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Here are some of the new features and updates presented at WWDC 2024 across various sessions:
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StoreKit and In-App Purchase:
- New features in StoreKit and enhancements to the testing experience in Xcode.
- Updates to transaction history APIs to include finished consumables.
- New ways to build merchandising UI using SwiftUI.
- Benefits of updating your app to use StoreKit 2.
- What’s new in StoreKit and In-App Purchase
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UIKit:
- Enhancements in iOS 18, including a redesigned launch experience for document-based apps.
- Major updates to tabs and sidebar.
- Support for new fluid transitions across the system.
- More integrations between UIKit and SwiftUI.
- What’s new in UIKit
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AppKit:
- Improvements in macOS Sequoia.
- System-wide features like advanced writing tools.
- Changes to AppKit for better SwiftUI integration.
- New API refinements.
- What’s new in AppKit
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SwiftUI:
- New features to make apps feel brand new, including a new tab view and mesh gradients.
- Tools to refine apps for every platform.
- Improvements to foundational building blocks of the framework.
- New tools for crafting immersive experiences.
- What’s new in SwiftUI
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App Store Connect:
- New features to grow and improve your app in TestFlight and on the App Store.
- Reduced number of required screenshots for iOS and iPadOS.
- API support for the Apple Developer Enterprise Program.
- New App Store Connect API reports for app analytics.
- What’s new in App Store Connect
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RealityKit:
- Aligned APIs and tools across macOS, iOS, and iPadOS.
- New capabilities for character animation, rendering, and dynamic models.
- Platforms State of the Union
These sessions provide a comprehensive overview of the latest updates and features introduced at WWDC 2024.
Platforms State of the Union
Discover the newest advancements on Apple platforms.
What’s new in StoreKit and In-App Purchase
Learn how to build and deliver even better purchase experiences using the App Store In-App Purchase system. We’ll demo new StoreKit views control styles and new APIs to improve your subscription customization, discuss new fields for transaction-level information, and explore new testability in Xcode. We’ll also review an important StoreKit deprecation.
What’s new in AppKit
Discover the latest advances in Mac app development. Get an overview of the new features in macOS Sequoia, and how to adopt them in your app. Explore new ways to integrate your existing code with SwiftUI. Learn about the improvements made to numerous AppKit controls, like toolbars, menus, text input, and more.
What’s new in App Store Connect
Explore new features for discovery, testing, and marketing. Find out how to nominate your apps for featuring on the App Store, share exciting moments (like a version launch) with marketing assets generated for you, deep link to specific content in your app from custom product pages, use the latest enhancements to TestFlight, and more.
Implement App Store Offers
Learn how to engage customers with App Store Offers using App Store Connect, as well as the latest StoreKit features and APIs. Discover how you can set up win-back offers (a new way to re-engage previous subscribers) and generate offer codes for Mac apps. And find out how to test offers in sandbox and Xcode to make sure they work smoothly.
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.
What’s new in SwiftUI
Learn how you can use SwiftUI to build great apps for any Apple platform. Explore a fresh new look and feel for tabs and documents on iPadOS. Improve your window management with new windowing APIs, and gain more control over immersive spaces and volumes in your visionOS apps. We’ll also take you through other exciting refinements that help you make expressive charts, customize and layout text, and so much more.