14 DAY TRIAL // After Tim Cook kicks off WWDC 2012 with a few key announcements, which hopefully include an all-new range of Macintosh computers both portable and desk-bound, attending developers will be able to delve into several coding sessions, including one that focuses on application services.
It may not sound like much at first, but you can bet your dog Apple’s huge pile of frameworks and services will extend your app’s functionality and go beyond the user’s device, “beyond UIKit and AppKit,” according to the Mac makers themselves.
Developers selling apps in the iOS and Mac App Stores will learn from experts how to integrate iCloud with their software so that users can seamlessly access documents and data from all of their connected devices.
Apple’s software engineers will showcase StoreKit, which offers new opportunities for the developer by generating revenue, as well as for the customer by letting them “unlock functionality, download game content, subscribe to services, sign up for automatically renewed subscriptions, and much more—all within a custom storefront presented in your app,” according to Apple.
Other highlights include:
· Hear from experts about how you can leverage Core Location and Map Kit on iOS to let users find others, locate places of interest, and explore the world around them;
· Discover how to integrate with Twitter, Contacts, and Calendar to make content in your app more personally meaningful;
· Find out how you can send emails or text messages from within your own UI without disrupting the flow of your application;
· Understand how to use push and local notifications to keep users up to date at all times or alert them to important events.
Apple confirmed that it would hold the 2012 edition of its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) June 11 through June 15 at San Francisco’s Moscone West.