I'm developing a Apple Watch app but I'm not one of the lucky guys who got the watch earlier. It says that when a user taps a map it opens the native maps app.
When I place a red marker on the static map, will it be displayed in the native maps app as well?
I think there is no way to directly start a navigation from the watch app but if anybody knows how this - pretty common - use case can be handled I would be glad to get some advice.
It will open the native Maps app centred on the point where your annotation/marker was, but it won't be displayed. I haven't been able to confirm the behaviour if you have multiple markers, however.
Source: one of the lucky guys/dev forums
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Hello Stackoverflow, I have an apple app idea but am not exactly sure
if it's technically possible to implement it. This is because I know that Apple is pretty strict on its designs.
App Description:
This app is basically Siri suggestion on steroids. As iPhone users know, apple has a AppSwitcher feature's where you can easily switch between already opened apps. Hence, what this app should do is use the app switcher feature's to switch between suggested apps, instead of already opened apps. For instance, if I have Instagram open and swipe to the right at the bottom edge of the screen, my next most suggest app will show up. Or if I have Instagram open and swipe upwards, it will show me the next 5 most suggest apps.
I have an app that uses ARKit to detect faces and send over the network the coordinates of interest, which works well. I would like this app to run in background, still sending the data over the network, while I would be using another app (almost) fullscreen.
The option 'Enable multiple windows' is activated in info.plist, but as soon as I launch my other app, the ARKit app stops sending information (the app actually probably stops).
Is there a simple way to do this, and at least is this feasible? Thanks!
This is not possible at this point. Camera and AR stuff is disabled at a system level in apps when they are displayed in Slide Over or Split View.
I'd recommend displaying a warning message when Slide Over/Split Screen is being used saying that you should use the app in full screen mode. See this answer under a different question for details.
I have been googling and can't seem to find any info on how to make anything more than a widget app for when an iOS device is on the lock screen. HOWEVER.... then I see the Nav mode for Apple's map app and it taunts me.
I want to make a app that works very similarly for recording a path taken.
Unfortunately I can find anyone talking about how to replicate that behavior. Could someone tell me:
A) If it's possible or locked down for 1st party apple apps only.
B) Where do I find a example app that I can learn from?
Thanks!
I need to create sticky button which is on screen like hike button in ios
If i detect that application(WhatsApp) state event so i solve this problem. Thats why i need to create another application launched event.
Thank you in advance.
Apps on iOS are sandboxed and can not directly communicate with other apps directly. There are some API's in the iOS SDK which allows some interaction, mostly audio, share of items.
Apple does not expose to you app if an other app is launched, so checking that an other is launched is not possible.
The second issue is that you can draw on de screen outside of you own apps windows. So you will not be able to draw a button on top of some other app.
I would like to create an app, that would show navigation to some marker. It would be best if that navigation could be provided inside an app, however I am not sure if that's possible (at least with MapKit). If my app would launch Apple Maps app for navigation, could my app update destination location? The thing is in most cases my destination should change with time. What are my options?
I done some googling, found that Skobbler a SDK for in app navigation, but it increases app size over 100Mb.
I have done this in an app which takes the coordinates from a plist, maps them and then provides directions from the user location to the map destination point selected. Try this link:
http://www.techotopia.com/index.php/Using_MKDirections_to_get_iOS_8_Map_Directions_and_Routes