Apple’s iOS 8 is probably the most improved update for the developers. And today, at WWDC, Apple unveiled a new features to the App Store, giving users the ability to add a lot of new features like Related Search and much more. Here are some of the pointers from the WWDC Keynote for you, live.
Updated to App Store
- App Bundles – Buy multiple apps from a developer at discounted price
- New way to discover applications
- App Previews – A developer can now provide previews of the applications for the users before they buy
Updates to SDK
- Over 4,000 new APIs
- Extensibility – Extend the system and offer services to other apps (That’s huge)
- Apps can now offer their actions to other apps, Like Pinterest can now provide access to Safari to let the users share right from Safari via Pinterest apps.
- Third Party apps can now get into Notification Center with Widgets
- You can now install custom keyboards on iOS – Keyboards now run inside a very protected sandbox, without access to the internet.
Updates to TouchID on iOS 8
- Protects login and user data
- Completely secure
Camera APIs on iOS 8
- Manual Controls for Exposure
- Cloud Photo library edits
- Non-Destructive Edits
HomeKit on iOS 8
- Common network protocol, that has secure pairing, allowing ONLY your iPhone to access your devices at home.
- Control Individual devices
- Siri Integration – Tell Siri that you are about to go to bed, and it will automatically set everything at your house the way you want it.
CloudKit on iOS 8
- 1PB of data access
- 10TB database
- 5TB/day asset transfer
- 50GB/day data transfer
Metal – A new graphics API on iOS 8
- 10x faster draw call rates
- Direct access to GPU acceleration
SpriteKit Updates
- Light Sources
- Field forces
- Per-pixel physics
- Inverse Kinematics
SceneKit is now available for iOS
- It’s a 3D screen render
- Designed for casual games
Developing…
Apple’s WWDC 2014 is happening right now at Moscone Center in San Francisco and we are bringing every bit of news from the event for you. You can follow the event here at the #WWDC14 central on 4CAST.