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iOS 6 |OT| New Maps? googy pls

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Macho Madness

Member
The Lamonster said:
Does iOS 6 allow you to move "Newsstand" to a folder? That bugs the shit out of me on iOS 5.

I'd also like to see a weather app that lists the current temp on the icon. Is that possible?
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Might be possible,but Apple doesn't allow it. Best bet is Fahrenheit or Celcius, which displays the current weather as a notification counter on the icon.
 
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noah111

Still Alive
rkn said:
Next thing you'll be asking for is widgets and live wallpapers.
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Or worse yet, wallpapers for notification center/folders/switcher. :lol

But I don't see how taxing it could be to allow a single app to have a live icon like the Calendar app does, but for weather. Have a refresh setting for every 15-60 minutes.
 
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Auron_Kale

Member
The Lamonster said:
I'd also like to see a weather app that lists the current temp on the icon. Is that possible?
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I wish that Apple used a different service for their weather than weather.com as it always seems inaccurate to me. I prefer accuweather really. And a live icon for the weather would be nice.
 
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btkadams

Member
The Lamonster said:
Does iOS 6 allow you to move "Newsstand" to a folder? That bugs the shit out of me on iOS 5.

I'd also like to see a weather app that lists the current temp on the icon. Is that possible?
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i'm pretty sure there is a glitch way of doing this. at least, i remember seeing a guide for it for ipad recently. you don't need to jailbreak or anything. you just do something weird while dragging an item into a folder and you can have it drag the newstand in.

actually, since it was a bug that allowed you to do this, it could have been fixed in the most recent ios update.
 
T

Tunesmith

formerly "chigiri"
The Lamonster said:
Does iOS 6 allow you to move "Newsstand" to a folder? That bugs the shit out of me on iOS 5.

I'd also like to see a weather app that lists the current temp on the icon. Is that possible?
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Sentry said:
Or worse yet, wallpapers for notification center/folders/switcher. :lol

But I don't see how taxing it could be to allow a single app to have a live icon like the Calendar app does, but for weather. Have a refresh setting for every 15-60 minutes.
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The existing Weather widget pretty much accomplishes the same thing. Not as instant as a live icon but faster than opening the app.
 
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noah111

Still Alive
mescalineeyes said:
Pretty much. Also, how often do you need to know the weather *right this second* ... or what else do you want it to show?
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You're right, ultimately that's what it comes down to, but somehow people have convinced themselves that they actually need a weather widget on their lock/homescreen at all times.

I think this was born out of the need for cool looking widgets early on, and the only thing that kept delivering are those pretty weather widgets with forecast icons and transparent rain, etc.
 
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lupinko

Member
Dunno if this is new, but it looks like iOS6 now gives you the option to complete your album via iTunes in the music player.

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noah111

Still Alive
Wait wtf, I just realized Apple removed (in beta 2) the beautifully seamless status bar view in Safari when in tabs mode. WHY!!? It looked great and made the screen almost feel bigger when viewing tabs. I was looking forward to that being implemented in more apps, too. :/
 
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hirokazu

Member
Sentry said:
Wait wtf, I just realized Apple removed (in beta 2) the beautifully seamless status bar view in Safari when in tabs mode. WHY!!? It looked great and made the screen almost feel bigger when viewing tabs. I was looking forward to that being implemented in more apps, too. :/
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Yeah, that was one of the first things I noticed in beta 2. I'd be up for beta 3 any day now. I'm kinda sick of the iPad losing Wi-Fi and then hard crashing every day. >_>
 
F

Fowler

Member
hirokazu said:
Yeah, that was one of the first things I noticed in beta 2. I'd be up for beta 3 any day now. I'm kinda sick of the iPad losing Wi-Fi and then hard crashing every day. >_>
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I want beta 3 bad. My Facetime is broken, my iMessage is broken, and I have no notifications anymore. It's um... yeah. If I wasn't holding out for it being released today I'd have gone back to iOS 5.
 
T

Tunesmith

formerly "chigiri"
Mecha_Infantry said:
Any word on the delay?

Also what will we be expecting?
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There's been no delay, Apple doesn't have a schedule for beta releases other than "within the expiry time frame of the current build", which expires July 31st. Last week's "oh it's coming tomorrow!" estimate was just based on the fact it took 2 weeks exactly between beta 1-2.

Beta 3 will have the following new features: bug fixes.
 
P

pxleyes

Banned
Oooo. In the notification center, calendar events for the current day not only show start times but now also show the ending time underneath just faded.


edit: Already feels more stable. Apps that weren't working before are lightning fast...no crashes so far.
 
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btkadams

Member
pxleyes said:
Oooo. In the notification center, calendar events for the current day not only show start times but now also show the ending time underneath just faded.


edit: Already feels more stable. Apps that weren't working before are lightning fast...no crashes so far.
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apps that weren't working before? is anyone able to check air video or sims freeplay?
 
