Apple a lansat in urma cu cateva zeci de minute iOS 7.1 beta 4 pentru toti dezvoltatorii de aplicatii si utilizatorii care au inregistrat UDID-ul terminalului in contul unui dezvoltator. iOS 7.1 beta 4 este disponibil in Apple Developer Center, precum si prin sistemul Actualizare software al iPhone, iPad si iPod touch.  Noua versiune a iOS include numeroase imbunatatiri si modificari la nivelul designului diferitor aplicatii native, iar intreaga lista cu noutati este inclusa in articolul de mai jos:

• Iata ce noutati aduce iOS 7.1 beta 4 (Articol actualizat)

In cazul fiecarei versiuni beta a iOS (sau OS X), compania Apple trimite dezvoltatorilor notitele lansarii prin care ii anunta pe acestia care dintre problemele semnalate au fost reparate, ce a fost adus nou si ce erori cunoscute exista in versiunea iOS tocmai lansata. iOS 7.1 beta 4 nu face nicio exceptie de la regula, iar mai jos aveti notitele lansarii (change log-ul) celei mai noi versiuni beta a iOS. Inca de la inceput putem remarca faptul ca lista de mai jos este aproximativ la fel de scurta precum lista cu notitele lansarii publicata de Apple pentru iOS 7.1 beta 3 (daca nu chiar mai scurta decat aceasta), lucru care ne face sa credem si sa speram ca versiunea finala a iOS 7.1 este mai aproape de noi.

Asadar, mai jos aveti notitele lansarii iOS 7.1 beta 4:

iOS SDK Release Notes for iOS 7.1 beta 4

Introduction

iOS SDK 7.1 provides support for developing iOS apps, and it includes the complete set of Xcode tools, compilers, and frameworks for creating apps for iOS and OS X. These tools include the Xcode IDE and the Instruments analysis tool, among many others.

With this software you can develop apps for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch running iOS 7. You can also test your apps using the included iOS Simulator, which supports iOS 7. iOS SDK 7.1 requires a Mac computer running OS X v10.8.4 (Mountain Lion) or later.

This version of iOS is intended for installation only on devices registered with the Apple Developer Program. Attempting to install this version of iOS in an unauthorized manner could put your device in an unusable state.

For more information and additional support resources, visit http://developer.apple.com/programs/ios/.

Bug Reporting

To report any bugs not mentioned in the Notes and Known Issues section, use the Apple Bug Reporter on the Apple Developer website (http://developer.apple.com/bugreporter/). Additionally, you may discuss these issues and iOS SDK 7.1 in the Apple Developer Forums: http://devforums.apple.com. To get more information about iCloud for Developers, go tohttp://developer.apple.com/icloud.

Notes and Known Issues

The following issues relate to using iOS SDK 7.1 beta 4 to develop code.

Bluetooth

Known Issue

32-bit apps running on a 64-bit device cannot attach to BTServer.

CFNetwork

Notes

A compatibility behavior has been added to address an issue where some web servers would send the wrong Content-Length value for “Content-Encoding: gzip” content. Previously,NSURLConnection and NSURLSession would send a “network connection was lost” / NSURLErrorNetworkConnectionLost (-1005) error in this situation.

The compatibility behavior applies only if the Content-Length value exactly matches the expanded gzip’d content. It won’t apply for “off by 1” or similar miscounting.

Messages

Fixed in iOS 7.1 beta 4

Messages no longer indicates a send failure immediately after sending.

Safari

Notes

A property, minimal-ui, has been added for the viewport meta tag key that allows minimizing the top and bottom bars on the iPhone as the page loads. While on a page using minimal-ui, tapping the top bar brings the bars back. Tapping back in the content dismisses them again.

For example, use <meta name=”viewport” content=”width=1024, minimal-ui”>.

UIKit

Known Issues

• Bar button background images are ignored in apps built and deployed to iOS 7.1 when they are set using UIBarButtonItem setBackgroundImage:forState:style:barMetrics: withUIBarButtonItemStyleBordered as the style argument.

  Workaround: Use UIBarButtonItemStylePlain or UIBarButtonItemStyleAny in this case, or use UIBarButtonItem setBackgroundImage:forState:barMetrics:.

• If a UITextField or a UILabel that is baseline aligned with constraints has attributes that change after the constraints have been added, the layout may be incorrect. The exception to this is -setFont: on UILabel, which should work as expected.

  Workaround: Avoid making changes in UITextField or UILabel after adding baseline-alignment constraints. If you must make changes, you should remove the constraints and then reapply them afterward. Note that this is a performance hit, so don’t do it unless it is necessary.

• The backIndicatorTransitionMaskImage from a storyboard or a xib will not be interpreted correctly at runtime.

  Workaround: Set the backIndicatorTransitionMaskImage in code.