Apple brings new updates and every iOS developer has to make their app compatible with all the nuances. Users expect to have all the latest features of iOS 14 working in their recent apps and here are the tips to make that possible.
iOS 14 is one of the most important topics of the year. There are several great improvements to iOS in the newer version. Obviously, the iPhone app developers have to tweak their skillset and mobile app development process to make their app compatible with the new version. Every developer would be learning the changes and updating their skills according to the project needs.
To update skills, you need to know exactly all the changes or let’s say features of iOS 14. Let’s get started to know the features of the newer iOS version and prepare for future apps.
Features of iOS 14
1. Home Screen with App Library
Apple is bringing a major change in the home screen with the latest version. The newer version will allow the user to remove the app from the screen or remove the entire screens as a whole. The app can stay in the app library. It is just one swipe away from your home screen. App library can group all the apps in one place and also show the apps which are used recently. The users can also search for the apps in the search box at the top of the screen. The app folder can also be organized according to app categories.
2. Picture-in-picture mode
Well, PIP mode is finally coming to the iPhone with iOS 14. The new version allows us to swipe to the home screen while watching a video or making a Facetime call. The Apple users can move the box of the screen around and also add a tab title.
3. Overhauled Widget
Widgets have been a part of the iOS for a very long time but only as a backdrop. With the latest version of iOS, Apple is changing the widget experience entirely. Apple has designed the widgets to come in a variety of different sizes and with plenty of more information. Also, the new addition is that they can now also be dragged to the home screen.
4. Privacy Modifications
Apple has earned quite a name for its great privacy but with iOS 14, the security standards have been taken a notch higher. The privacy features are expanded and users can give an appropriate location instead of an exact location. Also, when any mobile app asks for permission for photos, you can now select specific photos instead of sharing the entire library. The newer version of Apple will also show a green dot when a mobile app is using your camera and an amber dot when the mobile app is using your microphone.
5. Apple Arcade
It not that late when Apple Arcade was launched to reshape the gaming industry. With the new version of Apple, the gaming users can now see their friend’s game center from where they are playing. Users can also access games played recently which helps them in finding and sorting the Arcade games.
6. App Clips
Google already has app clips and hence Apple cannot stay behind. So, now with a newer version, Apple is also bringing it for their devices. It allows the users to use micro parts of the app without having to download or installing it into the devices. Users don’t even need to sign up for the mobile app to perform the tasks. iPhone app development company design app clips to give an experience to the users which is under 10 MB. Apple is also trying to motivate users to use Apple Pay and sign in with their Apple ID to prevent users from creating or logging into the mobile app. It can trigger the maps, messages, QR codes, NFC tags; app clips that can help the business to get new customers for the business.
7. Expansive ARKit 4 Tools
Apple is expanding its AR tools for all the iPhone application development with the latest ARKit 4. It was launched with iOS 11 but with iOS 14, it has received some great updates. Now, the iPhone developers can place location anchors to help AR objects to take a place in the real world. Also, it offers a device with an A12 bionic chip which can perform facial tracking along with a front camera even when there is no TrueDepth module. Apple has also introduced a new depth API for iPhone developers to come up with a 3D mesh environment on the iPad Pro with a LiDARa scanner.
Along with these features, there are also some other things needed to make your app compatible with iOS 14. The app needs to collect a unique device code known as IDFA. It is a code generated randomly assigned to every device by Apple. Apple uses this code to fetch user activities.
Conclusion
To make your iOS app compatible with iOS 14, these were the features every mobile app developer should understand and learn to make their development perfect.
