Social Integration

Social networking is here to stay, and users want to be able to access their social media accounts on everything from the newest iOS game to their refrigerators (Samsung Model RF4289HARS). Before iOS 5, adding Twitter and Facebook to an app was a frustrating and challenging endeavor; third-party libraries written by people who didn’t understand the platform were rampant, often not even compiling. Starting with iOS 5, Apple introduced Social Framework, which allowed developers to directly integrate Twitter services into their apps with little effort. With iOS 6, Apple expanded the Social Framework functionality to include Facebook and Sina Weibo (China’s leading social network).

Not only are users craving social integration ...

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