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Apple Seeds iOS 4.3 Beta 3 to Developers

New Notificiation on the way?

Apple hired the Palm executive who created their notification system. I would hope/think they are working on a better notification system. As it stands, that's my biggest complaint with iOS.......the notifications are too intrusive and interrupt too many things. I hate when I'm in an app or playing a game and have a notification pop up and pause my app/game. Please come up with something better, Apple!


[QUOTE=saxamoophone;11826469]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 ;).[/QUOTE]
 
This is the first beta I've installed of the 4.3, and I noticed my camera shutter sound is different.
 
MrMister111 said:
Can a tester try airplay with iPhone 4 videos in the camera roll please.

Do these now stream to a Apple TV fine. I know video works in some apps, and photos do from camera roll, but why on earth do videos you've recorded on iPhone camera not airplay to an Apple TV

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It doesn't work from the camera app (i.e. if you go into the camera roll from within the camera app), but if you go to the Photos app, the airplay button is there in all it's glory and I can confirm that it will airplay recorded videos from there absolutely perfectly. This is to Apple TVs both with and without the 4.3 beta
 
Phil A. said:
It doesn't work from the camera app (i.e. if you go into the camera roll from within the camera app), but if you go to the Photos app, the airplay button is there in all it's glory and I can confirm that it will airplay recorded videos from there absolutely perfectly. This is to Apple TVs both with and without the 4.3 beta
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Great :) thanks for the answer.

Thats what I meant actually, the photo app, goto camera roll, and any videos you've recorded with your iPhone 4 can be airplay'ed to Apple TV, just wish they would support airplay on Apple TV 1 to
 
rdlink said:
Not odd. Needed and welcome. Had many instances in the past of app downloads hanging up, and said to myself, "Boy, it sure would be nice if they gave you a way to stop the download."
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Well you will be a happy bunny then! Your wish has come true :)

Doesn't mean it's not odd and doesn't answer my point about refunds.

I've often said to myself, "Boy, it sure would be nice if they gave you a way to organise photos in to folders." maybe I'll get my wish.:p
 
Is anyone aware of further mentions of 'Photo Stream' 'Find my Friends' and the other 'Social Features', that we've seen in the previous Betas?
 
MrNomNoms said:
How can it be present when in 4.2 it is a private API and the public API has only appeared in 4.3?
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Devs routinely update their apps before public iOS releases. Multitasking was added to a lot of apps before the official release of iOS 4. Obviously one can't take advantage of the updates until iOS is updated but at least those specific apps are ready to go as soon as iOS is updated.
 
QuarterSwede said:
Devs routinely update their apps before public iOS releases. Multitasking was added to a lot of apps before the official release of iOS 4. Obviously one can't take advantage of the updates until iOS is updated but at least those specific apps are ready to go as soon as iOS is updated.
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This is correct. Before most releases that add API features, Apple begins accepting binaires built with the beta SDK shortly (a couple weeks usually) before the final version comes out, so they have apps ready to showcase new stuff on day one.

Apple hasn't emailed developers about submitting 4.3 apps, so no, nothing's ready to go yet.
 
QuarterSwede said:
Devs routinely update their apps before public iOS releases. Multitasking was added to a lot of apps before the official release of iOS 4. Obviously one can't take advantage of the updates until iOS is updated but at least those specific apps are ready to go as soon as iOS is updated.
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Vizin said:
This is correct. Before most releases that add API features, Apple begins accepting binaires built with the beta SDK shortly (a couple weeks usually) before the final version comes out, so they have apps ready to showcase new stuff on day one.

Apple hasn't emailed developers about submitting 4.3 apps, so no, nothing's ready to go yet.
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I assume that by the third beta it is pretty much feature complete - that technically it is a 'release candidate' more than a beta? something I've never been able to understand is the lack of certain demarcations by Apple in regards to the builds the provide to developers.
 
MrNomNoms said:
I assume that by the third beta it is pretty much feature complete - that technically it is a 'release candidate' more than a beta? something I've never been able to understand is the lack of certain demarcations by Apple in regards to the builds the provide to developers.
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True. As a dev, I'd love for them to differentiate between betas and release candidates.
 
Vizin said:
True. As a dev, I'd love for them to differentiate between betas and release candidates.
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I'm surprised you guys aren't pulling out your hair and having nervous break downs - I know if I was a programmer it would be nice to know when there was a feature, API and ABI freeze so that I can start doing hardcore in depth testing knowing that things aren't going to change at the last minute. I am just hoping that with the release of Lion that maybe we'll see a more regular release schedule with set milestones and development targets so that developers lives are made a lot easier, that maybe Apple will start fixing bugs in their frameworks which force many developers to re-invent the wheel.
 
MrNomNoms said:
I'm surprised you guys aren't pulling out your hair and having nervous break downs/QUOTE]

Eventually you become numb to Apple's poor developer relations on iOS. This is why it can take some time for third-party apps to adopt new API features.

Don't get me started on hardware features. Yes, releasing hardware very quickly after announcement is Apple's style (and is great for marketing buzz) - but it gives devs no time to do anything with it in time for launch. The iPhone 4 was announced a mere 17 days before falling into consumer hands. Remember how nothing supported the retina display at first?
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I read something about a change in the Alarm of Clock.app, I can't find it anymore. But anyways, did something change (for example again: how much time is left before the alarm goes rings [would be great])?
 
Vizin said:
MrNomNoms said:
I'm surprised you guys aren't pulling out your hair and having nervous break downs
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Eventually you become numb to Apple's poor developer relations on iOS. This is why it can take some time for third-party apps to adopt new API features.
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I used to love bashing Microsoft because the lack of them using Mac OS X native features but having been in the belly of the beast I can see why Microsoft avoids using system provided features in Mac OS X land. Don't get me wrong, if there is a bug and Apple needs to fix it and thus break compatibility then they should go for it but it doesn't help if the fail to communicate with developers over future direction.

Don't get me started on hardware features. Yes, releasing hardware very quickly after announcement is Apple's style (and is great for marketing buzz) - but it gives devs no time to do anything with it in time for launch. The iPhone 4 was announced a mere 17 days before falling into consumer hands. Remember how nothing supported the retina display at first?
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From what I have heard, this whole 'secrecy' thing was something Steve picked up after leaving Apple rather than something necessarily ingrained in the Apple corporate culture itself. With that being said, Microsoft has released products that have generated a lot of buzz even with people knowing a lot of the details before hand; two that come to mind are WP7 and Windows 7. Within 2 months WP7 has grabbed 2% of market which isn't too bad for an incomplete OS, and Windows 7 has become one of the most popular operating systems yet with retail sales booming when traditionally most of the sales were through OEM channels. Microsoft shows that you can be open and yet make a big splash which kind of undermines the whole secrecy justification put forward by Steve.
 
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