As we all know, Apple has absolute control over its own iOS system, so in terms of application openness, developers can only “dance with an ankle†under the Apple App Store review guidelines and developer instructions.
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The latest news shows that Apple will develop a third-party development interface for its wearable device, Apple Watch.
On April 16, according to foreign media AppleInsider reports, in the recent watchOS 4.3.1 test version of the Apple Watch operating system, developers found some trends, indicating that third parties will have the opportunity to freely develop the main interface. It is reported that in the development tool of NanoTimeKit (responsible for Apple Watch dial), there is a developer tool server that can be designed to communicate with Xcode on Mac.
Apple watchOS 4.3.1 test version
Specifically, in watchOS 4.3.1, there is such a piece of information: "This is where the 3rd party face config hundle generation would happen (where the third party dial configuration information is stored)". This means that Apple will allow third parties to use the Apple Watch dial to customize this interface in the future.
Apple Watch dial
Prior to this, Apple's Apple Watch dial only provided by the official, although Apple has launched a series of dial with Pixar, Disney, etc., but compared to the official development and third-party development, has always had some limitations, can not Satisfy the vast majority of consumer personalized needs. However, when Apple officially opened this authority, we still do not know.
In fact, with Apple's three major traditional hardware (iPhone, iPad, Mac) shipments have been declining, according to the latest data from the AppFigures application analysis company, in 2017, the number of Apple App Store applications fell for the first time, from 2.2 million One fell to 2.1 million, a decrease of 5%. Apple also had to start looking for new growth engines.
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In this regard, well-known investment bank Morgan Stanley analysts believe that in the next five years, Apple Watch and some Apple services will exceed the iPhone, Apple's main income growth momentum. In its opinion, in the future, Apple's 60% revenue growth will be contributed by services and wearable devices such as Apple Watch. Obviously, this may be one of the reasons why Apple is ready to open the third-party dial API.
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