iOS9.3 Shared Features

Solar2D iOS
#1

Hi there,

Does anyone knows how Corona built apps will interact with iOS9.3’s new classroom sharing features for schools?

https://developer.apple.com/education/shared-ipad/

https://www.apple.com/education/preview/

Should this all just “work” so that any student who accesses any Corona built app will have access to their content for that app or do we need to alter something in the way we build to support this? It looks like we’ll need to support syncing data etc. and completely change the way our apps store information to take advantage of these features.

Thanks,

Ian

#2

Sorry to bump this but I’m struggling to understand how this will work with Corona based apps. If anyone from Corona has any info on this it would be massively appreciated.

Thanks,

Ian

#3

It is more about how you design your apps rather how it is under the hood. I believe there are all instruments already in Corona. For example, you can use iCloud for storage or use your own servers with network library. You can add NSSupportsPurgeableLocalStorage to plist, in build.settings.

I can be mistaken, but I don’t see any obstacles from creating educational apps with Corona SDK.

#4

Thanks. I thought that may be the case but wanted to check. The problem is, a lot of our customers use our apps whilst not connected to the internet, so using only cloud storage and purging any local data won’t work. Will look into it further and post back if I find out anything useful that may help others.

Thanks again.

Ian

#5

Sorry to bump this but I’m struggling to understand how this will work with Corona based apps. If anyone from Corona has any info on this it would be massively appreciated.

Thanks,

Ian

#6

It is more about how you design your apps rather how it is under the hood. I believe there are all instruments already in Corona. For example, you can use iCloud for storage or use your own servers with network library. You can add NSSupportsPurgeableLocalStorage to plist, in build.settings.

I can be mistaken, but I don’t see any obstacles from creating educational apps with Corona SDK.

#7

Thanks. I thought that may be the case but wanted to check. The problem is, a lot of our customers use our apps whilst not connected to the internet, so using only cloud storage and purging any local data won’t work. Will look into it further and post back if I find out anything useful that may help others.

Thanks again.

Ian