I am working on an iOS App and have stumped on one of the odd requirement that my client would like to have. We want to exit from app A and open app B then close app B and open app A again, We are trying to get the name of the app B which was closed recently. Is this something that can be done? If yes, how do I accomplish this?
Thanks for all of yours help!
It is not possible to get the last closed iOS app, but if you have two apps and you want to be able to move between the apps you may be able to use URL schemes. URL Schemes Documentation Here: http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/iPhone/Conceptual/iPhoneOSProgrammingGuide/AdvancedAppTricks/AdvancedAppTricks.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40007072-CH7-SW18
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First of all, I'm a newby and I'm sorry if this question is already answered. I searched and I didn't found any similar.
I already have and independent WachOS app and works fine by itself. At firs I thought that with it alone will be enough but now I realized that with an equivalent iOS app I could reach more people. So now I'm wondering if it's possible to modify my Xcode project in order to add an iOS app with the same content and functionality as I have in the WatchOS app and both of them sharing the same data, that is, if I change a value in one of them, later I will see this value updated in the other one.
Thx in advance
If you already uploaded the app to the AppStore then I'm afraid it's not possible. Source: Reverting from an Independent Watch app, to one that is dependent on an iPhone app
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Is it possible to reset the privacy settings in iOS?
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Closed 7 years ago.
I'm working on an app that requires requesting mail access. Since the simulator doesn't have a Mail app I've been using my physical device to test the app.
My problem is that I want to test the request to access Mail in relation to the welcome/intro screen that I've made but even if I delete the Xcode build version of the app from my device the settings for allowing the Mail access still persist.
I want to force those settings to delete when I delete my app from the device so that it requests Mail access after every fresh install for the sake of testing. So far the only solution that I've seen for doing this is to complete a fresh install of iOS each time, but that's much to much trouble when I'd be wanting to do it several times.
Does anybody have a solution for this?
The simulator does actually have a Calendar and I do plenty of testing on it. If you want to add more calendars via the simulator, open the calendar app, tap edit at the top and you can enter new calendars.
Here's the solution I found thanks to #Martin R's comment.
Go to General > Reset > Reset Location & Privacy
This reset accomplished what I needed for the problem.
I've myself run into the same problem when allowing photo access.
It's not a proper answer, but the workaround I found was effective: just change the bundle id when you want to test this behaviour. iOS will assume it's a different app and ask you again for all the authorisations granted before.
I'm still interested by the proper answer though — if there ever is one.
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Programmatically lock and unlock iPhone screen
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Closed 8 years ago.
I've seen an app that activates the lock-screen after showing a local notification (so the user has to enter the passcode).
... and now I wonder how they did this, since I need this kind of functionality for one of my projects. It might even pass Apple's review process because it does make sense for this app... (and, yes, I'm aware that Apple might reject it, but I'd like to give it a shot).
How would I do this???
I don't believe it is possible as the framework that handles this is private.
iOS 8.1 does not offer API to do this. Most likely you have seen an App implementing its own lock screen. You will need to implement something similar.
You can find examples on GitHub, e.g. https://github.com/venmo/VENTouchLock
I am currently developing an ios app for a localization company. The company provides ipads to all his employees so this new app that i'm developing can keep track of them (in case of an emergency and to know if they are really working).
I already finished the app and everything is working fine but now the problem is that anyone can close the app and "hide" his position from us.
It is possible to do something about this?
Also it is possible to start an app on boot. Something like this but on Ios.
Is there anyway to "lock" the app so it can't be closed and only sent to background?
Thanks
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I tried with the guided access but the employees also need to use other apps (like safari) to do their work. Not only mine. I tried this and effectively you can't close the app but also you can't access other app. Or am I doing it wrong? I want to allow my app to be in background but not close. Sorry if i did not explain myself well.
Many duplicates of this...
Settings - General - Accessibility - Guided Access.
Turn it on and you can limit what the iPad can do.
You can also stop it from closing apps.
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Programmatically answer an incoming phone call on iPhone
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Is it possible to programmatically answer a call in iPhone? I have already googled about this and found that iOS SDK does not support such feature. But I found an answering machine app in Appstore.
https://itunes.apple.com/in/app/prank-answering-machine-free/id508457142?mt=8
Please help me out.
No this is not possible, the iOS SDK does not allow any interaction with the phone.app.
Also the app you have found is a prank app, one that you start if you receive a call and the play back one the messages from the app.
No, that is not possible. The CoreTelephony framework lets your application receive notifications if there is any change in the call state, but there is no way to answer it.
The app that you mentioned does not say anything about answering a call, from what I can see.
I would say it depends. If you want to make a app and publish it in app store, its not possible. However if you want don't want to publish on app store and willing to use private api, then its possible. Refer this answer.