. New apps can register to allow sharing their content through airdrop so that it facilitates the transfer of custom content. For instance, a spreadsheet in one device is sent to the other through this.

9. Peer to Peer Connectivity: With this API, multiple devices nearby can connect and talk to each other without the need of a server. You can Meet a random stranger in a coffee shop and start chatting or, have a group chat session in a conference. Many practical rich set of applications can be created from this set of API. 

All in all, there are a slew of amazing features added in iOS7 to revolutionize the creation of unique and interesting apps.

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