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iOS 6 was announced by Apple on June 11, 2012 and released on September 19th, 2012. It runs all iPhones from 3GS and up.

iOS 6 was announced by Apple on June 11, 2012, and released on September 19th, 2012. It has been succeeded by , which was released on September 18, 2013. iOS6 is compatible with the following devices:

  • iPhone: iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S and iPhone 5
  • iPad: iPad 2nd, 3rd, and 4th generation and iPad mini
  • iPod: iPod Touch 4th and 5th generation

This update provides more than 200 new features, including a new Maps application, Siri updates, Siri for iPad (3rd generation), Facebook integration, PassBook, Shared Photo Streams, Mail has VIPs and pull to refresh, refreshed store apps, guided access feature for children/accessibility and many more.

For a complete rundown of the new features, visit Apple iOS 6.

Find out what's new, the update notes, or the release notes. The API differences compared to iOS 5.1 can be found here.

See for further information.

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Clear iOS 6 image thumbnail

Since iOS 6 it is possible to use the to access the photo library. I use this to upload images to a wall, through an UIWebView. Works fine. The input element is kinda nicely implemented by Apple, with a small auto-generated…
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iOS 6: UITableView Edit and Autoresizing

Hi Could someone please help me to understand how to layout table cell's components automatically while editing in iOS 6.0? I have set AutoLayout FALSE for UITableViewCell Autosizing option set to top right in Attributes Inspector! Cell's right side…
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iOS 6 Game Center Crash on Authentication

I am building a game in Cocos2d-iPhone, and while I was updating to iOS 6, I noticed that Apple changed the way Game Center authentication is done, using authenticateHandler instead of authenticateWithCompletionHandler. I added the new…
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How to get native Facebook login on iOS using SDK 3.1?

I downloaded the new Facebook iOS SDK 3.1, which promises to have a native login prompt. I ran their sample login app on my iOS 6 device. When I attempted to connect with Facebook, I did not get a native login. Instead, the Facebook app launched -…
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NSLocalization on xCode 4.5 and iOS 6

Is there any way to use Localizable.strings with NSLocalizedString(@"KEY", @"") in xCode 4.5 for iOS6 like in older iOS5? Here is my sample code: In Localizable.strings "KEY" = "Hello World!"; In .m script NSString *tempString =…
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iOS 6: What changed that made this View Controller Hierarchy break?

The following is in my AppDelegate: self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]]; customViewController = [[CustomViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"CustomViewController" bundle:nil]; self.navigationController…
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Required background modes iOS6 Xcode 4.5

I've noticed that in Xcode 4.5 and iOS6 'required background modes' - 'app plays audio' doesn't work! Has anybody else noticed this if so have you found a fix? Thanks.
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Limit Ad Tracking and Ad sdks

I am trying to understand the new "Limit ad tracking" feature in iOS. I have to implement a couple of ad sdks into my app. Within these sdks I need to pass certain information like current user location, name, gender, a unique user id etc to deploy…
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ABAddressBookGetAuthorizationStatus in simulator always returns kABAuthorizationStatusAuthorized

I am updating an app for iOS 6 Address Book authorization and have hit a problem in testing. The simulator always returns that authorization is granted. This means I do not see the dialog popup requesting permission and can therefore not test that…
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In iOS6, UIViewController's view position is wrong at app launch

IEverything works fine before iOS 6. I have a UIViewController subclass in a UINavigationController as usual. Its view is shrinking down about 20 px as if there is another status bar up top. When I push and pop the view back. The view went back to…
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iOS 6 MPMoviePlayerViewController and presentMoviePlayerViewControllerAnimated Rotation

In previous iOS versions, our video would rotate automatically but in iOS 6 this is no longer the case. I know that the presentMoviePlayerViewControllerAnimated was designed to do that before but how can I tell the MPMoviePlayerViewController to…
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UIToolbar at the bottom not working in Retina 4 simulator

I know it sounds a bit odd but perhaps someone has experienced the same too. If I have a UIToolbar placed at the bottom of a Retina 4 sized xib (548 size) it does not work in the simulator (buttons show no reaction). However if I place it a bit…
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how to show locations in ios 6 apple maps with sharedApplication

in my app in ios 5 i have a button name show in map forexample in a store detail view there is a showinmap button and this button goes to maps.google to show the user's current direction and the store direction and also it draws a line between these…
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NSURLConnectionDownloadDelegate expectedTotalBytes Zero in iOS 6

I have an issue with the connection:didWriteData:totalBytesWritten:expectedTotalBytes: method of the NSURLConnectionDownloadDelegate under iOS 6. Under iOS 5 Simulator it works just fine, giving me the right expectedTotalBytes value. On iOS 6…
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mkmapview custom callout bubble ios6

I'm encountering a mystery issue when selecting a pin in the mapview iOS6 BTW, it works correctly in iOS 5, i'm not sure what they changed in the map of iOS 6 that produce this issue. NOTE that when I click on the map, the callout directly go over…
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