New Features and Updates Coming To iOS 14

Apple recently announced its iOS 14 update coming this fall to the supported iPhone and iPad devices during its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June 2020. Being a major iOS update, it is expected to bring significant changes, enhancements, and several new features to the iPhone/iPad users. 

Apple proclaims that iOS 14 is going to be their biggest update to this date. It brings home screen design changes, new modified features, updates for existing apps, Siri improvements, and many other major features to improve the iOS interface.

Let’s delve deeper into the new features, changes, and enhancements that are expected to roll out with this major iOS update.

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Features

Home Screen Changes

iOS 14 introduces new design features for the Home Screen with better personalization. Users can customize it using the available widgets. In addition, there will be a new App Library and options to hide the entire pages of various apps, and much more.

Widgets

Earlier, widgets were available on the Today screen. But the iOS 14 update has brought a whole new look with completely redesigned widgets to give you more information at a glance. The widgets can be added to the home screen and adjusted as you like. You can choose from multiple sizes and stack widgets simply by dragging one over the other. In addition, iOS 14 brings smart widgets that automatically surfaces the widget option based on time, location, and activity.

App Library

iOS 14 has come up with this new feature called App Library which is positioned at the end of the Home Screen. The App Library automatically organizes all your apps into specific folders such as social, health and fitness, educational, and so on. There is also a folder for Apple Arcade that lets you explore the various features that you can unlock in games. Besides, the App Library provides different folders for recently added apps and suggestions, that show recommended apps based on time of day, location, and user activity. Furthermore, you can hide apps that you don’t want on your home screen. Instead, they will appear in the App Library. In a nutshell, iOS 14 brings in a more efficient way to organize your apps.

Compact Calls

With iOS 14, incoming calls from your iPhone, FaceTime, or third-party apps do not cover up the entire screen. Instead, they show up as a small banner at the top of your screen. You can swipe up to dismiss it or swipe down to answer it and see more call options. In case the phone is locked, you’ll see the standard phone call interface.

Picture in Picture

The Picture-in-Picture feature on the iPad is now extended to the iPhone with iOS 14. This feature enables you to keep watching a video or continue your FaceTime call while using another app in unison. The windowed view of the video or the FaceTime call will show up in the corner of the screen. It can be relocated and adjusted as per your convenience.

Messages

iOS 14 offers a number of new ways to stay connected to conversations that matter the most. It provides several new tools to customize your conversations with photos, emojis, and Memojis the way you like. You can pin your most important conversations to the top of your conversation list for easy access. This can be done for up to 9 conversations. With features like inline replies and mentions, you can direct a message to a specific person in a group chat.

In case of mentions, the name of the person you mention gets highlighted. You can also customize your group conversations to receive notifications only when you are mentioned. Besides, there are a bunch of new options for Memoji styles and stickers. You can choose from over 20 different hair and headwear styles that suit your personality, hobby, or profession.

Siri

With iOS 14, Siri has a new compact design with a host of new features. It is better equipped with translation functionality and an even more extensive base of knowledge. You can also record and send audio messages with Siri.
 

Maps

The Maps feature mostly looks the same. However, there are some useful features for those who have electric vehicles and those who like to bike. You can now get cycling directions using Maps. It shows you if there’s an elevation, stairs, or steep passages in your way. It also lets you see how busy the street is.

The electric vehicle routing feature shows all the charging stations along your planned route. Additionally, the Guides option in Maps shows a variety of places in a city to eat, shop, and explore.
 

Translate

Previously, translation capability was just a function of Siri in iOS 13. But now with iOS 14, Apple now has a completely new Translate app. It is designed for supporting conversations across 11 different languages.

Turning your iPhone to landscape mode will initiate conversation mode. It also has the ability to automatically detect the language you speak. The app has an offline translation mode that enables you to download languages and keep your translations private.
 

Home

The Home app has several new useful features that let you manage your smart home more effectively. With iOS 14, you have new automated suggestions and expanded controls in the control center. The app also provides services like Adaptive Lighting for compatible lights. It will automatically adjust your lights with the color temperature throughout the day. The face recognition feature can easily identify your friends and family with the information it already has.

Safari

With iOS 14, Safari is more responsive and enables new ways to protect your privacy. It can translate websites in 7 different languages. Besides, its password monitoring feature lets you detect saved passwords that may have been breached.

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Car Keys and CarPlay

Using iOS 14, you can unlock and start your car with your iPhone. Your digital key is stored in the wallet app. You can easily share this key with friends or family through a messaging app. The Car Keys feature also lets you customize controls and restrict certain profiles as per your preferences. It works up to 5 hours even after your iPhone’s battery runs out.

CarPlay feature supports customizable wallpaper which lets you personalize your CarPlay dashboard and home screen looks. It also lets you download apps like parking, electric vehicle charging, and quick food ordering.
 

AirPods

With iOS 14, AirPods are now able to switch automatically between iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch according to which device you are using. The new battery notification lets you know when your AirPods need charging.
 

App Clips

App Clips lets you access a small part of an app without having to download the full app. Using this facility you can rent a bike, pay for parking, order food, and do much more right at the time of need. It is fast, easily accessible, and transactions are safe with apps that use Apple Pay.
 

Privacy

With iOS 14, you get information on the privacy practices of every app in the App Store before downloading it. Also, all apps will need user permission before keeping a track of their activities. Whenever an app uses your microphone or camera, an indicator appears at the top of your screen. You can see if any app has used them recently in the Control Center. In addition, you can share only your approximate location instead of your exact location.

