preparing your app for ios 8

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YOUR HOSTS

Ryan CarlsonTechnology Evangelist

@ryancarlson

Jon RexeisenSenior iOS Developer

@rexeisen


WHO IS THIS TALK FOR?

PRODUCT MANAGERS WITH EXISTING APPS

STAKEHOLDERS BUILDING NEW APPS

ENTREPRENEURS WITH AN IDEA FOR AN APP


OVERVIEW1

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iOS 8 at 10,000 Feet

Updating Existing iOS Apps

A Typical App Upgrade

Building New Apps in iOS 8

Tips For Keeping Up With iOS5


DISCLAIMER (what the webinar won’t cover)


iOS 8 AT 10,000 FEET

CHAPTER 1 OF X


NO SURPRISES Death, taxes, and a new iOS update every year– things we can always count on.

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NEW FEATURES, NEW TOOLS, AND NEW EXPECTATIONS

DevUX


HARDWARE SUPPORT UPDATE

iPod Touch (5th Gen)

iPad 2 iPad 3 iPad 4 iPad Air iPad mini iPad mini 2

iPhone 5ciPhone 5siPhone 5iPhone 4s


UPDATING EXISTING iOS APPS

CHAPTER X OF X


BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY: Your Options for Legacy Support

Options for Consumers You can build-in Backwards Compatibility (hard to justify)

iOS 6 iOS 7 iOS 8iOS 5iOS 4

Options for Enterprise Apps Control the hardware and prevent upgrades/ self publishing


WILL I NEED TO UPGRADE TO iOS 8? If so, when will that happen?


MAKING THE TRANSITION LESS PAINFUL FOR UPDATING YOUR APP

Updating from iOS 7 to iOS 8 will be low-risk for most mobile apps




Always be updating your apps as major fixes come out





Avoid OS leapfrog - update with each new iOS





Drop support for older version of iOS

Avoid OS leapfrog - update with each new iOS


Keyboard Controls and Predictive Text

IMPACT OF iOS 7 APPS ON iOS 8 HARDWARE


A TYPICAL APP-UPGRADE

CHAPTER X OF X


Intake / Audit

TYPICAL iOS APP UPDATE ROADMAP

Submit to App Store

4

Development / QA

3

Evaluation of New Features

21


Identify Specific Audit

Requests

Document and Present

Findings

App Audit

2

1 INTAKE AND AUDIT SPECIFICS


EVALUATE FEATURES

LOW-EFFORT

HIGH-EFFORT

2

1


EVALUATION OF NEW LOW-EFFORT FEATURES

ACTIONABLE NOTIFICATIONS

THIRD PARTY EXTENSIONS

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1


EXAMPLE.1 CLASS SIZE

EXAMPLE.2 CUSTOM

EXTENSIONS

2

1 EVALUATION OF FEATURES REQUIRING MORE EFFORT


BETTER SOCIAL SHARING OPTIONS

(EXTENSIONS)

PRODUCT OWNERS WILL FIND A LOT OF VALUABLE UPDATES IN iOS 8

iTUNES CONNECT AND BETTER ANALYTICS

NATIVE USE OF INDOOR MAPS


To rebuild or not to rebuild…

DEVELOPMENT & QA

Every developer wants to start from scratch



DEVELOPMENT & QA


Most apps can be updated from iOS7



DEVELOPMENT & QA


You may be forced to pay off your technical debt

Most apps can be updated from iOS7


CHAPTER X OF X

BUILDING NEW APPS IN iOS 8


COMMON QUESTIONSShould I be considering iOS 7 devices that run my iOS 8 app? Will things break?



What should I be considering in regards to my roadmap and release dates for iOS 8?




Is there a ‘danger zone’ in which it would be foolish to begin development?




Is there a ‘danger zone’ in which it would be foolish to begin development?

What impact will there be on users that have iPhone 4?


IS SWIFT GOING TO BE AN ISSUE?


THE BASICS

1 Swift and Objective-C are not mutually exclusive

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THE BASICS


2 2+ years away from regular use in project work

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THE BASICS


2 2+ years away from regular use in project work

3 iOS developers will be experimenting in the interim


CHAPTER X OF X

TIPS FOR KEEPING UP WITH iOS

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BEST PRACTICES1

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Technical Debt and Agility


BEST PRACTICES1

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Supporting legacy code, features, devices


BEST PRACTICES1

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Letting features distract from the product vision


BEST PRACTICES1

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Budgeting for next years iOS update (maintenance plans in roadmap)


BEST PRACTICES1

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Technical debt and agility



Budgeting for next years iOS update (maintenance plans in roadmap)

Understanding the tick and tock of Apple (cont.)


ONE MORE THING…


KEEPING THE BEAT WITH APPLE DEVELOPMENT

Consumer Developer

iOS 2

iOS 4

iOS 6

iOS 1

iOS 3

iOS 5

iOS 7

iOS 8

iOS 9

No developer program



Consumer Developer

iOS 2

iOS 4

iOS 6

iOS 1

iOS 3

iOS 5

iOS 7

iOS 8

iOS 9

First release of App Store



Copy/Paste, MMS, etc.


Consumer Developer

iOS 2

iOS 4

iOS 6

iOS 1

iOS 5

iOS 7

iOS 8

iOS 9

iOS 3







Multitasking & Databases


Consumer Developer

iOS 2

iOS 4

iOS 6

iOS 1

iOS 3

iOS 5

iOS 7

iOS 8

iOS 9







Consumer Developer

iOS 2

iOS 4

iOS 6

iOS 1

New Home screen, Siri, built-in app improvements

iOS 3

iOS 5

iOS 7

iOS 8

iOS 9







Autolayout & Passbook


Consumer Developer

iOS 2

iOS 4

iOS 6

iOS 1

iOS 3

iOS 5

iOS 7

iOS 8

iOS 9








Flat user design


Consumer Developer

iOS 2

iOS 4

iOS 6

iOS 1

iOS 3

iOS 5

iOS 7

iOS 8

iOS 9








Flat user design

Class Size, Extensions, Swift


Consumer Developer

iOS 2

iOS 4

iOS 6

iOS 1

iOS 3

iOS 5

iOS 7

iOS 8

iOS 9








Flat user design

ClassSize, Extensions, Swift

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Consumer Developer

iOS 2

iOS 4

iOS 6

iOS 1

iOS 3

iOS 5

iOS 7

iOS 8

iOS 9

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