iOS7 API Tour with Xamarin

Mike BluesteinDeveloper [email protected]

iOS 7 API Tour

Friday, September 27, 13

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• Full-screen content• Transparent status bar• Translucent navigation bars and tool bars• Tint color

General UI Changes


• All view and controls completely redesigned• Borderless buttons• Inline pickers• Color to delineate UI elements• Edge to edge sectioned table views• ...

UIKit Views


UIViewController Transitions

• Custom Transitions• Transitions with built in controllers• Collection View Transitions• Interactive Transitions


UIView Animations

• Keyframes• Springs


UIKit Dynamics

• Physics built into UIKit• Animator• Dynamic Item

UIViewUICollectionViewAttributes

• Behaviors


Text Kit

• Higher level text API built on Core Text• Built-in text controls use Text Kit• Text container• Layout manager• Text Storage


iBeacons

• Device Location• Uses Bluetooth Low Energy• Indoor location• Device Proximity


Speech Synthesis

• Part of AVFoundation• AVSpeechSynthesizer• AVUtterance• AVSpeechSynthesisVoice


Multi-tasking

• Background fetch• Remote notifications• Background transfer service


Sprite Kit

• 2D Game Framework• Scenes• Sprites• Actions• Physics• Particles


Many Other APIs

• Core Image enhancements• Multipeer Connectivity• Game Controllers• Air Drop• View snapshotting• Map Kit Enhancements• ...


DemoFriday, September 27, 13

Resources

• iOS 7 User Interface Overviewdocs.xamarin.com/guides/ios/platform_features/ios7_ui

• Introduction to iOS 7docs.xamarin.com/guides/ios/platform_features/introduction_to_ios_7

• Backgrounding docs.xamarin.com/guides/cross-platform/application_fundamentals/backgrounding


iOS7 API Tour with Xamarin

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