I tried running my app on iOS 14 beta which is just released. And surprisingly I don't see today extension in the phone anymore which was working all good till iOS 13+. Will today extensions not work anymore on iOS 14 since App Widgets are introduced..?
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iOS 14 beta appears to have new (iOS 14) and old (iOS 10?-13) configuration UI.
Here's what I noticed, and if anyone has found docs on this, pls add them via an edit or comment:
1- Adding new widgets to Home (Springboard and Today view) - I long pressed empty space in my Home page, and it brings up a little rounded-rect plus in the upper left. The UI is what saw in the demos.
2- Adding old widgets to "Today" If you long press in Today view, you get the plus button at the bottom, and it shows only old widgets in the old config interface.
What does not work, at-this-time:
Home Quick Actions on an app no longer auto-displays the older widgets. (Probably an improvement because this was awkward reuse of UI in a lot of apps), but also important because this display was also a way to "add widget" to Today view.
I believe with the new addition of Widgets, which are a replacement to today extensions, for iOS 14 today extensions will no longer work and need to be converted to a WidgetKit widget.
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