Now it’s incredibly simple to start building a native Mac app from your current iPad app. With Mac Catalyst, your apps share the same project and source code so you can efficiently convert your iPad app’s desktop-class features, and add more just for Mac. Deliver your new Mac app to an engaged audience of over 100,000,000 active Mac users.
If your iPad app would make an excellent Mac app, now is the perfect time to streamline your code base and bring your app to life on Mac. The latest version of Xcode 11 is all you need. Begin by selecting the “Mac” checkbox in the project settings of your existing iPad app to create a native Mac app that you can enhance further. Your Mac and iPad apps share the same project and source code, making it easy to change your code in one place.
Your newly created Mac app runs natively, utilizing the same frameworks, resources, and runtime environment as apps built just for Mac. Fundamental Mac desktop and windowing features are added, and touch controls are adapted to the keyboard and mouse. Custom UI elements that you created with your code come across as-is. You can then continue to implement features in Xcode with UIKit APIs to make sure your app looks great and works seamlessly.
Take a look at native Mac apps created by developers using Mac Catalyst.
Twitter reveals what’s happening in the world and what people are talking about at each moment. The Twitter team was excited to leverage the Apple best practices they implemented for iOS to build and run Twitter for Mac — including native Mac features — in just days. Now one team can efficiently manage Twitter across Apple platforms.
Jira Cloud is Atlassian’s flagship product — the number one software development tool used by agile teams. The Jira Cloud team quickly built the app for Mac, leveraging the streamlined experience from their iOS app and delivering native Mac performance that can’t be achieved in a browser.
Morpholio Board is a mood board app with a huge library of furnishings, and editing and curation tools that help interior designers do fantastic work. Now designers can access Morpholio Board on the desktop, where much of their existing work already happens. The extra real estate lets them easily explore the gigantic furniture library and create boards at a scale and complexity not possible on a mobile device.
TripIt is the app that makes every trip easier, from planning to landing, by organizing all travel details in one place. TripIt for Mac lets travelers take advantage of helpful features for trip planning — such as Neighborhood Safety Scores and International Travel Tools — while multitasking with other apps on the desktop.
The Post-it app helps users quickly digitize and share their notes. With Post-it for Mac, users can organize and sort notes on the big screen. Grouping, sorting, and synthesizing ideas is accelerated using a keyboard and mouse, and importing a picture of a Post-it brainstorming session is super fast. The team built the initial version of Post-it for Mac in days, and the sophisticated scanning engine and custom animations worked automatically.
GoodNotes lets users take stunning handwritten notes on iPad. And now notes can be reviewed and edited with GoodNotes on Mac. Users can increase their productivity by enhancing notes with images and text, searching with powerful OCR technology, and managing documents across all Apple devices.