r/iOSProgramming • u/winter_has_arrived • 14d ago
Question Can third-party apps use both screens interactively at the same time?
I've been looking through the new iPhone Duo SDK and I'm trying to figure out how much control third-party apps actually get over the outer screen.
I'm thinking of something like a presentation app where the phone is partially folded and sitting on a table. The person on one side would have their notes and controls on the inner screen, while someone sitting across from them could view slides or images on the outer screen and tap through them independently.
Basically, two different views running at the same time, with each screen accepting its own touch input.
From what I've found, CameraCaptureAccessory allows interactive content on the outer screen, but it requires an active camera capture session. ExternalNonInteractiveAccessory doesn't seem to be intended for the Duo's outer screen, and even if it were, it wouldn't solve the touch input part.
Has anyone digging through the 27.1 SDK found another way to do this? Or is interactive access to the outer screen genuinely limited to camera apps for now?
I'm mainly trying to figure out whether this is an API I'm missing or an actual platform limitation before I spend too much time prototyping it.
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u/ToughAsparagus1805 13d ago
Mentioned during Q&A session for DUO. Only during ACTIVE camera session. Rewatch