Frameworks - Extensions

• Tech Talks
• Session 208
• watchOS

Complications allow people to quickly glance and stay connected with your app on the watch face throughout their day. The new Infograph and Infograph Modular watch faces on Apple Watch Series 4 allow all new ways to create engaging, full-color complications. Learn about the new complication...

• WWDC 2018
• Session 232
• iOS

Business Chat is a powerful way for organizations to connect with customers directly from within Messages. Whether you are a Customer Service Platform provider, a brand looking to integrate chat for customer communication, or a brand app developer looking to extend your iOS app to enhance...

• WWDC 2018
• Session 211
• iOS, watchOS

Siri Shortcuts are a powerful new feature in iOS 12 that allow your app to expose its functionality to Siri. This enables Siri to suggest your shortcut at relevant times based on various context. Shortcuts can also be added to Siri to run with a voice phrase on iOS, HomePod and watchOS. Learn how...

• WWDC 2018
• Session 505
• macOS

Make your apps even better through improved integration with Photos on macOS. We'll dive deep into the Photos Project Extension API that was introduced in macOS High Sierra and update you on what's new. You'll also learn best practices for handling file promises and image URLs to better handle...

• WWDC 2018
• Session 217
• iOS, watchOS

Learn how to use Siri Shortcuts to bring glanceable information and custom interactions to the Siri watch face. Walk through how to create a compelling user experience by providing relevant shortcuts and by donating interactions from your app. See how these experiences can be created from both...

• WWDC 2018
• Session 214
• iOS, watchOS

Siri Shortcuts are a great way to help people execute actions or get information from your app, but shortcuts can be made even more powerful by adding them to Siri to be used with a simple phrase. Learn how you can now customize responses from Siri and add custom UI to make a great shortcuts...

• WWDC 2018
• Session 206
• watchOS

watchOS 5 makes creating great experiences on Apple Watch easier than ever before. Learn about robust capabilities to create rich and interactive notifications, a new background mode and controls for audio playback, shortcuts that bring your apps to the Siri watch face, and more. See what's new...

• WWDC 2017
• Session 820
• iOS

iMessage Apps help people easily create and share content, play games, and collaborate with friends without needing to leave the conversation. Explore how you can design iMessage apps and sticker packs that are perfectly suited for a deeply social context.

• WWDC 2017
• Session 242
• iOS, tvOS

Go beyond the basics and provide a first class text input experience in your app. Learn best practices and how to expand your app by supporting text input traits and QuickType. Get tips on how to optimize your UI when incorporating the system keyboard into your layout. Discover how to create a...

• WWDC 2017
• Session 505
• iOS, macOS, tvOS

Learn all about newest APIs in Photos on iOS and macOS, providing better integration and new possibilities for your app. We'll discuss simplifications to accessing the Photos library through UIImagePickerController, explore additions to PhotoKit to support new media types, and share all the...

• WWDC 2017
• Session 240
• iOS

Business Chat is a powerful new way for your customers to get answers to their questions, learn about and purchase your products, and engage with your existing support channels. Integrated into Messages and discoverable through Maps, Siri, Search, as well as your own app and website, Business...

• WWDC 2017
• Session 606
• iOS, tvOS

Check out the new capabilities of ReplayKit 2 and see how to access its rich functionality right from Control Center. Learn about in-app capture, giving apps direct sample-level access to their audio and screen output. Get details about developing a live broadcast extension, and discover how apps...

• WWDC 2017
• Session 234
• iOS

With a completely redesigned App Store for iMessage and new App Drawer, discovering, installing, and using iMessage apps has never been easier. And now with live message views people can benefit and interact with your iMessage app directly in the transcript. Get the details on how your app can...

• WWDC 2017
• Session 214
• iOS, watchOS

SiriKit provides a powerful and intuitive way to expose your app's functionality through Siri. Learn how to use the all-new lists and notes domain to jot down notes or complete tasks quickly. See how easy it is to display your app's visual codes for others to scan. And, using SiriKit's new intent...

• WWDC 2017
• Session 228
• iOS, watchOS

People love Siri so it's essential to use SiriKit optimally for your app to provide a great Siri experience. Learn how to solve common pitfalls related to contact resolution, using Touch ID, and more. Find out how UI tests can benefit your SiriKit extension and how they can speed up the...

• WWDC 2017
• Session 247
• iOS

Help your users share the great content in your app by using the built-in iOS sharing functionality. Learn how timing, placement and context of sharing can drive engagement and acquire new users.

• WWDC 2015
• Session 605
• iOS, macOS

ReplayKit provides an easy-to-use framework that lets players record their gameplay — amazing plays, great victories, or solutions to tough challenges — and share video with other players and viewers online. Get introduced to the ReplayKit framework and see how to enable its capability for...

• WWDC 2015
• Session 224
• iOS, watchOS

App extensions allow powerful ways to expose your application's abilities throughout iOS and other apps. Discover best practices for various extension types and see how to effectively communicate between your extension and its parent application or the network. Learn techniques for using the...

• WWDC 2015
• Session 511
• macOS

Safari in iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan delivers new ways for your app to extend Safari's behavior. Learn how to create Shared Links and Content Blocking extensions for iOS and OS X, and about changes to the Safari Extension development process.

• WWDC 2015
• Session 234
• iOS

UIDocument is a robust way to model user-generated content in your app. See how to easily integrate your app's documents with iCloud, file extensions, and document browsers. Learn how to build a document-based app from the ground up.

• WWDC 2015
• Session 717

The Network Extension framework allows apps to customize and extend the core networking features of iOS and OS X. Learn how to use new VPN features and NetworkExtension API to create network security solutions for education and enterprise.

• WWDC 2015
• Session 508
• iOS, macOS

Learn about using Audio Unit Extensions to provide your App with sophisticated audio manipulation and processing capabilities. Explore the architecture and fundamentals of an App that uses Audio Unit Extensions, and how your app can benefit from their power.

• WWDC 2015
• Session 713
• watchOS

Getting information to your Watch app is crucial. Learn how to leverage NSURLSession to get your data from the Internet. Tap into the new WatchConnectivity framework for device to device communication and transferring of data. See real-world examples and learn best practices to understand when to...

• WWDC 2015
• Session 108
• watchOS

Building Watch apps with Xcode 7 is easy and straight-forward. Learn how to build and debug a Watch app for watchOS 2 from the ground up. Walk through adding a Watch app to an existing application, building the user interface, debugging and profiling with Instruments, and discover how to...

• WWDC 2014
• Session 217
• iOS, macOS

Take the plunge into advanced extension concepts such as creating custom action extensions. Dive deep into extension architecture to learn how to provide a consistent experience between extensions and your app. See how to utilize extensions with Safari to bridge the gap between your websites and...

• WWDC 2014
• Session 205
• iOS, macOS

Extensions enable you to keep people engaged with your content across iOS and OS X. Learn how to create extensions that share content with social websites, engage users in Notification Center, and enable a variety of other exciting features. Tap into the potential of extensions and prepare to...