Xamarin and iOS 8, (Part 2 of 2): New APIs

In this course, we will look at how to create an App Extension. Specifically, we will create a today app extensions that shows hot to create an app extensions with a countdown. Then we’ll look at how to use the TouchID to provide local authentication. This is useful for an app where people are buying things. Next we’ll look at several new features of working with images and the camera. We’ll look at manual camera controls as well as photokit. To close this course we’ll look at storing and saving health data using healthkit.

Lesson 1:

• App Extensions
• Types of App Extensions
• Overview
• Limitations
• Distribute, Install, & Run
• Extension Lifecycle
• Demo: Today Extension
• Demo: Controller.

Lesson 2:

• TouchID Authentication
• Keychain
• Secure Enclave
• Strategies
• Demo: Touch ID.

Lesson 3:

• Image Detection
• CIDetector Class
• Demo: Rectangle Detector
• Pre0iOS 8 Camera
• Manual Camera Controls
• Process
• Manual Controls Provided
• General AV Capture Setup
• Demo: Manual Camera Controls
• Resources
• PhotoKit
• PhotoKit Objects/Methods
• Demo: PhotoKit.

Lesson 4:

• Health Kit
• Creating and Provisioning
• Entitlements.plist
• Programming Health Kit
• Types
• HKSampleType
• Requesting Permission
• Permissions - AppDelegate.cs
• Demo: Health Kit.