iPadOS Development

Develop for iPadOS with guides on multitasking, PencilKit, and adaptive layouts: the APIs that separate iPad apps from scaled-up iPhone apps.

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iPadOS Development, iOS Development, Apple Platform Development 7 min read

Handwriting Recognition Is an API Now: PencilKit and PaperKit in iPadOS 27

Most of iPadOS 27 is shared platform work that also arrives on iPhone and Mac. One thing in it is genuinely structural to the iPad, and it's the one nobody led with.