I've seen some apps for example (Vesper, or iPad's reminders app) make use of a user's home screen background image. How is that possible?
It must be some sort of clever trick to make a transparent View or Window or (Gulp!) Private API?
Anyone hazard a guess?
I haven't tried it myself, but I hear that the private method [[UIApplication sharedApplication] _setApplicationIsOpaque: NO] may do what you're after.
iOS 13 beta 1 supports setting UIApplicationIsOpaque to NO in Info.plist. But, it’s not documented so it will maybe be removed or not allowed on the App Store.
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Is it possible to get current lock screen background image in iOS?
I see some apps edit lock screen background.
Can anyone tell about this?
Unfortunately it's not possible. Apple does not allow you to do this. Maybe you can try using some private APIs, but you can not submit your App to the official App Store.
I know that pre-ios7 one could only get few things from outside of the sandbox, however... one thing that seems more common when using Apple's apps (!) is that they use a background which is the same as the springboard background.
One example is the "Reminders" app, which uses a translucent background of the springboards background.
I have search here and on Google, but can't find an answer to my question.
Is there anyway I can do this as well in my own app?
With default iOS background:
Onces the springboard background is changed:
Related post:
Use user's Background Image as "theme"
I'm pretty sure Apple uses a private API to do this. I don't think they provide a way for developers to get to it - which is unfortunate, because it's a nice effect.
I've seen some apps for example (Vesper, or iPad's reminders app) make use of a user's home screen background image. How is that possible?
It must be some sort of clever trick to make a transparent View or Window or (Gulp!) Private API?
Anyone hazard a guess?
I haven't tried it myself, but I hear that the private method [[UIApplication sharedApplication] _setApplicationIsOpaque: NO] may do what you're after.
iOS 13 beta 1 supports setting UIApplicationIsOpaque to NO in Info.plist. But, it’s not documented so it will maybe be removed or not allowed on the App Store.
I’m fairly sure this is going to be straight forward in that it’s probably not possible.
Basically, I’d like to be able to lightly see the background wallpaper through my view in the same way that the new Newsstand app does.
I've tried changing the alpha value of the view, and the background color to clear, but neither of these seem to do it.
Apple has removed the ability to use this api in 7.0.3. What a shame.
You certainly can in iOS7, at least as of a few days ago. In our app once you set the following it makes your background transparent and shows the user wallpaper. If you try to programmatically take a screenshot, it will just show black instead.
Set UIApplicationIsOpaque to false in the project plist
In the app delegate load function:
self.window.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
self.window.opaque = NO;
Set the UIViewController.view's background color to [UIColor clearColor]
Good news. From iOS 13, the background transparency can finally be enabled for all third-party apps. It’s no longer a private API.
In your app’s Info.plist file, set the boolean value for
UIApplicationIsOpaque to NO.
And now the user’s wallpaper is visible inside your app.
It's not possible in iOS. While your app is running it does not mean that there is home screen behind your app.
However, If you do want to do it, there is a way that you make your app go in background, take screenshot and use that image as your background which will feel like home screen.
See this post. In this link, the accepted answer gives a way to take screenshot of home screen while your app is in background. But that's been achieved through a private API, which means your app probably will get rejected by App Store on time of submission.
Is it possible to create a custom alarm wake up screen on iOS via Xcode, such as the carrot alarm app on the App Store? If so, could anyone point to some documentation or examples?
I'm pretty confused at the moment, because I don't understand how it can be done as long as the iPhone locks itself and the app stops working. This is my main concern, because locking the iPhone kills the app.
I would like to what's the best way to create a wake up screen like carrot app's one, avoiding all the screen lock problems. How did they do it?
Thanks
Using the code below you can disable the lock screen. You can place it in your viewDidLoad method.
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] setIdleTimerDisabled: YES];
As for creating the screen, I'd suggest picking up a book on iPhone development as it's a lot to explain in a follow-up message.