Microsoft Bringing Windows and iOS Together with Open Source Bridge

Microsoft has recently revealed its effective tool for bringing iOS apps onto the Windows platform and is open sourcing this striking technology. But, this can be still considered as work-in-progress as some of the components are not ready yet. It is more commonly referred as Open source Windows Bridge for iOS apps, which is tailored for enabling iOS app developers to create Windows apps using the already existing codes and skills of Objective-C. 

For successful implementation, the bridge includes four key components:  
1)Objective-C Compiler: MS Visual Studio, now, will include a compiler that is conscious about the usage of Objective-C code and its verification (Compile) into a native Universal Windows app so as to enable most of the heavy lifting. To start with, only some early drops of the compiler binary will be provided through GitHub as the compiler will not be open-sourced. The compiler will later be shipped as Visual Studio 2015 update.

2)    Objective-C Runtime: The motto behind introducing Objective-C Runtime is just to provide you with language features including message delegation, dispatch and the automatic count of references.

3)    iOS API Headers/Libs: Designed upon the base APIs of Objective-C, this bridge is provided with a good ratio of iOS API compatibility.

4)    Visual Studio IDE Integration: lastly, this tool enables importing the Xcode project and unites the same with the Windows Developer Tools and SDK.

You might be wondering why this tool is referred as Bridge, not a port. This is due to the reason that the goal of the IOS Bridge is not just limited to running iOS apps on Windows. It is to help developers for writing great Windows apps rather, using much from the existing code and knowledge they have. It is definite that this iOS compatibility will tend to rise with time, and there is a lot more that you can do with the bridge.

The goal of IOS Bridge rests on three basic principles that drive the overall architecture and design of the bridge:

1)    Complete Windows API Access: Full access makes it quite easy to use Windows APIs within the code of Objective-C.

2)    iOS compatibility: This compatibility fosters developers to reuse as the existing iOS code as much as reasonably possible.

3)    No sandboxing: It implies that iOS and Windows APIs should be able to work together in a smooth and efficient manner.

The objective of releasing this open source tool (technically referred as Project Islandwood) is to elevate the number of apps available on the Windows store as this tool will serve as a source of encouragement for developers to come up with their iOS creations and port them over Windows platform.

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What Apple Has To Guide To its iOS Mobile Application Developers?

IOS application developers are always with their breaths holding because of the new guidelines that Apple release each day. This mechanism given by Apple is actually superb but iOS developers are unable to find any logical clue behind all this.

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Makeover Of The Existing Apps With iOS7

With the introduction of the new update from Apple it has changed the look of the various apps on your phone. Apple has given a makeover to the existing apps. For example now kindle lets you to organize your books and magazines from your collection and Facebook lets you to return to the news feed when you are done with reading a story.

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Here is a list of the biggest and brightest apps that have been changed with the new update: 

1   1.      Facebook:  Before the update, the menu bar for checking the notifications on your Facebook account used to be on the top of the screen but after this new update the menu has shifted to the bottom of the screen making it easy to get around. This will make it easy for you to switch quickly from the news feed to the messages, friend requests or notifications. You just have to tap the bottom of the screen. You will see a new “More” tab on the right side in the bottom so that you can see your groups, events, timeline etc.

 

     2.       Twitter:      With the new update in iOS Twitter apps has also been given a cosmetic update. The Twitter has integrated its music services with the Apple services so that you can discover your music on Twitter through ”#music station on iTunes Radio.”

Siri will help you to find the tweets and the people you are interested in very easily with this new change in the application.

In Safari, you can use the shared links to enjoy the links that have been posted by the people you are following on Twitter.

 Other integration of iOS 7 and Twitter:

•  Signing to twitter with the help of setting apps
•  Sharing photos, web pages on Twitter directly from the inbuilt apps offered by iPhone like  Safari, Photos and other apps.
•  Updating your contacts with the username of the people you are connected with.

 3.       Kindle: With the new update in the operating system of the Google, Amazon has also redesigned its popular app by adding the collections to help users organize their magazines, documents and books. You can add content to the multiple categories.

 

      4.       New York Times:  With the introduction of a new feature i.e. AirDrop, you can share your articles very easily. The person who reads their newspapers only on their iPad or the iPhones iOS7 has provided them with the settings that now they can set their device’s text size in the setting app and then NYTimes app’s text size will change according to the requirement.

 

5.       Zillow: This application has now made it very easy to search the homes. It is like reading a magazine. This is a new shopping experience based on photos that allows the home shoppers to go through the photos without leaving the map.

      6.       Flipboard:  This application now supports the parallax look the full-screen magazine covers. So as you tilt your iPhone or iPad you will see a complete image. This release has given Flipboard a very clean and contemporary feel that gets connected to the iOS7 more deeply. This will also allow you to improve the overall speed of Flipboard by using the functionality of iOS7 to load the content in the background and conducting the reader notifications. 

 

      7.       eBay:  The new look of eBay is very flat to match with the new look of iOS7. For sellers the uploading time for listing the items to be sold has been reduced. The new look is also helpful for the users as they can remove single items from the recent search history. Now you can purchase and sell items, you can compare the prices and can access the powerful search tool and so much more just in a single click.

 

8.   Pandora:  This is the popular Internet radio service that is now competing with the apple’s own tune radio which is new to iOS7. Like all other apps Pandora also gets the new look and the feel and you can just swipe and can explore without interrupting the music.

You have to upgrade all your iPhone apps before you install iOS7 as there would be chances that you would lose your precious data, especially when you are dealing with kindle. iOS7 has changed the look and the feel of almost every app from iOS6. With iOS7 everything is new and everything is interesting. For all this you can seek help from a reliable and intelligent iOS app developer.

 

 

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Essential Marketing Tips Related to iPad Apps Development

Every business is searching for some extra ordinary ways of promoting their business in the best possible ways. Businesses are developing mobile applications for iPhone, iPad and other iOS applications as these applications have proved themselves to be the most profitable apps for raising the standards of businesses. In this article, we will discuss about some crucial tips related to iPad Apps development which are highly beneficial for marketing your products and services.

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Not only your business, it is equally important to market your iPad apps that you are getting developed for your business. Promote your business and your apps and see the magic of profits with your business.

Things that you have to be very careful regarding your iPad apps development:

  

1         1.       Select a unique but easy name for your app

The name of your application plays a major role in its publicity. If the name of the app is very complex it would become very difficult to search the app in the app store but if you keep the name short and simple yet unique, your application will be easy to find and more and more people will click on it.

2.      Give elegant graphics to the design and icon of your application

            Make sure that your application should be attractive, user friendly and appealing to the users. Do not             make the graphics very dull and boring. Bring the background with beautiful colors and eye catching            graphics. Also take care of the icon that should be displayed when people will search for your                      application.

     3.      Always choose relevant videos and screenshot

          When your application gets uploaded to the iTunes store, you have to provide relevant screenshots and         videos to it also. You cannot just upload any random screenshot for this, you must use these screenshots       and videos that are relevant to your application and provide the features and functionality to your                   customers in one go.

     4.       Give a pre-release buzz

          Before you release your application for the public you should give a pre-release image for your application. There are a number of ways for doing this like blogging about your app, releasing a demo of your application, submitting the press release introducing about the new launch, using social media and many more. These methods are considered as the pre-sales method and have been tried and tested by a number of developers. You can ask for help from these developers and can make announcements about the release of your application. 

iPad, iPhone or any other iOS application; they are highly beneficial for any kind of a business and people today live on their mobile phones instead of any other thing. So the best medium to reach your targeted audience is only through these iPhone applications.

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