 

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To find a solution to this problem Oodles Technologies developers use SonarQube. SonarQube gives the developers an ability to demonstrate the health of an application as well as feature issues they face. With a quality Gate set up, our developers settle the hole and in this way, they enhance the code quality instantly.

SonarQuba is a continuous inspection tool. Using SonarQube, our developers have everything within reach to take responsibility for the nature of the code. Our Android app development company use this platform to set up code health in mobile application development. It helps us generate reports of the code and track each line of code. Overall, SonarQube maintains the health of code, focus on the leak, enforce quality gate and dig into the issues.

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2. Java 7 orJava 8

Steps Explanation :

SonarQube configuration and installation involves two steps.

First software developers Install SonarQube on a local machine and then configure it in the application.

Let us look at the steps Oodles developers follow while installing SonarQube on the system.

Step1: Downloading SonarQube from SonarQube official website using visiting path "Downloads | SonarQube ". Developers add here community edition as it is a free source.

Step2: You will be getting a zipped folder of the downloaded file. Unzip it and you will get SonarQube installation directory in "/bin" for each platform like Windows, Linux, Mac and chose yours. Mine is Linux. So I will choose lnux_x86_x64.

Step3: Go to /bin/linux-x86-64/.Then you will find a http://sonar.sh file. Open your system terminal and run this command "./sonar.sh start".Now SonarQube server has been started on the machine.

Step4: Just Open "http://localhost:9000" and welcome admin panel of SonarQube.Now login with "admin" as username and password on the login portal and Now you will see the dashboard of SonarQube successfully.

Now the installation is completed let’s proceed and configure in android application to get the reports.

Step5: After this, developers open the project level build.gradle file. Add classpath dependencies to install SonarQube to scan and use jacoco-maven-plugin to generate a coverage report. The code appears like:

buildscript {
    
    repositories {
        google()
        jcenter()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.2.1'
        classpath "org.sonarsource.scanner.gradle:sonarqube-gradle-plugin:2.6"
        classpath "com.dicedmelon.gradle:jacoco-android:0.1.1"
       
    }
}
 

Step6: Add these plugins in app/build.gradle below the android plugin like this. The code appears like this:

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
apply plugin: 'org.sonarqube'
apply plugin: 'jacoco-android'
 

Step7: Now we will add these Sonar scanning inputs below of app/build.gradle file. The code will show up like this:

sonarqube {
    sonarqube {
        properties {
            property "sonar.projectName", "SonarQubeSample"
            property "sonar.projectKey", "SonarQubeSample"
            property "sonar.host.url", "http://localhost:9000"
            property "sonar.projectVersion", "1.0"
            property "sonar.language", "java"
            property "sonar.sources", "src/main/"
        }
    }
  
}
 

Step8: Sync the project. After the successful syndication just run following command from your AndroidStudio terminal and It will take some time to execute and when it shows "build successfully" completed.

You can reach out on your "http://localhost:9000/projects" panel and check project SonarQubeSample has been generated or not. For further reports of your scanned project by clicking over it and explore it. Command is

./gradlew sonar
 

Output Results: after the successful installation of SonarQube, Check its reports on the admin panel.

Concluding Thoughts

SonarQube is a useful tool to maintain the health of an application including Android and iOS apps. It tracks and fixes bugs and help developers track the code systematically. Tracking enables the software developers to write clean and improved code and help increase their code standards rapidly.

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Impact of IOT on the Healthcare Sector

The use of IoT in the healthcare sector is growing rapidly. These devices are video cams, wireless devices, ID cards, and wristwatches. Also, IoT improves healthcare sector by automating several operations of the management; for instance, patients admissions, administrations and so forth. In Addition, numerous hospitals are using BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) tags to track their staff. BLE tags will also help them track their inventory.

IoT’s role in Operations

Hospitals are using IoT services in operation theatres. AI enabled automated devices and robots are helping in a number of surgeries and other medical procedures. Doctors perform operations very precisely by accompanying AI enabled robots and devices. Such activities push the cut off points of laparoscopy and other medical procedures. Also, the whole operating room can be changed into a place where gadgets intercommunicate as per each other's activities.

IoT apps and devices streamline day to day activities of the medical team before and after operation. Prior to a medical surgery, doctor’s team connect patients with their AI enabled medical equipments. After analyzing patient’s reports, doctors brainstorm what medication solution they have and what specialist doctors have suggested for patients. Following the medical surgery, various IoT sensors can gather, examine and send information to eradicate postsurgical problems.

Integration of IoT and robotics enables complex operation such as remote surgery as well as simple service such as remote consultations. Hospitals are achieving high-end goals by connecting medical instruments and gadgets to the specialist via video conference. Doctors also take help from the case studies of previous medical surgeries. When these studies automatically saved on a cloud server, doctors quickly access these records for other surgeries. The advantage of IoT in medical surgeries is very important.

Information Insights

Data analytics influences every partner in the healthcare framework. Predictive Analytics equipped with big data gives deep knowledge and uncover hereditary, social or clinical determinants of patients. An effectual information-driven way to deal with medical services are better commitments, and upgraded decision making for hospital units.

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Medicines production and management is a multibillion-dollar industry and is one of the major expenses amongst medical services. From the production plant to the pharmacy store, IoT gadgets can guarantee adherence with all the security measures that exists on the drugs market.

End

It is too soon to analyze smart clinics and hospitals. Once completely embraced, IoT incites the accomplishment of shared objectives for every partner in medical services.

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