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Apple Seeds iOS 4.3 Beta 3 to Developers

mapleleaf said:
I've been tethering my iPad 4.3 beta 2 to my iphone 3Gs 4.3 beta 2 for a couple of weeks now. In the UK I'm on the O2 network. Just required an additional £7.50 tethering bolt-on from the service provider. This is still cheaper than the £15 per month rolling contract for the sim only iPad.
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Oh, and the iPad tethers over Bluetooth to the iPhone hotspot which is also via bluetooth.
 
glenncal said:
Ios 4.3 also adds bluetooth tethering support to the ipad, which means that iPhone 3GS users can now share their iPhone connection to their iPad despite the fact that the 3GS does not support wifi tethering.
(This was added in beta 2 but I never saw any reference to it anywhere and only discovered it today)
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Awesome! Does this require you to have paid at&t for tethering in the first place?
 
coasterswim said:
Apple has said the gestures will remain in the betas but won't be available in the final 4.3. I assume they'll be announced publicly with iPad 2 and be in the final version of 4.4 or 4.5 (whichever comes on the iPad 2 but can also be installed on the original iPad).
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I'm hoping 4.3 is the last 4.X update.

iPad2 should really launch with 5.0 that includes a new user interface experience. After 4 years it's time to do a XBOX360-like relaunch of iOS.

Keep what works. Throwout what doesn't (which isn't *too* much really).

- New notification system is a MUST.
- A better multitasking system like Expose would be great.
- Widgets or "Live Icons" (think WM7) so you don't have to go into an app to see the weather, calendar appointments, a friends "check-in", or things like that.

And of course better social intergration. I want to be able to upload a photo without going into facebook. Once agian, WM7 has the right idea, Apple should follow with a API structure that takes that to a new level!

I've had the iPhone3, 3G & 4, and I don't know about you but I'm getting a little bored with the same old basic UI. Adding backgrounds ain't enough ;).
 
joeshmo2010 said:
my phone vibrates 2 times very quickly when i get a text now, i dont like it. does anyone else have that too?
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Don't have 4.3 installed on my "real" phone here at work with me, but as I recall, I think there's a new option in Settings to adjust how many times the vibration vibrates.
 
The Auto-Lock settings "seem" different. The only choices I have now on my iPad are 2, 5, 10, 15 and Never. Didn't they used to be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and never?
 
saxamoophone said:
I'm hoping 4.3 is the last 4.X update.

iPad2 should really launch with 5.0 that includes a new user interface experience. After 4 years it's time to do a XBOX360-like relaunch of iOS.

Keep what works. Throwout what doesn't (which isn't *too* much really).

- New notification system is a MUST.
- A better multitasking system like Expose would be great.
- Widgets or "Live Icons" (think WM7) so you don't have to go into an app to see the weather, calendar appointments, a friends "check-in", or things like that.

And of course better social intergration. I want to be able to upload a photo without going into facebook. Once agian, WM7 has the right idea, Apple should follow with a API structure that takes that to a new level!

I've had the iPhone3, 3G & 4, and I don't know about you but I'm getting a little bored with the same old basic UI. Adding backgrounds ain't enough ;).
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I agree. Notifications would be a great update. The widgets idea is great. I mean we can have widgets on our Macs, so why not on our iPhone? I just hate having to go specifically into the calendar to view my appointments for the day, I wish I could just see a list of what is going on and at what times. Agreed.
 
PBF said:
Why would you want to cancel a download anyway? Never had a need for this.
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Several times I've had app downloads freeze entirely on me, and the only way to fix the problem was to restart the phone. This is a welcome enhancement.
 
Introduction

iOS SDK 4.3 provides support for developing iOS applications and includes the complete set of Xcode tools, compilers, and frameworks for creating applications for iOS and Mac OS X. These tools include the Xcode IDE and the Instruments analysis tool among many others.

With this software you can develop applications that run on iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch running iOS 4.3. You can also test your applications using the included iOS Simulator, which supports iOS 4.3. Installing iOS SDK 4.3 requires a Macintosh computer running Mac OS X 10.6.6 or later.

For more information and additional support resources, visit:

http://developer.apple.com/programs/ios/

Bug Reporting

Please report any bugs not mentioned in the “Notes and Known Issues” section using the Apple Bug Reporter on the Apple Developer website at: http://developer.apple.com/bugreporter/. Additionally, you may discuss these issues and iOS SDK 4.3 in the Apple Developer Forums: http://devforums.apple.com.

Notes and Known Issues

The following issues relate to using the 4.3 SDK to develop code.

