Inter Application communication was the most awaited next thing from the connoisseurs of iOS app development. Though we saw a little flame of this intercommunication in iOS7, it was only restricted to the audio. It is a widespread conception that iOS 8 will be the landmark in this segment.
This whole issue has brought to the surface the fundamental question: “What actually inter application communication means?” The question has different answers with different contours. It can be a swift transfer of files from one application to another. It can be extracting any data within any app. For others, it might be the enablement to the user to keep any other application as the default one which is non Apple. But at the core remains the same essential thing where user should have the capacity to move all the stuff as per his wish within multiple applications. Click here for more information on iOS App Development in Qatar.
It’s not a new exposé that Apple’s extremely and fanatic close nature is the main hindrance in achieving this communication. In its neurotic persistence on the privacy and security, Apple locks the app and put them in a shell of the sandbox when someone uses them suspiciously. It makes them unable to have any impact on other applications. As compared to Android, which is flexible and open to be modified, for Apple, the inter app communication is not an intrinsic or something which comes very naturally.
Apple has had its filtration with this very concept. One such effort was URL schemes. With them developers tried moving tiny data between applications. But due to its complexity and bulky nature, the experiment proved short lived. Another notable mention is the XPC, which was a Mac’s inter processor communication method. Remaining true to its secretive nature, Apple kept it personal and non accessible to the development community. Even current versions of iOS is trying to create the illusion of inter application communication via Open and share sheets where users can transfer the data.
It needs to be understood that it’s not a luxury, but a need to have your applications talking to each other. Just imagine a scenario where you can click pictures and will be able to upload them to various social media sites without having to save and access them while posting for an individual site. Certainly it will save the space and time, which in turn increase the user experience and activity.
This whole issue has brought to the surface the fundamental question: “What actually inter application communication means?” The question has different answers with different contours. It can be a swift transfer of files from one application to another. It can be extracting any data within any app. For others, it might be the enablement to the user to keep any other application as the default one which is non Apple. But at the core remains the same essential thing where user should have the capacity to move all the stuff as per his wish within multiple applications. Click here for more information on iOS App Development in Qatar.
It’s not a new exposé that Apple’s extremely and fanatic close nature is the main hindrance in achieving this communication. In its neurotic persistence on the privacy and security, Apple locks the app and put them in a shell of the sandbox when someone uses them suspiciously. It makes them unable to have any impact on other applications. As compared to Android, which is flexible and open to be modified, for Apple, the inter app communication is not an intrinsic or something which comes very naturally.
Apple has had its filtration with this very concept. One such effort was URL schemes. With them developers tried moving tiny data between applications. But due to its complexity and bulky nature, the experiment proved short lived. Another notable mention is the XPC, which was a Mac’s inter processor communication method. Remaining true to its secretive nature, Apple kept it personal and non accessible to the development community. Even current versions of iOS is trying to create the illusion of inter application communication via Open and share sheets where users can transfer the data.
It needs to be understood that it’s not a luxury, but a need to have your applications talking to each other. Just imagine a scenario where you can click pictures and will be able to upload them to various social media sites without having to save and access them while posting for an individual site. Certainly it will save the space and time, which in turn increase the user experience and activity.