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Why ios 13.4 does not support the touch screen bluetooth? Why did Apple take this opportunity away? Please return the function back!

Why ios 13.4 does not support the touch screen bluetooth? Why did Apple take this opportunity away? Please return the function back!

iPhone XS, iOS 13

Posted on Apr 9, 2020 6:33 AM

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Posted on Apr 9, 2020 11:04 AM

I have a game controller that uses that same language. It stopped working after I upgraded to 13.4. It allows mapping buttons for controls. It’s called Shooting Plus V3. It uses a snapshot of the game with buttons present, and the V3 interface allows you to place controller functions on the screenshot buttons. Then the controller executes that function. Too much info most likely, but whatever changed in 13.4 stopped the device from even connecting. Maybe support for mouse and keyboard?

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Apr 25, 2020 11:27 AM in response to Secreteo

paid for this you have no right to control my device.. I paid for the device and software so please be smart somewhere else

You do not own the software. You have agreed to a license to use the software on a device you may own.


No end user in the history of software has ever owned the software. Your sense of entitlement is incorrect here.


If you want stability on features you like, either research the upgrade or do not upgrade.

May 1, 2020 2:04 AM in response to rolls224

This is a problem that cannot be solved in the entire industry at present. The main reason is that Apple has also closed the touch screen interface while optimizing CarPlay for iOS 13.4. This directly leads to the inability to use the touch screen mapping function when the Bluetooth is connected. In other words, the function of G-touch cannot be used normally on iOS 13.4 system.

May 7, 2020 2:10 AM in response to rolls224

I play games using Bluetooth Controller and i use Shooting Plus V3 in my iPhone

though the App Provider reminds me that IOS 13.4 is no longer capable of Bluetooth function with the Controller .

After a week or more . I never see the notification from the App . So I thought the problem or issue has been solved so I ignored the warning and update my IOS to 13.4 and yeah that’s my mistake , ( guys, is that our mistake ? No , hence Apple should hear us , we beg you please bring back the Touch Function on the next IOS Update .

May 15, 2020 1:09 PM in response to LACAllen

Actually Apple have locked this feature, in there update, so there’s nothing any developer can do. So really Apple aren’t being consumer friendly


from developers website


“This is a problem that cannot be solved in the entire industry at present. The main reason is that Apple has also closed the touch screen interface while optimizing CarPlay for iOS 13.4. This directly leads to the inability to use the touch screen mapping function when the Bluetooth is connected. In other words, the function of G-touch cannot be used normally on iOS 13.4 system.”

May 18, 2020 10:20 AM in response to LACAllen

I’m paralysed and have limited hand use, I use Bluetooth devices to control my iPad and other devices around my house. Apple always STRONGLY RECOMMEND that you keep your Apple devices up to date with the most current iOS for security etc reasons. I have apps written by small organisations who do there best to keep up with Apple. If I upgrade my iOS and find one of the app I RELY on no longer functions I am severely hampered until my app can be rewritten. Previous, but with much difficulty, I have been able to regress to the iOS that worked and continue until my app writers can catch up. I can see no reason why Apple make regression neigh on impossible should someone want or need to do so. I switched to Apple in 1998 and have been a loyal customer ever since with desktop, iPhone and iPad. The latter two now sit on a side table completely useless to me at the moment. My Android using friends upgrade and downgrade at will, and I am currently ‘borrowing’ a Samsung. With the new Mac Pro arriving at stuuupid money I feel my Apple affair is coming to an end and YES it will be Apple’s fault.

May 19, 2020 2:55 AM in response to LACAllen

There it is right there......

Your attitude is the same as Apple's. Zero empathy for the users of their system.


And I'm telling you this because....


if Apple had a little more empathy for their customer, you wouldn't have to be in this forum constantly telling people about what Apple is or is not obliged to do.

I'm not obliged to hold a door open for someone else, but I do it because I'm a decent person.

It cost nothing, and people remember you for it.

Apple used to be like that, but that was a long time ago



May 19, 2020 3:16 AM in response to Robert Fowles

Not having a solution you accept or like is not the same as not having empathy.


How exactly do I demonstrate empathy to your telling me you're going to quit Apple?

Apple had a little more empathy for their customer, you wouldn't have to be in this forum constantly telling people about what Apple is or is not obliged to do.

People post here blaming Apple for being shut out of their Facebook account. For SMS messages not being delivered in a timely fashion. For refunds from Microsoft they have not yet received. People post lengthy screeds here threatening to replace their family's 72 Apple devices if they don't get an answer to their 3rd party app issue. Once we empathetically ask if they have restarted their device for troubleshooting, we don't hear from them again.


Ignore me if you feel i am not adding value. Plenty do.


I am guessing here the functionality taken from you was never a designed feature. A developer used an existing feature in iOS in a unique way to provide what seems to be a well regarded 3rd party app. That it was removed does not indicate Apple's disdain for those using it in an unsupported way. Like most anyone else I have had technology updates break my ability to use devices in an unsupported way.


It is unfortunate you lost a valuable feature.


Apple has a long history or removing software and hardware features without public consultation or notice.

May 19, 2020 3:45 AM in response to LACAllen

So this is a response that shows empathy as opposed to your previous one which was tantamount to "Yeah, And, So, What?" which had zero empathy for the situation I was in regarding my software.




Yes, people post absolutely ridiculous messages in this forum as they mistake forum for Twitter or Facebook as a place to rant.


This is unfortunate especially for persons like you trying to be helpful.




So let me leave by simply just reiterating my point.




Apple are correct to always be forwarding their software to the best of their abilities.


It is for the third party app writers to keep up.


BUT…. 


It would cost Apple nothing to allow some degree of wriggle room for persons (such as myself) to circumvent problem situations like this.


A great deal of this thread is people wishing to step back their operating system. Whether they were right or wrong to have upgraded is one issue, but Apple would have many more friends by implementing such a simple step.




I am hoping we part without any bad feelings


Robert

May 19, 2020 3:55 AM in response to Robert Fowles

I am hoping we part without any bad feelings

None on my part.


It would cost Apple nothing to allow some degree of wriggle room for persons (such as myself) to circumvent problem situations like this.

I will respectfully disagree with this I'm afraid. A cold as it may seem, I believe Apple's "success" is firmly tied to it not doing that. There are an estimated billion users of iOS. It's a case of "the needs of the many..."

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