iOS 12 - Beta issues

[For those who as we installed latest Apple's OS this summer]

The iOS 12 beta is live for developers and the general public via the Beta Software Program. The first three betas deliver a suite of new features and enhancements, but they’re also causing problems for those testing the software ahead of the official release in the fall.

The fact that iOS 12 beta is causing problems should come as no surprise. This is pre-release software, and the point of the beta is to weed out these problems before the software is released to millions of iPhone and iPad users around the world.

As developers of Sync for DJI, we observe that one of the declared improvements – better battery and background management – are not smooth now. Moreover, wast of complains around the world are linked with this reform. At the time of writing this article(iOS 12 Beta 2 - mid of July 2018), we experience more often crashes of underneath low-level framework that implements connection with your DJI device. This happens mainly when you often switch between apps in the background. However, when you restart the application – all pending downloads are resuming from the same position automatically, as always in Sync for DJI. Sorry, for the inconvenience it might cause.

Workaround: Please, do not overuse multitasking in iOS 12 while it's in beta stage.

As we approach the update’s release in the fall, we expect the beta to become more stable than it is right now and background work of Sync for DJI becomes same or better as on iOS 11.

[This article is a subject to change later]

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iOS 12 is coming this fall. What does it bring for Sync for DJI?

As you maybe already know, Apple yesterday held keynote event WWDC 2018 in San Jose, California.

Four OS updates. One big day.

Apple CEO Tim Cook and his senior staff made this a software-focused keynote, with iOS 12, macOS 10.14, watchOS 5 and tvOS 12 announcements. There was no new hardware shown, even though last year's conference gave us a first look at the HomePod, as well as the iPad Pro 12.9 and iPad Pro 10.5.

iOS 12: More power to you.

We, developers of Sync for DJI, are excited to announce that we are adding support for Siri suggestions and RAW photo support.

Sneak peek of these features from Apple:

The Siri scenario as simple as following:

After a flight you can just say "Hey Siri, download my new shots"(*1). And the magic begins – Sync for DJI establishes the connection with your DJI device (*2), finds out what is new since last time and starts to download freshly made media to storage or directly to Photos (depends on default settings). That's it.

For RAW support:

We already can download and share RAW photos from DJI devices. Just we expect you to have 3rd party RAW editor application installed to edit all these shots. With iOS 12, Sync for DJI will be able to save directly to Photos application.

For comments and feedback, you can find the same post on Facebook.

(*1) You can customize the text to be pronounced to Siri as you want.

(*2) Yes, iOS should be connected to DJI device with Remote Controller or WiFi.

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