The new version of Apples’s iOS operating system – iOS 8 has got numerous improvements, and app extensions impacting on how owners of iPhones and iPads use their devices. Be it Notification Center, Share Sheets and into other apps, iOS 8’s app extensions are going to bring about much-needed flexibility changes to the iOS ecosystem.
This post describes about 4 of the new iOS 8 app extensions and how including these in your own apps can significantly improve user experience.
Sharing is an integral part of how we use mobile technology and that’s why share extensions are one of the most hotly-anticipated upgrades to iOS. Until recently, Apple has strictly controlled which apps were allowed access to the ‘Share Sheets’ say iBooks or Messages to share out material through the app.
Action Extensions to Cross-app Functionality
This includes a few buttons like Print, Save to Camera Roll, and Copy to Clipboard only been used by Apple’s apps. With iOS 8 now included an Action inside of this area in order to bring about some significant improvements to app functionality. Action extensions refers that users can spend a lot less time switching between apps to perform functions that should be able to be done inside the app itself.
Storage Provider Extensions for Cloud Service
In recent times, we see enormous growth in the cloud storage space. However it’s never been very easy to make use of these services on an iPhone or iPad. But no worries! iOS 8 addresses these issues with Storage Provider extensions where developers can allow users to save directly to their chosen cloud storage from inside of an app.
Custom Keyboard Extensions
Pretty self-explanatory, can say. This extension allows users to download and install keyboards that operate throughout the entire operating system. If you will have to develop iPhone apps that require a keyboard, IOS8 makes it a breeze. Moreover, for security reasons, custom keyboards won’t work in secure areas such as password fields.
As is obvious, app extensions are going to be a game-changing addition to iOS. So better ensure your iPhone and iPad apps are ready for the future.
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