How to pump standard iPhone features

iPhone users are accustomed to that standard application limited to a certain set of functions. For example, in the "Photos" is only nine ordinary filters, layout, and the ability to crop images.

But mobile application developers are confident that iPhone owners deserve more, and therefore actively add to their expansion program iOS system functions. They can build new filters at the app "Photo" or add call log widget of reviews on rooms.

We talk about mobile applications that can make your iPhone more productive.

What is the expansion and how they work

Enlargement - a synonym for the word "feature". The fact that the user receives a bonus to the basic functionality of the mobile application. For example, a translator may contain an extension that can translate texts in any Safari web page. Or expand photo editor allows you to overlay filters the pictures right in the "Photo" without triggering the application itself. Here is the connection of standard and third-party programs and is called an extension.

Such features have not in all applications. Previously, Apple's policy does not allow developers to interfere with the iOS system functions. To add new features, many have used jailbreak - in other words, hacked iPhone firmware. Today, this makes no sense, because Apple has introduced the concept of App Extension, which allows developers to create extensions perfectly legal to "native" applications.

So much so, that in the App Store, you can find programs which are inherently only extensions- that is in the program, in addition to the instructions, you will not find anything, but, for example, new filters will appear when editing photos. This is useful when the iPhone does not allow the memory to store "heavy" applications.

Useful extensions for standard applications

Now in the App Store, you can find a variety of extensions for Safari and "Photo", but gradually covers the technology and other standard programs. So, relatively recently, developers have mastered the call log. Layfhaker found the most interesting examples of extensions.

A photo

Most often found in the expansion of mobile apps for editing photos. They can be easily integrated with standard applications, allowing you to apply effects directly into iMessage or "Photo".

1. Choose any photo and the start of her reign.
2. Click on top of the button with three dots to bring up a menu with the following extensions.
3. Select the application, and then open the filters and effects.

Rookie cam

Rookie cam stands out for its functionality. It is integrated with up to three system iOS applications, "Photos", iMessage and "Notification Center". The free version - four filter package.

Add selfie nice glow, and snapshot dinner - a bit of daylight and soft, can be in the application "Photo" in the edit mode. Select any photo, click on "Edit" and run the Rookie Cam.

Another extension Rookie Cam allows you to edit photos in iMessage. Here a few options: you can only blur the background or to cover components. Open the menu in any dialogue with the extensions and select Rookie Cam.

Pixelmator

paid Photo Editor from the famous eponymous developer program for the Mac. In addition to all the charms of Pixelmator, the application allows you to edit photos right in the "Photo". Dozens of stylish filters, glare light, bokeh effect - is only a small part of what offers Pixelmator.

Flare effects

When install the extension, will go in the "Photos" and start to edit the picture, will open filters Flare Effects. They are just over 20: the film is irradiated by the old photograph, Polaroid style and more. Conveniently, you can add favorite filters to a separate tab.

Safari

Yandex. Interpreter

Expansion of "Yandex. Interpreter "allows transfer web page in Safari to different languages. To do this, click on "Share" and choose the "translator" - the page is automatically translated into the Russian language. In the top bar there is a drop down menu where you can choose from any of 95 languages.

Pocket

Pocket popular app also contains an extension. It can help you save on the iPhone page, videos and articles. Select an article or video on YouTube, and then press all the same button "Share". Then - on tap Pocket. The material will be copied from the browser and stored in the application. The Pocket has a section "My list" where all the added content is stored. Read the article can be no access to the Internet.

By the way, Pocket brings materials without advertising banners. If they prevent you from reading the news and longridy, use this life hacking and add articles to your application.

WhatFont

With the expansion WhatFont can see the font of any text in Safari. To do this, select the word or sentence and then click "Share." From the menu, select the extensions WhatFont. Thus, you can quickly identify the font, font family, style and size. The app is useful to designers, web developers, marketers - all those who work with fonts.

Phone

Even the call log may provide more information than is laid down in the standard version. Here are a few examples of applications with the extensions.

2 GIS

Annex 2GIS is a function of "Caller ID". Include it in your phone's settings, and in the "Recent" will display the names of organizations that are calling you.

Who is calling

Appendix "Who Called" determines during an incoming call banks, spammers and collectors, as well as adds to the call log widget of reviews on rooms. Choose any number, click "Share Contact", click on the app and read the comments on this issue.

Who Calls

The program recognizes unwanted calls and allows them to block. Spammers are determined based on user complaints on rooms. The "Recent" also displays information about the caller.

How to search for an application with extensions

When searching in the App Store, you can use specific wording: "the extension», extension. By and large, any possible link between the program and the default application indicates that the application is an extension.

Today, these features are present in all top apps - Facebook, WhatsApp and others. For example, to send a phone number or photo to someone from friends in the social network "VKontakte" is much easier with the help of expansion - it will have to make only three tapas.