Yesterday we publish an article in which we talked about 30 functions that Apple did not tell us about in the WWDC 2016 keynote. Today we are going to do the same, but with another type of software that is probably as important or even more than the news that Apple may have introduced in iOS 10. These are the tools for developers, such as the one that will allow them to integrate Siri with their applications and that will make our virtual assistant a very important step forward.
As the following list are developer tools and it does not function for users, I have preferred not to translate it. Of course, I will try to explain what a few of these tools that are already available will be used for. For example, what I have explained in the previous paragraph about integrating third-party applications with Siri will be possible thanks to the tool SirikitWhile VoIP Extensions will allow messaging applications that include the function of making calls to appear in the cards of our contacts in the Telephone application (or Contacts).
IOS 10 Developer Tools
Of the following, in bold you have the tools that they did talk about at WWDC16.
- Contacts
- Interactive Notifications
- CacheDelete
- SmartCard API
- Window Tabs
- SiriKit Payments
- SiriKit VoIP calling
- Data sensor camera
- Live information
- Recent addresses
- Sirikit
- SceneKit physically based rendering
- Siri Kit Messaging
- iCloud for Developer ID
- SiriKit ride booking
- Xcode source editor extensions
- Replay Kit Live
- Book-a-ride extension
- Live Photos editing
- Apple Pay on the web
- SiriKit photo search
- iMessage apps
- Smaller Xcode download
- Xcode editor extensions
- map extensions
- spam alert extension
- HomeKit Air Purifier
- Native VoIP experience
- Xcode FPS gauge
- Live Photos capture
- iMessage extensions
- xcode thread sanitizer
- Speech Recognition
- HomeKit Doorbell
- Reservations Maps extension
- HomeKit accessories
- HomeKit Air Conditioning
- User notifications
- VoIP extensions
- wide color
- CarPlay Maps instrument cluster
- Stickers
- GridView
- HomeKit Camera
- CloudKit sharing
- RAW photoediting
- Siri Kit Workouts
- memory debugger
- Pixar USD model support
- meta tesselation
Something that strikes me is the «Cache Delete» tool. Logically, without being a developer or having access to this tool I cannot know exactly how it will work, but I imagine that in iOS 10 it will be easier clear cache of the applications. For example, when we use Twitter, to make things go faster, the application saves a lot of information, sometimes too much. The solution could be "Cache Delete".
Another tool that photographers will particularly like is "Raw Photo editing", which will allow them to edit the RAW image digital file format. "CloudKit Sharing" has all the earmarks of being similar to how we can share files from Dropbox, something we can do by sending a link. I have read something about "ReplayKit Live" and it seems that we will be able to broadcast our games live on iOS like the ones they broadcast on Twitch.
As I mentioned before, developers are very important to every operating system, and they know that well in Cupertino. These 50 tools are a good example of this.
