According to the latest news, Apple is going to host an online developer consultation event between the 17th and 21st of October.
The event labeled “Ask Apple”, will encourage developers to consult Apple experts via Slack and interact with other developers in the community.
The purpose of this event is to answer any questions developers may have regarding support, new platforms, hardware, supporting new features such as Dynamic Island and migrating to Swift and Swift UI.
Ask Apple Event for Developers to Commence from Monday
Apple experts will communicate with the developer community through a series of text-based chats on Slack and Q&A will be available in English, Japanese, Korean and Simplified Chinese.
To participate in the Q&A session, developers are asked to register either on the Developer app or the Apple Developer webpage.
Once registered, questions can be submitted to the relevant Slack channel by tapping the plus button and then completing the “Ask a Question” form.
Answers will be shared to each question once the Q&A event starts on October 17th 2022 at 9 AM (PST).
As confirmed, here are the topics the Apple experts will be present to answer.
- Accessibility & Inclusion
- App Services
- App Store
- Augmented Reality
- Design
- Developer Tools
- Graphics & Games
- ML & Vision
- Photos & Camera
- Privacy & Security
- SwiftUI & UI Frameworks
- System Services
Apart from this, Apple has also released the entire schedule for the Ask Apple event starting on the 17th.
The schedule is as follows:
Monday October 17 Pacific Time (PST)
- 9 AM – 3 PM Q&A
- 10 PM – 2 AM Community Channels (Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese)
Tuesday October 18 Pacific Time (PST)
- 9 AM – 3 PM Q&A
- 10 PM – 2 AM Community Channels (Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese)
Wednesday October 19 Pacific Time (PST)
- 9 AM – 4 PM Q&A
- 10 PM – 2 AM Community Channels (Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese)
Thursday October 20 Pacific Time (PST)
- 9 AM – 5 PM Q&A
- 10 PM – 2 AM Community Channels (Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese)
Developers can access the links to all the Slack channels available and can drop their questions in the relevant channel.
You can also access these slack channels by clicking on the most appropriate channel from the Schedule listed on the Apple Developers Website.
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