Apple is to finally allow people to hide thestock apps in the iPhone, according to newly-discovered code.
Hidden data in iTunes appears to show that the company will let people hide -- but not delete -- the pre-installed apps that come on iPhones. Currently apps like Stocks come bundled with the iOS operating systemand have to sit on the home screen -- usually being shunted into their own "junk drawer" folder so that they can be hidden.
The discovered code includes a line that checks for whether a given piece of software is "hideable". That seems to indicate that at some point soon the company will give people the option of moving the apps of their homescreen.
Included in a range of options for certain apps is a new option that allows the app to know whether something "isFirstPartyHideableApp". While there are no first party apps that can use that feature yet, the addition seems to indicate that an update is on its way.
The code does seem to suggest that the apps will only be able to be hidden, rather than fully deleted. That will mean that they'll still take up space within your phone's storage, but just not be taking up space on the home screen.
Source: TOI
Hidden data in iTunes appears to show that the company will let people hide -- but not delete -- the pre-installed apps that come on iPhones. Currently apps like Stocks come bundled with the iOS operating systemand have to sit on the home screen -- usually being shunted into their own "junk drawer" folder so that they can be hidden.
The discovered code includes a line that checks for whether a given piece of software is "hideable". That seems to indicate that at some point soon the company will give people the option of moving the apps of their homescreen.
Included in a range of options for certain apps is a new option that allows the app to know whether something "isFirstPartyHideableApp". While there are no first party apps that can use that feature yet, the addition seems to indicate that an update is on its way.
The code does seem to suggest that the apps will only be able to be hidden, rather than fully deleted. That will mean that they'll still take up space within your phone's storage, but just not be taking up space on the home screen.
Source: TOI
