One of iOS 8 ’s most talked about feature isHealthKit , a raw API that allow developers build up various health - refer apps for the iTunes store . However , right beforetoday ’s iOS 8 launch , it come along that HealthKit hit a snag that made Apple to temporarily remove several apps , according toa report from 9to5Mac .
A few services affected are actually some middling heavy hitter , including MyFitnessPal , WebMD , and CARROT Fit . in the first place this sunrise , Brian Mueller , the creator of the Carrot Fit meet Christian Bible from Apple that his app would be temporarily pulled . The reasonableness ? It ’s not you , it ’s us .
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All the apps affected have integrated with Apple ’s HealthKit API as the company advise when it was announced at WWDC in June . When address with9to5Mac , Mueller enjoin that current drug user who downloaded the update were receive no problems with HealthKit - specific capability , so the real cause for the last minute delay is unsettled . There ’s been no official word from Apple or and Mueller says there ’s currently no ETA .
Although this postponement appear to have been unplanned , it joins other iOS 8 feature that have been granted extended deadlines , includingSMS continuity , which will now most potential launch when Mac OS Yosemite release in public .
Despite this unforseen HealthKit hiccup , iOS 8 stillhas plenty to enjoyin the meanwhile . [ 9to5Mac ]
Update : Apple has addressed the consequence and says a HealthKit “ hemipteron ” does n’t permit wellness apps to push to iOS 8 . The trouble may not be cook until the death of the calendar month , according to Financial Time’sTim Bradshaw . We ’ve reach out to Apple for a input .
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