Bonjour
Building Framing Protocols
Collecting Metrics
Best Practices and Status Updates
If you're using URLSession and Network.framework, you'll be able to take advantage of all of Apple's iOS network technologies.
Bonjour
Supported on:
Windows 10
Android
Chrome
Linux
All Apple platforms
Wide-Area Service Discovery
Discovery proxy allows Bonjour packets to be forwarded.
What this means for your app
When browsing, specify "nil" for domain
Specifying "local" will explicitly prevent non-local discovery.
Service Discovery in Network.framework
Network.framework Establishment Support
Optimistic DNS
Now enabled by default
Improves performance for answers with short times-to-live
iPad Apps for Mac
In your Xcode settings, when you check the box for Mac:
Outgoing network connections are allowed by default
Incoming network connections are not allowed by default
Performance and Privacy Improvements with TLS 1.3
One round trip
AEAD (authenticated encryption with additional data) with Forward Secrecy
Certificates and most handshake fields are encrypted
Work on Encrypted SNI underway
Update your apps and servers to use TLS 1.3.
When testing your apps, use the Network Link Conditioner (under Window: Devices and Simulators in Xcode)
Avoid networking pre-flight checks
- They have inherent race conditions