AirPlay Video
AirPlay Video requires the AppleTV Software Beta.
AirPlay Video support is now available as an option for developers in the MPMoviePlayerController class. It is also available to web authors via the QuickTime Plug-In or media element. Supported formats include:
H.264 video with AAC audio
HTTP streaming, both live and on demand
progressive download content
local content
For web-based content, you can enable AirPlay Video in the QuickTime Plug-in or HTML5 video element as follows:
QTPlug-in:
airplay="allow"
airplay="deny" (Default)
For example: <embed src="movie.mov" width="320" height="240" airplay="allow">
HTML5 video element:
x-webkit-airplay="allow"
x-webkit-airplay="deny" (Default)
For example: <video controls width="640" height="368" x-webkit-airplay="allow" src="content/side_with_the_seeds.mov"> </video>
GameKit
FIXED: GameKit now reports an error when an achievement or leaderboard score is not actually submitted.
iAd
The new ADInterstitialView class has been removed and replaced with the ADInterstitialAd class, which inherits from NSObject instead of UIView. The behavior of the class has not changed except for the introduction of two new methods to formalize the use cases for presenting the ad. These new methods are:
presentInView:—use this method to present the ad in paging applications, such as magazines, that already provide a container view in a view controller-managed view hierarchy.
presentFromViewController:— use this method to display the ad modally. For example, you might use this method to present an ad between game levels.
For information about these changes, please see the reference documentation. The iAdInterstitialSuite sample application has also been updated to work with these API changes.
Multitasking Gestures
This beta release contains a preview of new multitasking gestures for iPad. You can use four or five fingers to pinch to the Home Screen, swipe up to reveal the multitasking bar, and swipe left or right between apps. This feature will not be enabled in iOS 4.3 for customers, but we are providing this preview to gather input on how these gestures work with your apps.

Developers are encouraged to evaluate any existing interactions in their applications for potential sources of interference. In order to properly interoperate with multitasking gestures, applications must properly handle the following methods and notifications:

touchesCancelled:withEvent: (UIResponder)
cancelTrackingWithEvent: (UIControl)
applicationDidBecomeActive: and applicationWillResignActive: (application delegate)
UIApplicationDidBecomeActiveNotification and UIApplicationWillResignActiveNotification notifications
These can be enabled for development via Xcode so you can update your apps to interoperate with these new gestures. Test them and give us your feedback in the Apple Developer Forums.

UIKit Image Picker
NEW: Camera applications that use a custom overlay for the camera preview instead of the default image picker view get stuck at the first picture during the preview. You can continue to take additional pics, but the view is never updated.
Xcode
NEW: Application symbols are not getting symbolicated correctly in Xcode organizer's device logs.
 
BTW - hats off to Apple on this set of betas. As a dev, I've seen some prior releases that we're major pains to install. These three betas have truly been a joy to install on my test IP4s.
 
saxamoophone said:
I'm hoping 4.3 is the last 4.X update.

iPad2 should really launch with 5.0 that includes a new user interface experience.
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I can't imagine the next iPad will come with iOS 5.0; the timing just doesn't line up. Apple likes to give devs 2+ months to work on their apps for major iOS releases and I'm sure Apple doesn't want to release the iPad 2 too close to the iPhone 5. I don't think there's enough spacing in there for Apple's typical iPhone release schedule.
 
Bored of iOS? Jailbreak time...

saxamoophone said:
I'm hoping 4.3 is the last 4.X update.

iPad2 should really launch with 5.0 that includes a new user interface experience. After 4 years it's time to do a XBOX360-like relaunch of iOS.

Keep what works. Throwout what doesn't (which isn't *too* much really).

- New notification system is a MUST.
- A better multitasking system like Expose would be great.
- Widgets or "Live Icons" (think WM7) so you don't have to go into an app to see the weather, calendar appointments, a friends "check-in", or things like that.

And of course better social intergration. I want to be able to upload a photo without going into facebook. Once agian, WM7 has the right idea, Apple should follow with a API structure that takes that to a new level!

I've had the iPhone3, 3G & 4, and I don't know about you but I'm getting a little bored with the same old basic UI. Adding backgrounds ain't enough ;).
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If you want to do more with your UI, JAILBREAK FOR HEAVENS SAKE!!! :eek:
 
dwman said:
Slightly off topic, but they really need to change the way notifications are displayed. No more modal pop-ups. Hopefully this is near the top of their list for iOS 5.
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Believe it or not, modal alerts still offer some advantages that ANYTHING else would not. Blindly switching over entirely to "window shade" type alert notifications would be a very bad idea.

~ CB
 
coasterswim said:
Apple has said the gestures will remain in the betas but won't be available in the final 4.3. I assume they'll be announced publicly with iPad 2 and be in the final version of 4.4 or 4.5 (whichever comes on the iPad 2 but can also be installed on the original iPad).
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nooooo. I want those gestures now.
 
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