Another year and another WWDC from Apple has concluded, with announcements for iOS 15, macOS 12 Monterey, iPadOS 15 and more.
However, it also means the start of what developers can work with from these new announcements, and figuring out how they can implement these new features into their apps.
We followed up with three developers we talked to from last week to find out what they were excited to hear about from WWDC the most.
API
Shortened from the term ‘Application Programming Interface’, this is what developers use to create features for their applications. For example, a new ScreenTime API allows developers to have a choice of parental controls for users to pick from, while a GroupActivities allows the new SharePlay feature to be used in other applications as well.
Ben McCarthy, developer of the camera app Obscura, tells us that while there was no Night Mode API, there were some great improvements to other areas. “Swift Concurrency will result in cleaner code, buttons are easier to style, and In-App-Purchases are…