The most recent beta of Apple’s Xcode development tool includes a small however nifty feature that will make it simpler in certain circumstances to purchase applications people want to use across iOS and macOS. Developers who decide to take advantage of the feature will have the option to package together various versions of an application into a single “Universal Purchase.” If people buy one rendition, they will at that point get access to the next automatically. As part of a similar change, developers will likewise have the alternative to selling unified in-application buys.
Clearly, only one out of every odd developer will decide to take advantage of the feature, so people may, in any case, end up purchasing numerous copies of a single application in certain conditions. As indicated by Apple, it intends to permit developers to begin selling universal buys this March. The organization says it will likewise unify Mac and iOS App Stores categories to make applications simpler for individuals to discover.
The universal application packs ought to become accessible once Apple releases iOS 13.4, tvOS 13.4 and macOS Catalina 10.15.4 to people in general. The move is part of Apple’s ongoing Project Catalyst activity, which the organization declared back at WWDC 2019. Macintosh’s end objective with Catalyst, as per a Bloomberg report from a year ago, is to in the long run permit developers to consolidate their iPhone, iPad and Mac applications into a single application.