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Title: Apple just laid down the law on Apple Watch, requiring native apps by June 1 Post by: HCK on April 27, 2016, 04:05:12 pm Apple just laid down the law on Apple Watch, requiring native apps by June 1
<article> <section class="page"> <p>When the Apple Watch launched, developers had to build extensions of their iOS apps to run on the new device. It wasn’t the most elegant solution—apps were incredibly sluggish because they relied on the iPhone to power them. Apple tried to change that with watchOS 2, which supports native apps, but few developers (http://www.macworld.com/article/2985275/gadgets/10-must-have-apple-watch-apps-making-the-most-of-watchos-2.html) are taking advantage of the new OS capabilities. Now Apple is making native watch apps mandatory.</p><p>The change takes effect June 1. Developers who submit new watchOS apps to the App Store must use the watchOS 2 framework, Apple said Friday on its developer page (https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=04222016a), as first spotted by 9to5Mac (http://9to5mac.com/2016/04/23/apple-will-require-all-new-apple-watch-apps-to-use-the-native-sdk-from-june-1/).</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3060872/hardware/apple-just-laid-down-the-law-on-apple-watch-requiring-native-apps-by-june-1.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Apple just laid down the law on Apple Watch, requiring native apps by June 1 (http://www.macworld.com/article/3060872/hardware/apple-just-laid-down-the-law-on-apple-watch-requiring-native-apps-by-june-1.html#tk.rss_all) |