Unlike the WWDC held by Apple every year, today is the Apple event any gearhead wants to sit and watch – even if you aren’t a developer. New iPhones, new iPads, new Macbooks – there will be no shortage of hardware news coming from\u00a0Steve Jobs Way, Cupertino, CA.<\/p>\n
Here is all we know so far, which is largely speculatory -but some of this is founded on actual releases already in the wild.<\/p>\n
What time does the Apple event officially start?<\/h2>\n
Apple\u2019s 2019 iPhone event begins at 10 a.m. PT \/ 12 p.m. CST \/ 1 p.m. ET.\u00a0<\/p>\n
How to watch the Apple event<\/h2>\n
Everyone can watch this time thanks to a new live Youtube stream (yes -Android users too): Here is the Apple event YouTube link: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=996wliAI_y4<\/p>\n
What Apple hardware is going to be released?<\/h2>\n
We are expecting to see the new iPhone 11, maybe an iPhone 11 “Pro”, and even an XR competitor. Along with a new iPad, new Apple Watch, new Apple TV, along with misc other gadgets such as a Bluetooth tracker that rumors to work similarly to the Tile trackers.<\/p>\n
iPhone Camera<\/h2>\n
One of the bigger changes expected to the Apple iPhone hardware is a new camera system. We aren’t entirely sure what to expect\u00a0as far as F\/ stops, or ISO ranges here, but we do think there is a new camera that bumps off the back of the iPhone further than before. Our wish list would be a backward-facing\u00a03D scanning camera with enhanced\u00a0depth perception so I can make copies of things to send straight to the 3D printer!<\/p>\n
iOS announcements expected<\/h2>\n
They will also be announcing the Apple Watch 5, iOS 13, watchOS 6 and iPadOS.<\/p>\n
We are imagining tons (and I mean tons) of new security features across the spectrum of iOS, which comes with major implications to developers – especially those with apps that have processes like GPS location that runs in the background.<\/p>\n
New 16″ Macbook pro (you’ll want one)<\/h2>\n
Just take my money. seriously, I’ve missed my 17″ MBP but don’t miss the weight and overall footprint of it. If they are releasing a new MBP with an edge-to-edge screen, I’m in.<\/p>\n
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What Apple iOS developers should be listening for and taking notes on<\/h2>\nMacOS\u00a0Catilina<\/h3>\n
Want to run iPad apps on your Mac? You’ll need macOS Catalina (version 10.15), which will be the sixteenth major release of macOS, Apple’s desktop operating system for Macintosh computers. It is the successor to macOS Mojave.<\/p>\n
Can you run Catilina on your existing Macbook? It’s slated to be compatible with:
\nMacBook 2015 and later
\nMacBook Air 2012 or later
\nMacBook Pro 2012 or later
\nMac Mini 2012 or later
\niMac 2012 or later
\niMac Pro 2017 or later
\nMac Pro 2013 or later<\/p>\n
iOS 13<\/h2>\n
iOS 13 is going to cause a rift across the entire developer arena we think. There are changes in many areas. We already know about the lockdown of background services that Apple seems to now reserve for their own use only, but other things to be aware of that are coming include:<\/p>\n
ARKit 3, Reality Composer, and RealityKit<\/p>\n
Core ML 3 and the new Create ML app<\/p>\n
App sign in using Apple ID’s<\/p>\n
New Siri shortcuts<\/p>\n
Dark Mode<\/p>\n
SwiftUI<\/strong> Background Tasks<\/strong> Multiple UI Instances<\/strong> SF Symbols<\/strong> Camera Capture<\/strong> Combine <\/strong> Bring Your iPad App to Mac<\/strong> Core Haptics<\/strong> Apple CryptoKit<\/strong> MetricKit<\/strong> PencilKit<\/strong> Vision \/ VisionKit<\/strong> Metal<\/strong> Core Data<\/strong> Core NFC<\/strong>
\nFramework provides views, controls, and layout structures for declaring your app\u2019s user interface.<\/p>\n
\nThe background tasks ability will let you update app content in the background using a more “formal” way<\/p>\n
\nCreate and manage multiple instances of your app\u2019s user interface simultaneously, and switch between them using the app switcher<\/p>\n
\nThink of these like “Font Awesome” for iPhones.Symbol images give you a consistent set of icons to use in your app, and ensure that those icons adapt to different sizes and to app-specific content.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nNew AVCaptureMultiCamSession and AVSemanticSegmentationMatte are what to take note of here, as they allow you to capture hair, skin, and teeth segmentation mattes in photos – plus loads more of course (like being able to record a video using the front and back cameras simultaneously).<\/p>\n
\nCombine is a new framework that provides a declarative Swift API for processing values over time.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nJust select the “Mac” checkbox in the project settings of your iPad app, and you can run it on your Mac!<\/p>\n
\nThe new Core Haptics framework that lets you compose and play haptic patterns to customize your app\u2019s haptic feedback. I see this getting very little attention.<\/p>\n
\nThe new Apple CryptoKit framework to perform common cryptographic operations<\/p>\n
\nMetricKit is a new framework that gives you on-device power and performance metrics about your app captured by the system, which you can use to improve the performance of your app.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nThe new PencilKit framework makes it easy to incorporate hand-drawn content into your app quickly and easily.<\/p>\n
\nWith the new VisionKit framework, your app can let users scan documents using the device\u2019s camera, like those you capture in the Notes app.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nThis will be an update to the existing Metal framework.<\/p>\n
\nSyncing core data with Cloudkit<\/p>\n
\nTile probably doesn’t like this one, \u00a0but apps can now support tag writing, including writing to NDEF formatted tags. The framework also provides supports for reading and writing tags using native protocols such as ISO 7816, MIFARE, ISO 15693, and FeliCa.<\/p>\n