The iOS App Group Container is a protected folder for sharing content with trusted apps. The most common use it to exchange information between the main App and a shared extension.
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Music player controls in iOS 8 today widget
I'm trying to implement a sample iOS 8 today widget that includes a music player controls, the app is a basic music app with background-audio enabled.
I looked a lot around to find a way for notifying containing app, but I didn't find any!.
The…
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Unable to add a TTF font for Photo Editing Extension
I am attempting to make a TTF font file available to my main application and also in my photo editing extension. But the font isn't found when I attempt to access it by name in the extension, although it works in the main app.
I've selected the TTF…
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What is the expected lifecycle of iOS 8 App Group directories?
I am starting to investigate iOS 8 extensions, and I see that App Groups are the mechanism provided to pass data between the host app and the extension. This data sharing can be done with NSUserDefaults, flat files, and core data. When you setup…
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How to upload in ios app extension
How to upload using AFNetworking in ios app extension?
apple's example uses NSURLSession, can you explain to me how this works?
- (void)didSelectPost {
NSExtensionItem *imageItem = [self.extensionContext.inputItems lastObject];
// Verify that we…
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Best practice for developing app extensions in iOS 8 beta
I'm wondering what the best practices are when it comes to developing app extensions now during the beta of iOS 8. What I mean is that since XCode 5 doesn't support the entitlements and the targets required for an app extension (App groups, widget…
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How can developers find third party companies that provide shared data using app groups on ios?
I understand that app groups offer the abilities for apps to share data such as NSUserdefaults across two applications. If I'm misunderstanding app groups then please correct me. If not, then what is the best way of finding third party companies…
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Is there way to get list of installed app on device, which is able to share and receive text data
Like for sharing text data with Whatsapp code is below.
i want to know all installed apps on device which is able to get text data, like below mention code.
NSString * msg = @"YOUR MSG"; NSString * urlWhats = [NSString…
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