Whats_New_in_SiriKit.md

WWDC 2017

Table of Contents

• What's New in SiriKit - Wednesday
  • SiriKit
  • Easy development/debugging
  • Domains and intents
    • Payments (was there)
    • Accounts (new - type of accounts or companies -checking))
  • Lists and Notes:
    • Lists:
    • Notes:
  • Visual codes
  • Steps
  • Customizable UI
    • Configure View
  • Additional Enhancements
    • Background workout app intent handling
    • Alternative App Names

What's New in SiriKit - Wednesday

Session video and resources: https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2017/214/

SiriKit

• Last year: Intents, watchOS 3.0
• Debugging on simulator since 10.3.2

Easy development/debugging

• You don't have to talk to Siri each time. Preset sentence : “show my XXX code”

Domains and intents

Payments (was there)

• Send/request
• Search& pay bills(10.3.2),

Accounts (new - type of accounts or companies -checking))

• Transfer money, check the balance in your account.. (INTransferMoneyIntent, INSearchForAccountsIntent)

Lists and Notes:

Lists:

• Search in the list
• Complete/update a task
• Set a reminder
• Create/add task

Notes:

• Create a note (title, groupName, content)
• Append/delete a note
• Search in a note, sort (by Date)/filter (date/completed/location etc)

Visual codes

• Barcodes/QR codes/contact code etc - “show my XXX code”
• INVisualCodeIntent (contact, requestPayment, sendPayment)

Steps

1. Resolve - Use case: unknown code type / contact code type
2. Confirm - Use case: check if user is logged in if the code needs to be shown for an authorised user
3. Handle (only required method) : return the visualCodeImage

Customizable UI

Configure View

• Set size
• Replace a view or multiple views with a custom view
• Custom Interactive Behaviour

Additional Enhancements

Background workout app intent handling

• Application continue UserActivity
• Extension-App (handleInApp for extension, HandleIntent for app)

Alternative App Names

• In the .plist INAlternativeAppNames array