Singsys blog: iOS

To guarantee that your iOS app provides a fluid and responsive user experience in the fast-paced world of mobile app development, performance optimisation is essential. As users’ expectations continue to rise, even minor performance issues can lead to frustration and a decline in user engagement. 

In this blog, we’ll explore a range of tips and tricks that can help you optimize the performance of your iOS app and provide your users with a stellar experience.

Apple has unveiled iOS 17, a significant update that enhances communication through Phones, FaceTime, and Messages. It simplifies sharing with AirDrop and offers intelligent input to enhance typing speed and accuracy. Additionally, iOS 17 introduces innovative features such as Journal, an app designed to facilitate gratitude practice, and StandBy, a convenient way to access glanceable information while the iPhone is charging and set down.

“With iOS 17, we’ve made iPhone more personal and intuitive by deeply considering the features we all rely on every day,” – Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of Software Engineering.

Mobile app development has become an integral part of businesses in Singapore as it enables companies to reach out to a larger audience and provides convenience to customers. Singapore has seen a rise in mobile app developers in recent years, with many companies offering iOS app development services. With the upcoming release of iOS 17, there is a buzz among mobile app development companies.

iOS 17 is highly anticipated, as previous versions have introduced many sought-after features. The previous iOS 16 update, released in 2022, added a range of improvements including a battery percentage indicator and haptic feedback to the default keyboard. Users also enjoyed lock screen customization options and widgets, as well as the ability to use AI to separate the foreground and background in photos and drag and drop them anywhere. The update also included a continuity camera feature, allowing users to use their iPhone as a webcam.

iOS 16 also offered a range of personalization options, including customizable lock screen fonts and the ability to add preferred wallpaper from personal photos, complete with optional depth effects. Live Text was another notable feature supported for videos. Alongside these updates, Apple launched the Freeform whiteboard app, Apple Music Sing, and end-to-end iCloud encryption in the iOS 16.2 update.

While iOS has been praised for incorporating long-requested features from Android flagships, some features have been notably absent until recent updates. For example, the iPhone 14 Pro lineup of phones now boasts an Always On Display, while battery percentage and keyboard haptics were overdue additions. Widgets were finally introduced with iOS 14 in 2020, with Apple perhaps lagging behind the trend.

This is a question that has been on everyone’s mind for years. We’ve already covered the topic of “iOS vs Android – Which Platform Should Your Business Choose in 2023?”, but today we’ll be discussing something a little different. Rather than comparing the two platforms, we’ll be delving into the development process for each.

Let me guide you through it.

If you’re planning on creating your own app in the near future, the first question you should ask yourself is which operating system you want to develop for: iOS or Android? The entire concept and framework of your app will depend on the operating system you choose, so the decision is critical.

Although the iOS and Android app development processes seem similar, there are actually some differences between the two.

 In this blog, we’ll highlight some of those differences so that you can determine which operating system is the best fit for your app development process.

Swift UI is a UI toolkit that allows us to design applications in a declarative manner. Swift UI assists you with building incredible-looking applications across all Apple platforms with the power of Swift — and as little code as possible. With Swift UI, you can bring surprisingly better experiences to all users, on any Apple gadget, using only one bunch of tools and APIs.

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