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iOS 8 is the eighth version of Apple's iOS mobile operating system. It was announced at the company's Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on June 2, 2014 and was released to the public on September 17, 2014. The ios8 tag should be used for questions specific to Apple's iOS 8 operating system. General iOS questions should use the ios tag.

The biggest developer release yet with more than 4,000 new APIs. (See iOS 8 API Differences) iOS 8 allows developers to further customize the user experience with major extensibility features additions:

  • Notification Center widgets
  • Third-party keyboards
  • App extensions

This release also introduces robust frameworks such as:

  • HealthKit
  • HomeKit
  • LocalAuthentication
  • Photos
  • CloudKit

iOS 8 also includes Metal, a new graphics technology that maximizes the performance of the A7 chip with 10x performance and Swift, a powerful new programming language. SceneKit framework is introduced to build apps with 3D graphics and with high performance. Unified storyboard makes it easier to develop the interface for both iPhone and iPad with orientation and different screen size as well.

iOS and OS X introduces a new feature Handoff that extends the user experience of continuity across devices. Handoff enables users to begin an activity on one device, then switch to another device and resume the same activity on the other device.

Compatibility

iOS 8 supports the following devices:

  • Phone 4S
  • iPhone 5
  • iPhone 5S
  • iPhone 5C
  • iPhone 6
  • iPhone 6 Plus
  • iPhone 6S
  • iPhone 6S Plus
  • iPad 2
  • iPad 3
  • iPad 4
  • iPad Air
  • iPad Mini
  • iPad Mini 2
  • iPad Mini 3
  • iPad Mini 4
  • iPod Touch 5G

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Xcode iOS 8 Keyboard types not supported

I have a UITextField Ctrl-dragged as an @Outlet in my .swift class. Now in viewDidLoad i'm using this code self.myTextField.keyboardType = UIKeyboardType.DecimalPad When i launch my app on simulator and click on the UITextField i got this log …
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UITableView dynamic cell heights only correct after some scrolling

I have a UITableView with a custom UITableViewCell defined in a storyboard using auto layout. The cell has several multiline UILabels. The UITableView appears to properly calculate cell heights, but for the first few cells that height isn't properly…
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Is it possible to obtain a dynamic table view section header height using Auto Layout?

New in iOS 8, you can obtain 100% dynamic table view cells by simply setting the estimated row height, then layout your elements in the cell using Auto Layout. If the content increases in height, the cell will also increase in height. This is…
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WKWebView not loading local files under iOS 8

For previous iOS 8 betas, load a local web app (in Bundle) and it works fine for both UIWebView and WKWebView, and I even ported a web game using the new WKWebView API. var url = NSURL(fileURLWithPath:NSBundle.mainBundle().pathForResource("car",…
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UIAlertController custom font, size, color

I am using new UIAlertController for showing alerts. I have this code: // nil titles break alert interface on iOS 8.0, so we'll be using empty strings UIAlertController *alert = [UIAlertController alertControllerWithTitle: title == nil ? @"": title…
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What is the entry point of swift code execution?

There is no main() method in swift. The program must start the execution from somewhere. So what is the entry point of swift code execution and how is it decided?
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How to present popover properly in iOS 8

I'm trying to add a UIPopoverView to my Swift iOS 8 app, but I am unable to access the PopoverContentSize property, as the popover does not show in the correct shape. my code: var popover: UIPopoverController? = nil func addCategory() { …
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Adaptive segue in storyboard Xcode 6. Is push deprecated?

Xcode 6 interface builder by default has new checkbox "use size classes". It makes views adaptive. When I try to make segue between 2 views in my storyboard I have new options: instead old: Now we have "show" and "present modally" instead of…
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Ask for User Permission to Receive UILocalNotifications in iOS 8

I have set up local notifications in the App Delegate Using this: - (void)applicationDidEnterBackground:(UIApplication *)application { UILocalNotification *notification = [[UILocalNotification alloc]init]; [notification setAlertBody:@"Watch…
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Disable a Button

I want to disable a button (UIButton) on iOS after it is clicked. I am new to developing for iOS but I think the equivalent code on objective - C is this: button.enabled = NO; But I couldn't do that on swift.
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Enterprise App Update Distribution on iOS 8

I have an enterprise app that I'm distributing via an itms URL: itms-services://?action=download-manifest&url=itms-services://?action=download-manifest&url=https://$MY_PLIST_URL.plist On iOS 7, both downloads and updates work fine. On iOS 8,…
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Determine if the access to photo library is set or not - PHPhotoLibrary

With the new functionality in iOS 8, if you are using a camera in the app, it will ask for permission to access the camera and then when you try to retake the pic, it asks for permission to access photo library. Next time when I launch the app, I…
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Why can't I call the default super.init() on UIViewController in Swift?

I am not using a UIViewController from a storyboard and I want to have a custom init function where I pass in an NSManagedObjectID of some object. I just want to call super.init() like I have in Objective-C. Like this: init(objectId:…
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What is the "right" way to handle orientation changes in iOS 8?

Can someone please tell me the "right" or "best" approach to working with portrait and landscape interface orientations in iOS 8? It seems that all the functions I want to use for that purpose are deprecated in iOS 8, and my research has turned up…
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Attributed string with custom fonts in storyboard does not load correctly

We are using custom fonts in our project. It works well in Xcode 5. In Xcode 6, it works in plain text, attributed string in code. But those attributed strings set in storyboard all revert to Helvetica when running on simulator or device, although…
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