What design updates are coming to iOS 18
Generated on 7/31/2024
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iOS 18 introduces several design updates and enhancements. Here are some of the key changes:
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UIKit Enhancements:
- Document Launch Experience: Redesigned launch experience for document-based apps, allowing for full control over launch views and design, and first-class support for template document creation. (What’s new in UIKit)
- Tabs and Sidebar: Major updates to tabs and sidebar, including new API to better describe app hierarchy to
UITabBarControllerand new syntax in SwiftUI forTabView. (What’s new in UIKit) - Fluid Transitions: Support for new fluid transitions across the system. (What’s new in UIKit)
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Home Screen Customization:
- App Icons and Widgets: App icons and widgets can now appear in light, dark, or tinted versions. A tinted version of your app icon will automatically be available to users after they upgrade to iOS 18. (Platforms State of the Union)
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Controls API:
- New Controls API: Allows creation of controls that can be added to the control center, assigned to the action button on iPhone 15 Pro, or appear on the lock screen. (Platforms State of the Union)
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Privacy Enhancements:
- Contacts Access: Improved transparency and control over access to contacts, with a new flow for sharing contacts that provides options for limited or full access. (What’s new in privacy)
These updates aim to enhance the user experience by providing more customization options, improving app launch experiences, and ensuring better privacy controls. For more detailed information, you can refer to the specific sessions mentioned.
Bring your Live Activity to Apple Watch
Bring Live Activities into the Smart Stack on Apple Watch with iOS 18 and watchOS 11. We’ll cover how Live Activities are presented on Apple Watch, as well as how you can enhance their presentation for the Smart Stack. We’ll also explore additional considerations to ensure Live Activities on Apple Watch always present up-to-date information.
Enhanced suggestions for your journaling app
Find out how your journaling app can display journaling suggestions with richer content from the system. Explore new types of available content like state of mind data, reflection prompts, and support for third-party media content and motion-based activities.
What’s new in device management
Learn about the latest management capabilities for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and visionOS, then discover the latest changes to Apple Business Manager and Apple School Manager. We’ll also share updates to Activation Lock, SoftwareUpdate, and Safari management.
What’s new in privacy
At Apple, we believe privacy is a fundamental human right. Learn about new and improved permission flows and other features that manage data in a privacy-preserving way, so that you can focus on creating great app experiences.
What’s new in UIKit
Explore everything new in UIKit, including tab and document launch experiences, transitions, and text and input changes. We’ll also discuss better-than-ever interoperability between UIKit and SwiftUI animations and gestures, as well as general improvements throughout UIKit.
Elevate your tab and sidebar experience in iPadOS
iPadOS 18 introduces a new navigation system that gives people the flexibility to choose between using a tab bar or sidebar. The newly redesigned tab bar provides more space for content and other functionality. Learn how to use SwiftUI and UIKit to enable customization features – like adding, removing and reordering tabs – to enable a more personal touch in your app.
Platforms State of the Union
Discover the newest advancements on Apple platforms.