Apple releases third beta of iOS 8.2 with latest WatchKit support
Developers on Thursday were supplied with a new beta of iOS 8.2 as well as Xcode 6.2, providing the latest updates to Apple's WatchKit tools for creating Apple Watch apps.
iOS 8.2 beta 3 is identified as build 12D5452a. It's available to install over the air from a registered iOS device, and will also be made available to download through Apple's iOS Developer Center.
Apple has warned users that iOS 8.2 remains a pre-release beta, and should only be deployed on devices dedicated for beta software development.
In addition, Xcode 6.2 beta 3 is also available to download with WatchKit support. It's identified as 6C101.
The release comes just over a week after the second beta of iOS 8.2 was provided to developers. That brought additional support for the new WatchKit software development kit, and fixed a number of issues related to international languages.
The first iOS 8.2 beta debuted WatchKit support in mid-November, giving developers their first crack at creating applications for the forthcoming Apple Watch. Developers can create custom third-party applications, Glances, and actionable notifications for the upcoming hardware, set to hit the market in early 2015.
iOS 8.2 beta 3 is identified as build 12D5452a. It's available to install over the air from a registered iOS device, and will also be made available to download through Apple's iOS Developer Center.
Apple has warned users that iOS 8.2 remains a pre-release beta, and should only be deployed on devices dedicated for beta software development.
In addition, Xcode 6.2 beta 3 is also available to download with WatchKit support. It's identified as 6C101.
The release comes just over a week after the second beta of iOS 8.2 was provided to developers. That brought additional support for the new WatchKit software development kit, and fixed a number of issues related to international languages.
The first iOS 8.2 beta debuted WatchKit support in mid-November, giving developers their first crack at creating applications for the forthcoming Apple Watch. Developers can create custom third-party applications, Glances, and actionable notifications for the upcoming hardware, set to hit the market in early 2015.
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1) So they should hold off releasing ?Watch until every bug is removed from iOS? :???:
2) Why assume adding features for the upcoming ?Watch are mutually exclusive to fixing bugs and increasing performance in other parts of iOS?
1) As an AAPL shareholder, I say no.
2) They are likely different teams/groups within the iOS engineering division.
Yup. And if anything interrupts it, it will not restart without closing out the page and reloading. In previous releases, it would just pick up where it left off. One of many many bugs I have to deal with on a daily basis.
I'm trying to figure out what most of these comments have to do with the WatchKit preview in iOS 8.2?
Good god I hope 8.2 isn't just about WatchKit. I hope it contains bug fixes too.
Had this issue as well. Another bug I encounter with videos almost all the time is that I can't scrub through them, it doesn't work!
iOS 7.1 became more stable finally but with iOS 8, Mobile Safari started to crash all the time again.
Too right.
I'm still getting soft reboots in 8.1.2. The keyboard regularly covers text in first and third party apps. Some apps default to a different language if more than one is installed, with no way to change it.
Yeah there are definitely issues with video scrubbing. Not sure why as this stuff worked just fine in iOS 7.
Written from a perspective blind to how software develop teams work and how they are separated in stages to keep multiple projects going forward.
No one working on WatchKit API Frameworks [Architects] fix bugs.
The video issues that Rogifan mentioned earlier, intermittent Multitasking Gestures and (sound) Change with Buttons, text selection issues, the unread mail message counter not clearing when mails are read, difficulties pasting into text entry boxes like this because the option to paste disappears almost immediately after releasing, occasional display/layout issues like cursors appearing in the wrong area.
And then, in Yosemite, we have the blasted Favorites window staying down and obscuring search results done in the Address Bar.
Little things. But little things that I (personally) use on a regular basis that make the user experience frustrating.
Here's to hoping that they get knocked on the head soon.
Safari is NOT part of the operating system. It is an application that comes with it but it's Webkit frameworks that's part of the OS. I have the video issue every now and again but the only other issue I can think of which would be down to the OS would be when I try to open the camera from the Unlock screen it flashes then disappears. It does work if I go into the camera app itself though. Other than that I can't think of any real issues I have.
Apple Watch support needs to be started now considering the release isn't supposed to be too far away.
After activating my 6+ from my 5s backup I did a fresh back up on the 6+ then erased 6+ & restored it, seemed to help
Good god I hope 8.2 isn't just about WatchKit. I hope it contains bug fixes too.
If I wanted to hear about all the problems people are having with iOS 8, I'd head over to the Apple support forums or hang around my local Apple Store. I was hoping there'd be some people talking about their experiences with the latest iteration of WatchKit in the Xcode 6.2 preview. But I guess I'll have to head over to the Apple developer forums for that.