Key Points Checklist for Developing Apps for iPhone in 2018

by Judi T. Web and application developer

At Worldwide Developers Conference in 2018, Apple introduced the newest version of its iOS operating system, iOS 12. With iOS 12, Apple doubled the performance. This WWDC event will also be remembered for its most advanced features in the field of machine learning, AI and augmented reality which have been included in the iOS itself. Other than the OS, Apple also announced about some latest launches in the form of iPhone X, mac OS and iPad. All of these are optimized and designed to have best features as promised in the iOS 12. With so many new innovations in iOS and iPhones, iOS applications will bring lot more innovative features when developers will work on them.

Talk to any iOS App Creator and you will find that they are also aware of the possibilities iOS 12 offers. If you are also looking to build an application for the Apple world you should consider and follow the below mentioned key points.

AI and AR are Supported in All Devices Post iPhone X
After iPhone X, all of the hardware which Apple will be producing will support its home features like the voice assistants, machine learning and Augmented Reality. The back camera in iPhones is already integrated with the advanced two lens system hence the app developer will build the apps which utilize the features to harness the best demographics for the product. And this is not limited to AR only but other features like facial recognition can also be integrated to a unique payment gateways and other identity finding factors which can be used by your eCommerce or any shopping iOS applications. iPad is back in the focus and it will allow the developers to build applications for the bigger screen for more innovative experiences.

Requires Skilled and Expert Development Team
We all know now the innovative features of iOS 12 therefore now it has become very important to check the knowledge and skillset of your iPhone Application Development team. WWDC 2018 also gave the introduction of Core ML which is apple’s own machine learning SDK. The real benefit of it can be get when used in the development work related to Apple lens, voice assistant Siri and other updates which Apple will bring out in future. Also as Swift is replacing the Objective C as the main development language for iOS app development, the developers can do faster deployment of iOS applications with enhance security features. Hence you should check that your development team has updated its designing and coding skills.

Enhanced Security
Apple knows very well the emergence of the new trends like IoT and fintech. Therefore, it is supporting to build the corresponding system to support any applications which have to manage huge amount of data. Keeping these things in mind, your development team should be skilled enough to do the needful to prevent the data leakage and avoid any other hacking attacks. Other than that a proper testing and quality assurance team should be there to test the OS app thoroughly so that no hacker can get any chance to steal the data. Without doing this your app will not be certified or approved.

Various Development Approaches to Follow
If you are one of the iPhone app development services and your focus is on iOS community, it will be great if you win the Android community which will be the best option for your mobile application. It involves the dilemma of undertaking a cross platform development approach or a native iOS development approach. Although cross platform development tools like Xamarin is quick due to immense code sharing features but it is highly inefficient when the need is to develop heavy, custom and platform specific UI. Although React Native is trying to solve much of the issues related to it and also now we have Flutter which is also a good choice for this purpose as it is capable for delivering good results.

Apple Home Kit
Apple Home Kit is Apple’s software framework which lets users to configure and connect any apple device near you or within your possession. This also suggests that other than the macs and iPhones, Apple can launch other products also which deliver the similar kind of quality experience which its existing products have delivered. Smartwatch is already in this list which can be supported by the Apple Home Kit and also other things are boosted like fitness app or any energy saving AI application for your whole smart home system.

Conclusion
We have just illustrated the checklist for iOS app development post the launch of iOS 12 in WWDC this year i.e. 2018. The developers should do extensive research, use their creative power and learn all those skills which are required to fully tap the potential of iOS 12 in developing amazing iOS apps. Apple is trying to bring more latest trends and features to its iOS platform and the developers should push hard to follow this strategy while developing new kinds of iOS apps.