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badcrumble

Member
Oh hey, in beta 3, Maps now shows all of the MTA stops in Manhattan. No transit directions yet, but I suspect they'll be ready before launch.
 
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numble

Member
Subway stop icons have a different marker and seem to take higher precedence when being displayed along with other data.
 
C

CrunchinJelly

formerly cjelly
Release notes are up. There's a lot of boring changes for devs, I've edited out most of it.

They don't seem to list many fixes.

Apple TV
• In some cases, the screen may show the wrong resolution. Restart your Apple TV to return it to the correct resolution.
• FIXED: Netflix videos may not resume where you left off.
• FIXED: The History list in the YouTube app gets cleared when you exit and reenter the app.
• Apple TV may be slow to respond while a download is in progress in the background.
• Apple TV may restart while using the Remote app.
• Apple TV may restart when changing the system language.
• Photo Stream does not load when logging in a second time. Restart Apple TV to resolve.
• Music does not play during photo slideshows.
• New Behaviors:
Pick remote speakers in Settings > AirPlay.
Set an onscreen code for AirPlay in Settings > AirPlay.
Save multiple iTunes Store accounts in Settings > iTunes Store.
Press and hold the Select button to rearrange icons on the main menu.
Hide the main menu icons in Settings > General > Parental Controls.

Dictionary
• There is a known issue with dictionaries when attempting to define a word in any language other than English or Japanese. When the reference library is presented, the user is presented with the option to download a dictionary - that download may not begin. The user can tap outside the popover on an iPad or tap the "Done" button on the iPhone or iPod touch in order to dismiss the download request.

Game Center
• When creating a new Game Center account in-app on the iPad, the popover for selecting the month for your date of birth shows up with no content to select.
• The authenticate method of GKLocalPlayer has been removed. Authentication will automatically commence when the completion handler is set.

iCloud
• When creating an iCloud account, you can use any email based Apple ID, or you can use your existing iCloud account. If you had a MobileMe account that you have not yet moved to iCloud, you must move it first by visiting http://me.com. Moving to iCloud is only available for a limited time. Logging into a MobileMe account is not supported in iOS 6.
icloud.com email addresses are now available for iCloud mail users. Users signing up for new Apple IDs, or enabling Mail on their iCloud account for the first time, will automatically receive an @icloud.com email address instead of a me.com email address. iCloud users with @me.com addresses that have been used with iOS 6 beta 3 will receive an @icloud.com email address that matches their @me.com address.
icloud.com email cannot be sent from www.icloud.com. Users should use http://beta.icloud.com at this time if they wish to send email from their icloud.com address using a web browser.
• Provisioning profiles must be enabled for iCloud in the iOS Provisioning Portal. To enable a provisioning profile for iCloud, navigate to the App ID section of the iOS Provisioning Portal and configure your App ID for iCloud. After enabling the App ID for iCloud, regenerate your provisioning profiles to enable them for iCloud.
• The setSortDescriptors: method of NSMetadataQuery is not supported.
• In iOS 6, files that are protected via Data Protection cannot be used with iCloud Storage APIs.
• File names are case-insensitive in OS X but case-sensitive in iOS. This can lead to problems when sharing files between the two platforms using iCloud. You should take steps on iOS to avoid creating files whose names differ only by case.
• The behavior of coordinated read operations on iCloud Documents has changed. On previous iOS releases, when your app performed a coordinated read operation on a file or package, and the iCloud daemon noticed that there was a newer version of the item available, the coordinated read operation blocked until the newer version of the item was downloaded and written to the disk.
Starting in iOS 6 beta 3, when you start a coordinated read operation on a file or package for which you already have a local version, the coordinated read will be granted as soon as possible, and the new version, if any, will download in the background. This call will block for downloading reasons only if you do not have any version of the file available locally.
Additionally, when the file is conflicted, the iCloud daemon will not wait until it has all the conflict losers of the file available to make the file available to your app. It will make the different versions of the conflicted file available as soon as it can. Your app can use the existing file coordination and the UIDocument callbacks to be notified when the conflict losers have been downloaded and are available.

iMessage & FaceTime
• FIXED: The Answer and Decline buttons are missing when receiving calls in landscape orientations.

iTunes
• iTunes 10.6.3 is required for iOS SDK 6.0.
• FIXED: When restoring from an iTunes backup, the device intermittently shows up as a new device after rebooting. If that happens, set up the device as a “new device” when prompted to restore for the 2nd time. All data should have been restored correctly but sync settings including App arrangement in iTunes are lost.
Maps
• In iOS 6 and later, Map Kit is built on a new infrastructure hosted by Apple. Earlier iOS releases will continue to use Google’s service.
API compatibility will be maintained (see known issues below).
Maps are now supported in the Simulator.
Map data will continue to evolve—only a limited amount of high resolution satellite imagery is currently available.
• FIXED: If Maps is not running in the background, a "Maps cannot connect to the internet" error is displayed when it is launched from a 3rd party app.
• FIXED: If Maps has not yet been launched, the current location does not show up when it is launched from a 3rd-party app.
• Routing apps that do not specify a coverage file during development will always be displayed in the Maps routing search results.
• Testing and debugging of coverage files for routing apps is only supported during development through the Xcode "Run" workflow. (You can specify the coverage file for a given Run scheme using the Options pane of the Run section of the scheme editor.) Apps that are archived and distributed (outside of the App Store) onto devices will not have access to the app's coverage files.
• Maps does not zoom into the current location when launched from a 3rd party app.

