Since the lock button on my iPhone 5 is broken, I am reduced to using assistive touch to simulate one digitally. I was always impressed with the practicality and aesthetics of the UI, and it is apparently eye-catching as well, promoting rubbernecking and drawing "oohs" and "ahs" from onlookers. Perhaps in iOS 8 a similar mechanism could be used to navigate a nesting control center or settings menu?
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Assistive Touch UI is awesome, need more of it
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Does that make it really better/different then?
Just trying to get in idea if there's really something new/different/specific in relation to it in iOS 7, or if this thread is more of an iOS 6 (or even 5) if not just a generic iPhone/iPad one.
In fact I'd like to have the more info about this really forgotten feature.
I've not my home button broken, but I 've encountered a better way for using my iphone via AT.
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There was asked for a difference and there was a difference regarding the background so I posted it. Sorry for contributing to this thread. Other than that, I also posted a screenshot so you could have a look at it. Did you?
I did. I was just trying to find out if there was something significantly new/different about Assistice Touch when it comes to iOS 7 (mainly from the OP) given this thread about it in the iOS 7 forum.
I broke part of the top metal band on my 4s early this year, used this option for a while but got tired quickly and spend almost 100 usd for the whole metal housing because i also broke the power button flex.
If you dont know you can make the tripe tap of the hoke button toggle on/off the assist ui.
If you dont know you can make the tripe tap of the hoke button toggle on/off the assist ui.
What I'm wondering (and assume C DM is as well) are there actual functional differences in iOS7 Assistive Touch that's not present in iOS6?
Either one--basically what prompted the thread to be placed in the iOS 7 forum (rather than iOS 6 or iPhone forum)? Is there something significantly new or different about it when it comes to iOS 7?
Yes, but it's simply being consistent with the new OS design and not something that is specifically new to Assistive Touch individually, nor is it even something that is really meaningfully/drastically new/different that would typically really get someone to post a whole new thread about it, right? Thus the wonder if there is something more to it which prompted the new thread about it here.
They haven't increased the size or curvature of the corners of the button to match iOS 7 home screen icons, it's still the same as pre-iOS 7 app icons.