They are built on the same cocoa runtime and are completely interoperable. You can even mix and match swift and ObjC code in an app.
So, no, ObjC is not being "replaced" any time soon.
Things they copied from Android:
Keyboard
Hey, Siri (OK Google)
Responding to texts in notifications (can do this on the LGG2)
Videos previews in the App Store
Photos/videos on the Cloud (except it's free on Google)
Am I missing any more?
Also, still no WIDGETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No new hardware announcements? really? Boooooooo! iOS 8 and OS 10 look great but it's time to upgrade the MacBook Pro people.
Things they copied from Android:
Keyboard
Hey, Siri (OK Google)
Responding to texts in notifications (can do this on the LGG2)
Videos previews in the App Store
Photos/videos on the Cloud (except it's free on Google)
Am I missing any more?
Also, still no WIDGETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dude don't trip, cuz the one's that are complaining and hating KNOW this was a not only a great keynote but quite an amazingly great array of features and symmetry between the Mac and iOS...plus the addition to support more 3rd party applications. Anybody denying this was a great keynote is just flaming the forum. Ignore them.
I am an android user for ~ a year. I switched from my Blackberry since I wanted something fresh and recently started developing for that platform. I also use an iMac and develops iOS apps on my iPod.
I do criticize Apple a lot, when they do stupid stuff, just like I make fun of Samsung when they're blatantly copying or rushing products out for the sake of it. Now, it doesn't mean I can't recognize when Apple does something good like this WWDCMost of their features makes the hamsters in my developer brain runs in their wheels like crazy.
The Samsung wages must be good, you guys are in full force today.
For the less demanding games, I can see OpenGL being used for compatibility. But don't forget the PlayStation uses OpenGL, while the Xbox uses DirectX, yet there are plenty of cross platform games available.That seems to be the aim here, with a no doubt Apple exclusive brand new graphics platform too, Metal..
Trouble is, companies like money and profit from sales, and Androids market share is FAR too big to ignore so we will see how this goes, but I won't be surprised if Metal vanishes in a couple of years.
So, which mac models will be supported in 10.10. Was that mentioned, I missed a few minutes at the beginning.
Or, better question, which ones not anymore?![]()
No new hardware? No care.
Takes a lot longer to add some of these features without adding the awesome Android feature of CAN I HAZ MALWARE? Security takes time. Ask rocket developers about it. "Will this rocket launch? OK, will this rocket launch 100 times without blowing up?"
But I actually am quite impressed by today's keynote.
Do you guys even turn on your devices and use software or just stare at them?![]()