IOS EVOLUTION Flashcards
Apple’s first-ever touch-centric mobile operating system was announced on Jan. 9, 2007, when former CEO Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone.
The update was free for iPhone users, but users had to pay $19.99.
IOS 1
After the release of the iPhone SDK
on March 6, 2008, Apple officially
recognized its mobile operating
system as iPhone OS
Came prepackaged with the iPhone
3G, and offered features like the App
Store, Maps with GPS, and push
email. T
IOS 2
came with the iPhone 3G S and included new features like voice control; multimedia messaging; Spotlight search; a landscape keyboard; and (finally) cut, copy and paste
functions
After Apple introduced
the iPad in March 2010, iPhone OS
became iOS.
IOS 3
Came preinstalled with the iPhone 4 and iPad 2. Officially marketed as ‘iOS,’ it introduced wallpapers, multitasking, folders and FaceTime, and iBooks for iPad.
Apple’s first CDMA-capable phone that delivered iOS to Verizon users.
Updates became free
IOS 4
Pre-packaged with the iPhone
4S, a week after the death of
Steve Jobs
Introduced Siri
also brought
the introduction of iCloud and
Twitter integration.
IOS 5
They trashed its previous skeuomorphic graphics and included a design overhaul with refined typography, new icons,
translucency, and layering.
released sep 18, 2018
IOS 7
included with the iPhone 5 and iPad Mini,
and parted ways with preinstalled Google Maps and YouTube, which users had to
manually download from the
App Store.
IOS 6
Became the first iOS to have public beta
testing available outside of developers before its initial release.
It was built off of iOS 7 and contained new features like Apple Pay, a new Health app,
HandOff, QuickType, Family
Sharing, iCloud Drive, third-party
keyboard support, and (in mid2015) Apple Music.
Released Sep 17, 2014
IOS 8
designed to work with 3D
Touch in the new iPhone 6S and 6S
Plus when Apple announced it
at WWDC 2015.
It also included new
features such as an updated Notes
app to support drawing sketches
and adding images, a revamped
Maps app
Released Sep 16, 2015
IOS 9
It allowed more access to Apple apps for third-party developers.
Although there weren’t big-name “wow” features, the overall combination of tweaks made feel more cohesive and useful.
Released sep 16, 2016
IOS 10
Integrated Apple Pencil, users could
easily mark up PDFs or screenshots, or tap
the Lock Screen to open the Notes app.
It introduced a new
app for iPad called Files, reminiscent of
macOS’s Finder, for users to browse, search, and organize files on their device from iCloud Drive, Box, and Dropbox.
Released Sep 19, 2017
IOS 11
Debuted personalized animated “Memoji” characters. Group FaceTime could include up to 32 users at once via video or audio.
It has new Measure app to accurately measure objects in three-dimensional space in real-time.
Released Sep 17, 2018
IOS 12
The revamped mobile OS introduced Dark
Mode, a redesigned volume indicator, and advanced Photo and Camera features. A
new “Sign In with Apple” option
A new Maps experience delivered richer details, broader road coverage, and better
pedestrian data, and a new Look Around feature provided street-level graphics for
the first time.
Released Sep19, 2019
IOS 13
For the first time, Apple used
a pre-recorded broadcast of
WWDC (due to the COVID-19
pandemic) to unveil it
Sep 16, 2020
IOS 14
Includes significant changes to
FaceTime (allowing the ability to include
non-iOS users for the first
time)
New Focus tools reduce distraction while
working or sleeping;
September 20, 2021
IOS 15
Is a mobile operating system for iPhones that was released in September 2022.
It includes updates to the Lock Screen, Messages, Maps, Wallet, Health, and
News.
IOS 16
Is an update to Apple’s iPhone operating system that was released in September
2023.
It includes new features for communication, security, and customization.
IOS 17
It was made publicly available on September 16, 2024, as a free software update
for supported iOS devices.
iPhones are even more personal, with deeper customization, new ways to
connect, easier-to-find photos, and support forApple Intelligence.
Is the current major released ofApple’s iOS operating system for the iPhone
IOS 18
ARCHITECTURE OF IOS
Cocoa Touch
Media Layer
Core Services
Core OS
Holds the low-level features that most other technologies are built upon.
The Core OS layer
Some of the Important Frameworks available in the core services
layers are detailed:
* Address book framework
* Cloud kit framework
* Core data framework
CORE SERVICES LAYER
Graphics, Audio, and Video technology is enabled using this layer
MEDIA LAYER
Multitasking support.
Basic app management and infrastructure.
User interface management
Support for Touch and Motion event.
Cut, copy, and paste support, and many more.
COCOA TOUCH LAYER
– gives view controllers for showing the standard system interfaces for seeing
and altering calendar-related events
EventKit framework
– allows you to deliver banner-based advertisements from your app
iAd Framework
– implements support for Game Center which allows users share their gamerelated information online
GameKit Framework
– gives a scrollable map that you can include in your user interface of the app.
MapKit Framework
– provides registration support forVoIP apps.
PushKitFramework
– supports a UI for generating tweets and support for creating URLs to access
theTwitter service.
Twitter Framework
– gives a vital infrastructure for applying graphical, event-driven apps in iOS.
Some of the Important functions of UI Kit framework:
UIKit Framework
