APP Advice presented two apps, "Slide To Buy" and "Slide To Do", that show interactive items on lockscreen.
What API is used to display that items?
There's no direct control over the lock screen, so I suspect that they're just push (or perhaps local) notifications.
Notifications allow you to open the app they came from, so the "swipe to check off" functionality is basically just launching the app. Quite clever but it's not using any fancy or unknown APIs.
Related
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 implemented callkit to receive the VoIP notification.
On accept the call I am managing calls through another third party ForzenMountain which has my custom screen to show the status of calls.
1) When screen is not locked: Call comes then it shows two button. On accept it goes into the app itself and I can manage all.
Problem:
2) When screen is locked: It show another transition which has multiple option like (speaker/keypad/mute/addcall) rather than to go into app.
I need to land on my app even my device is locked (if passcode enable then ask to enter it) so that I can manage FM and my custom calls screen.
Unfortunately, there's no way to go directly into your app if the phone is locked. The system will only display the native CallKit UI and from there you can tap on the bottom right button to go into your app.
I'm diving into iOS development and am building my own alarm clock app to become familiar with the platform and SDK. One of the API's I'm currently learning is the Local Notifications API, which I assume is the same API Apple uses to implement their alarms in their Clock app.
What I don't understand is how they implement their "Snooze" functionality. As I understand it, Local Notifications allow you to present to the user an alert box that has at most two buttons when your app isn't running in the foreground, one button for dismissing the alert and one button for taking the user to your app. In Apple's Clock app, however, it appears the user is presented with an alert box with two buttons, one button to dismiss the alarm and one button to "Snooze" and reschedule the alarm without launching the Clock app. My questions are...
When the user clicks the "Snooze" button, how do you think Apple is rescheduling the Local Notification for the alarm without launching the Clock app? Do you think they're using their own private APIs that circumvent the limitations of the Local Notifications that only allow for two options? Or do you think they're launching the Clock app to reschedule the Local Notification, they just don't show the app launching and quitting?
The documentation says the "alertAction" property of the Local Notification is the text to be displayed on the right button of the alert box and the slider bar of the lock screen. In Apple's Clock app, however, the "Snooze" text is the left button in the alert box, nor is it the Slider bar text. Why is this backwards?
Thanks so much in advance for your thoughts!
The local notification API does not have any mechanism to do what you want. The alarm clock app is almost certainly not using any of the infrastructure for local notifications, it predates them. Even if it is factored onto some of the infrastructure provided by local notifications, it is certainly not using the public APIs.
You should file a bug requesting that this functionality be added.
I came to know that iOS does't support widgets this is what i have read.But i am making application on Security in iOS, i want the user to perform some action when he is in need of help without opening the application.
I know iOS supports few background modes like play audio,receive location updates,voip etc.
Can anyone suggest me any alternative to fire some methods without opening the application like pressing some button when in dangerous situation to call those methods.
I don't know whether we can do it or not.
But have a look.
You said we can implement background modes like audio, location, voip updates etc.
Let take the example of Audio mode. It has previous, play/pause, and next button in the lockscreen.
What you can do is play an audio when the application is in background mode.
Check whether the any of the music buttons are pressed more than 3 times. If this is the case trigger alert messages for security and send them to appropriate persons or do your own action.
I don't know whether we can do this or not. Even if it is possible, I can't say Apple will allow such false actions for buttons which are meant for some purpose.
Also see whether we can get detect volume button presses when in background mode. If that is possible you can do that. Because even my LG mobile has an SOS mode which is enabled when I press volume buton in lockscreen 4 times. Apple may allow this action if it possible
I need a way for my app to know if the home button is pressed, while the app is running in the background. If the home button is pressed, something is gonna be added to a list inside the app. Is that possible somehow?
If your app is in the background, your app wont receive any updates. Furthermore, there isn't any way to hook into the home button click even if your app is in the foreground.
Perhaps there is a private api way to handle this, but your app certainly won't be able to both achieve this goal and be in the Apple App Store. Sorry!
In case you wanted some idea why Apple doesn't allow this, it's because they don't want the home button switch's default behavior to be altered. See this:
10.5 Apps that alter the functions of standard switches, such as the Volume Up/Down and Ring/Silent switches, will be rejected