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Apple Plans to Let Developers Release Universal Apps That Work Across iPhone, iPad, and Mac
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So now we got the explanation for the constant dumbing-down of the mac that has been going of for awhile.
They are going to do this similarly to how they handled apple pay cash. Then you can add features in different scenarios without needing to necessarily bloating your app.
Don't worry - Omni will still find a way to charge you for each app.
And as for Things....
And as for Things....
If the goal is to be single/neat one-app only across all, then this could be good..
I can't imagine it will be good for developers who would need to keep track of which code is for what..
staying as separately apps now makes things more sense where u clearly know which platform your designing for.
Starting to mix up the code in one app, and u start to have problem. Particularity Mac and iOS.
Universal is good for the consumer though
lol.. Just what we need... Apple forcing customers to get the latest gear just do run these universal apps on a specific ARM chip.
(It would be an excuse to upgrade)
I can't imagine it will be good for developers who would need to keep track of which code is for what..
staying as separately apps now makes things more sense where u clearly know which platform your designing for.
Starting to mix up the code in one app, and u start to have problem. Particularity Mac and iOS.
Universal is good for the consumer though
lol.. Just what we need... Apple forcing customers to get the latest gear just do run these universal apps on a specific ARM chip.
(It would be an excuse to upgrade)
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In order to do that, MacOS that is frozen in 1990 in terms of development, has to evolve. I develop for iOS, tvOS and MacOS and without doubt the later is the most difficult because UI APIs are very poor and crappy compared to iOS'.
Also, this is not viable in terms of quality and in terms of Apple Review rules for MacOS.
Apple has barely forbidden any courses on MacOS. This is why the courses you see on the app store are old. So, if you create a cross-platform course for all devices the course will not be approved for MacOS and for that reason, will be rejected for iOS and tvOS also.
Also, this is a less common denominator.
This is very risky for developers.
Also, this is not viable in terms of quality and in terms of Apple Review rules for MacOS.
Apple has barely forbidden any courses on MacOS. This is why the courses you see on the app store are old. So, if you create a cross-platform course for all devices the course will not be approved for MacOS and for that reason, will be rejected for iOS and tvOS also.
Also, this is a less common denominator.
This is very risky for developers.
This sounds like a Trojan Horse move on the part of Apple since iPhone can now match processing power of computers.
Arm based portables and desktops here we come.
Arm based portables and desktops here we come.
As an iOS Developer, just now finishing up v1.0 of my First-Ever Mac app, "I'll believe it, when I see it".
The ONLY way this makes sense to me is if all future Macs, & probably starting with the Next-Gen Mac Mini, include the ARM co-processor that was hinted-at / leaked 9+ months ago.
For it to become a success, Apple needs to offer a viable / attractive solution to Developers FIRST, which will very-likely require the purchase of a new Mac ... so, if it's NOT the Next-Gen Mac Mini, it will very-likely take years to get off the ground, even if Apple's Software Engineering Dept did their job well.
To Tim / Phil, the coincidence is stunning !
The ONLY way this makes sense to me is if all future Macs, & probably starting with the Next-Gen Mac Mini, include the ARM co-processor that was hinted-at / leaked 9+ months ago.
For it to become a success, Apple needs to offer a viable / attractive solution to Developers FIRST, which will very-likely require the purchase of a new Mac ... so, if it's NOT the Next-Gen Mac Mini, it will very-likely take years to get off the ground, even if Apple's Software Engineering Dept did their job well.
To Tim / Phil, the coincidence is stunning !
Just keep the ability for Mac OS to install 3rd party software that didn't come from the AppStore.
With this kind of talk, I just wonder if (or more likely when) Apple will bring a fully functional Xcode to iOS? They started with Swift Playgrounds. Now, it's just a matter being able to create a full app in Xcode, and get the appropriate audio & visual elements from other apps.
I just hope it’s not something that’s a messy as the 10.6 transition with Rosetta. I remember working at AppleCare as senior advisor and having to take escalations over that.
And the reason it does not bode well can be summed up in one word, "Sandboxing".
Interesting news. I'm curious how this will work for developers and how this will work with the Mac App Store. Hopefully, iOS apps can reuse most code and logic with minimal changes and use Mac-specific storyboards as needed and that the Mac App Store will seamlessly show iOS apps that support macOS. Technically, Macs can already run iOS apps as developers use the iOS Simulator to test apps on their machines already. This is on Intel-based Macs--no ARM required, but my guess is that with the direction Apple is going with the introduction of an ARM coprocessor for the Touch Bar that Apple may still require a newer Mac, ostensibly for perfect compatibility with the iPhone app counterpart (and certainly not to drive new Mac sales 
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).The App Store already manages this, if you have an iPad you will only download the iPad specific files and the same thing for the iPhone. Gone for a days of the same bloated app for every device.