Tag: API

Apple launches first beta for iOS/iPadOS 17.2, macOS Sonoma 14.2, watchOS 10.2, tvOS 17.2. Xcode 15.2 beta is also available.

Xcode 15.1 beta 2 contains visionOS SDK 1.0 beta 4.

New betas bring Contact Key Verification to iMessage. Also Journal app and Journaling Suggestion API is now available. Music app gets collaborative playlists feature.

tvOS beta brings new navigation to TV app.

Apple Developer: Get ready with the latest beta releases

Beta download: Operating Systems

Release notes:

• iOS & iPadOS 17.2 Beta Release Notes
• macOS Sonoma 14.2 Beta Release Notes
• watchOS 10.2 Beta Release Notes
• tvOS 17.2 Beta Release Notes
• Xcode 15.1 Beta 2 Release Notes

References:

• Apple releases first betas for iOS 17.2, watchOS 10.2, macOS 14.2, more
• tvOS 17.2 beta brings new navigation sidebar to the TV app
• iOS 17.2 beta includes all-new Journal app; here’s how it works
• iMessage Contact Key Verification Added in iOS 17.2 and macOS Sonoma 14.2 Betas
• iOS 17.2 adds collaborative Apple Music playlists, new ‘Favorites’ playlist
• Apple debuts iMessage Contact Key Verification with iOS 17.2 beta
• iOS 17.2 Beta Adds Translate Option for Action Button
• Apple TV App Features Revamped Navigation in tvOS 17.2 Beta
• iOS 17.2 beta 1: Here are all of the new features and changes
• iOS 17.2 confirms the existence of a new system to update sealed iPhones at Apple Stores
• Everything New in iOS 17.2 Beta 1: Journal App, Translate Action, iMessage Sticker Reactions and More
• Everything new in iOS 17.2 beta 1: Journal, iMessage sticker reactions, more

App Store Connect API 3.0 adds support for Game Center content management, pre-orders by regions, export compliance information.

Apple Developer:

• App Store Connect API 3.0
• App Store Connect API 3.0 release notes

Small list for this weekend, so – more time to unwind. Let's go.

• Keith Harrison explores SwiftData fetch options – SwiftData Fetching An Existing Object;
  
  
• Learn how to utilize the Scan and Reduce operators in SwiftUI with Combine by Leonardo Maia Pugliese covers differences between scan and reduce in Combine;
  
  
• Natascha Fadeeva explains how observation works with new @Observable macro – How to manually subscribe to changes of SwiftUI's @Observable objects;
  
  
• Apple recently announced that developers will need to declare reasons to use some of the APIs – How to check if you use a required reason API by Marco Eidinger will help you to prepare for this;
  
  
• Antoine van der Lee helps you to prepare to migrate to Swift 6 – Swift 6: Preparing your Xcode projects for the future;
  
  
• The Future is Now: Integrating AI in Software Development  by Beau Nouvelle explores capabilities that AI could bring to your apps;
  
  
• Majid Jabrayilov continues his saga on StoreKit 2 – Mastering StoreKit 2. SubscriptionStoreView in SwiftUI;
  
  
• And another hot take on subscriptions by Charlie Chapman – How to use StoreKit views to build a subscription app paywall with SwiftUI;
  
  
• Peter Meinertzhagen talks about good onboarding experiences – Why your onboarding experience might be too short;
  
  
• Invisible Details of Interaction Design by Rauno Freiberg goes through big and small details of interactions in Apple platforms.

That is it for today. Have a great weekend and come back next Friday for another pack of great reads!

Apple will now require developers to declare use of specific APIs with app's privacy manifest.

Starting in fall 2023, when you upload a new app or app update to App Store Connect that uses an API (including from third-party SDKs) that requires a reason, you’ll receive a notice if you haven’t provided an approved reason in your app’s privacy manifest. And starting in spring 2024, in order to upload your new app or app update to App Store Connect, you’ll be required to include an approved reason in the app’s privacy manifest which accurately reflects how your app uses the API.

Apple Developer

Apple Developer:

• List of APIs that require declared reasons now available
• Describing data use in privacy manifests
• Describing use of required reason API

Apple announces enhanced global pricing to take effect on May 9, 2023.

Developers could select base country to fix prices to. Prices in other regions could be adjusted according to publicly available exchange rates. Base region could be changed at anytime via App Store Connect and via API.

Also developers could lock prices and no prices will not be equalized.

As reminder, on May 9, 2023, pricing for existing apps and one-time in-app purchases will be updated across App Store storefronts using your current price in the United States as the basis—unless you’ve made relevant updates after March 8, 2023.

Apple Developer

Apple Developer:

• Preparing for the enhanced global pricing update on May 9
• Manage app pricing – Set a price
• Manage app pricing – Schedule price changes

New App Store Connect API capabilities include:

• management of in-app events;
• creation and modification of custom product pages;
• submission of product page optimization tests.

Multiple items now could be submitted to review as a single package.

Apple Developer:

• New App Store Connect API capabilities now available
• Automate your workflow with the App Store Connect API.