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Apple Releases iOS 5 Beta 2 For Developers
BogenDorpher writes "Apple has just put up the second beta version of its new operating system for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch devices. iOS 5 Beta 2 build 9A5248d is now available for registered iOS developers in the Apple Dev Center. iTunes 10.5 Beta 2 is also available for developers."
Is that from 'Ulysses'?
Notes and Known Issues
The following issues relate to using the 5.0 SDK to develop code.
Accounts
When creating an iCloud account you can use any Apple ID provided it is a full email address and not a MobileMe account. If you have a MobileMe account, you can copy data from that account to an iCloud account to use during testing. You can find more information on iCloud at: http://developer.apple.com/icloud
When setting up an iCloud or MobileMe account using the setup assistant and leaving Find My iPhone on, it might actually turn Find my iPhone off after the setup. Please verify in Settings/Mail, Contacts, Calendar/YourAccount that Find my iPhone is toggled On after leaving the setup assistant.
There is a problem finding a device using Find My iPhone on the MobileMe website (www.me.com) when switching from iCloud back to MobileMe. To workaround this issue:
On the device go to Settings->Mail, Contacts, Calendar->@me.com and Toggle Find My iPhone off and back on. Now the device should show up on MobileMe website.
It is recommended that you disable Bookmarks on multiple accounts. If they are enabled, the results might be undefined.
FIXED: When deleting a MobileMe account, an incorrect message is displayed on the device that says “This will delete all Photo Stream Photos from your device”. You can ignore this message.
Address Book
FIXED: Adding a CardDAV account of any kind (Yahoo, Address Book Server, etc) and then removing the account will result in the loss of the UI button to add a new contact. The button will not appear under Contacts App or the Contacts button under the Phone app.
FIXED: Modifying the fields of an iCloud contact from an iOS device that was not the original source of the contact causes the contact’s photo to disappear on other iOS devices. The image is still there but it is not fetched properly.
AirPlay
Starting in iOS 5.0, video content in applications and websites are AirPlay-enabled by default.
iOS 5.0 supports AirPlay of video via AV Foundation.
The Apple TV screen saver may degrade mirroring performance over AirPlay. The screen saver can be disabled in Apple TV settings.
Apple TV
Apple TV Software beta enables users to mirror the contents of an iPad 2 to an Apple TV (2nd generation) using AirPlay. This beta software also enables Photo Stream on Apple TV so users can access photos stored in iCloud. Apple TV Software beta is being provided to test the latest AirPlay functionality with your iOS 5 apps and web sites. If you wish to install Apple TV Software beta on your device, you must first register your device UDID in the iOS Developer Program Portal.
Assistant
When signing in with a Classic MobileMe account via iOS 5.0 Setup Assistant, it offers iCloud Backup.
Audio
Using voice chat in iOS 5 requires setting the kAudioSessionMode_VoiceChat mode on the Audio Session, or setting the AVAudioSessionModeVoiceChat mode on the AVAudioSession object.
In iOS 5 beta1, voice chat is currently not working on iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch 3rd generation devices.
Bluetooth
FIXED: When connected to Personal Hot Spot via Bluetooth, the internet connection for web browsing is not successful.
CalDav
FIXED: Despite turning off reminder sync with an iCloud account, editing in the reminders app displays the option to make a new reminder list under iCloud. By doing so, the list and to do items under the list will sync to other devices.
Neither. This is a helpful announcement for the Android dev team at Google, because the iOS dev team knows they read slashdot...
All this story has encouraged is for people, like me, to question why it is here. Especially when we are only a single major bug away from a beta 3 or beta 4.
This is madness!
Yeah it's definitely far less sensible than stories like: "Linux 3.0 Will Be Faster Than 2.6.39"
"I like to lick butts!" by MobileTatsu-NJG (#32700246) (Score:5, Informative)
Seriously.... I thought the problem was with xcode 4.
And come to think of it, I'm not entirely sure that this wouldn't have been an issue with xcode 3, since I switched to a different directory layout for my projects only a few days before I upgraded from xcode 3... although I never made the connection between that and the problems I was having because all the existing projects were already compiling cleanly and without warning or errors, so as far as I could see, only the new xcode projects were getting affected.
File under 'M' for 'Manic ranting'
What's wrong with clicking the error / warning icon in the navigation pane?
What's wrong is that it doesn't always work. If the source file is not in the project root directory, it won't do what you think it will. Instead, it will just open the source file at the top. Bugs filed, haven't seen it fixed in latest. Pain in the arse.
So far, the new beta of iTunes is refusing to backup my 5b1 devices at all - sync failing...
You know Apple goes to the trouble of providing release notes for reasons other than just the sake of typing them, right?