Newsstand
• Only simple http downloads will work with Newsstand.

Passbook
• FIXED: An airplane icon appears between the origin and destination for all transit types.
• The "Description" field is now a required field for a Pass. All passes created without it will fail to validate and will not ingest.
• FIXED: The Passbook database has been reset. You’ll need to add your passes again.
• Passbook in the simulator no longer requires https/ssl when using a webServiceURL when ingesting a pass.
• Unable to show boarding passes on lock screen.

Reminders
• FIXED: There are issues when adding and editing reminders in the Reminders app on iPhone devices:
The Done button is missing when adding a new reminder.
The app crashes when you tap the Edit button to edit a reminder.

Shared Photo Stream
• User must go to Settings > iCloud to ensure that they receive Shared Photo

Stream Notifications.
• In order to share a Photo Stream with iOS 6 beta, you must invite someone using their iCloud email address or they will not receive the invitation.
• Upgrading from iOS 6 beta 1 to beta 2 will cause your device to re-download all of your Shared Photo Streams.
• The Shared Photo Stream feature is set to OFF when updating from iOS 6 beta 1 to a later release. The default setting should be ON.
• Turning off Shared Photo Streams may leave camera in an unresponsive state, force quitting camera will resolve this issue.

Social
• Weibo shows up in the Settings app only if a Chinese keyboard is enabled.

SpringBoard
• FIXED: After restoring a device in iTunes or performing an "Erase All Contents and Settings", the current wallpaper may not appear until the device is rebooted once.

Status Bar
• It is now possible to set status bar tint parameters in your app’s Info.plist file. You might do this to ensure that the status bar color matches the navigation bar color of your app during startup. To set the status bar tint, add the UIStatusBarTintParameters key to your Info.plist file. The value of this key is a dictionary with the appropriate values describing the navigation bar your app has at startup time. Inside the dictionary should be the UINavigationBar key, whose value is also a dictionary. That dictionary contains the initial navigation bar's style (with the Style key) and whether it's translucent (with the Translucent key). If your navigation bar uses them, you can also specify its tint color (with the TintColor key), or the name of its custom background image (with the BackgroundImage key).
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badcrumble

Member
giga said:
Yes, developer documentation and WWDC sessions.
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I know there'll be ties to allow third-party apps to supply transit directions directly to Maps so Apple doesn't need to fuss about it, but I think it's entirely plausible that major markets like New York City or San Francisco or London will get transit directions built into the OS, and IIRC there hasn't been anything to contradict that possibility.
 
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Liu Kang Baking A Pie

Member
badcrumble said:
Do you have an actual source for this apart from the assorted articles speculating about it when iOSb1 came out?
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They spent time at the stage introduction talking about how there are no transit directions and that there's a way to link to 3rd party applications from Maps.

You look up directions, tap the transit icon, and it sends that info to your chosen transit app.
 
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giga

Member
badcrumble said:
I know there'll be ties to allow third-party apps to supply transit directions directly to Maps so Apple doesn't need to fuss about it, but I think it's entirely plausible that major markets like New York City or San Francisco or London will get transit directions built into the OS, and IIRC there hasn't been anything to contradict that possibility.
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Well, I'm going off of what they said. They specifically said in the sessions that they won't be providing transit directions and instead let third parties handle that.

Is there a possibility that they might include it in the final release? Sure, maybe. There's a lot of different possibilities for things they could include. I just don't see them spending resources for a task where they told developers to take up instead.
 
R

rozay

Banned
The Lamonster said:
Does iOS 6 allow you to move "Newsstand" to a folder? That bugs the shit out of me on iOS 5.

I'd also like to see a weather app that lists the current temp on the icon. Is that possible?
Click to expand...
I somehow managed to do this on iOS5 without being jailbroken, but it wasn't something that should've happened as it shows up as a blank icon in the folder icon on the grid. Keep trying!
 
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hirokazu

Member
Sean said:
Weird, on both my iDevices (iPhone 4, iPad 3) this OTA b3 update was just under 400mb. Wonder why yours was so much larger.
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I think he meant he needed that much free space on the device before installing. Makes sense that a 300-400MB update file would need another 1.3GB or so to unpack and move files into place.
 
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hirokazu

Member
in Maps, Sydney CBD now has heeeeeaps of shop labels compared to beta 2. Can't really say the same about the rest of Sydney, but still looks like there's generally more than before.

State or National route numbers are now in a white rectangle instead of green. Dunno why they did that The green stood out well, now it just blends into the rest of maps.
 
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