This is more sort of a "can we do it" question.
I am building an iPad app which has a phone icon. I show and hide the phone icon based on the device capability of making a call through telephony framework and canOpenURL check. I was wondering if I can utilize the continuity to make a call? I have my iPhone and iPad synced through continuity. Can I somehow check this continuity and then enable the user to make a call from my iPad app through continuity via iPhone? Is that doable?
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I want to use an old iPad to view an ip camera feed. Instead of keeping the iPad on all day, I want to be able to tell the iPad to wake and open the camera viewer application when the camera senses motion. (Not just a small notification on lock screen, I want to be able to view a full screen image of the cameras feed). After a given period of time the iPad would go back to an off/sleep mode. Is this even possible in iOS? Thanks!
Take a look at the "Singe App Mode" and "Background Execution". Choose an event type that can take your device out from background mode, like VOIP. Do not expect the app to be accepted in the public app store.
I'm building an ios app with an alarm feature. I would like to show a view when phone is locked. I want to look exactly like on iOS alarm. If you're an iPhone user try to alarm and locked your phone you will get what i'm talking about. Is it possible? If possible how?
Thanks in advance.
iOS doesn't provide apps that kind of access to the lock screen (or any screen not in your app), so it's impossible to make it exactly like the iOS native alarm. The closest you can get is sending notifications to simulate an alarm, which are visible on the lock screen
I was thinking about changing iPhone background using app. Is there some code in Swift to change iPhone background?
I don´t mean change background of app. I mean change background totally of the iPhone.
There is no way to currently access the device's Wallpaper as of now.
Essentially Apple doesn't allow it, though jailbroken devices can access this functionality.
You also aren't allowed to set or change the wallpaper of the entire phone in third party apps. The user has to do that manually through the settings or photos app. You can add instructions as to how the user can do that in your app.
I want to launch my app on the device (if App available) using the USB\Wifi\Bluetooth connection from my mac app.
How can I achieve this functionality
That is NOT possible. You can't do it using any public API. Though i am not aware of any private API that facilitate this types of functionality.
This is iPad control Mac's touch bar demo:
TouchBarDemoApp Allows you to use your macOS Touch Bar from an iPad (through USB connection) or on-screen by pressing the Fn-key.
Mac control iPhone:
iTunes Mac app can get the iPhone's screenshot and edit iPhone's apps.
Xcode can launch iPhone's apps when you debug ShareExtension.
So I think there are some methods to achieve your function. But I don't how to achieve. Maybe its private.
As already posted, you cannot directly launch an app.
But you can make your App show up on the lock screen as well as the task switcher so it can be opened with one click. This feature is called Handoff.
Here is the usage description for the end user and this is the programming guide on how to implement it.
Want to put the icon for our iOS app on the iOS Notifications Screen that can be accessed when a user has not entered their passcode, so that the user can launch the app when the phone is locked without needing to input their passcode. The goal is for a very fast launch with minimum time from a locked iphone. We don't need to actually send the user a notification. Would also be great for this to work on Android, but iOS is currently more important for this feature.
What is the best way to do this using Cordova? Is there an existing plugin for this purpose?
Thanks
It is not possible to launch an iOS app without unlocking the phone/device. The notifications screen is only available once the iOS device is unlocked.
(thanks to dan)