SvenTiigi/WhatsNewKit
WhatsNewKit
WhatsNewKit is a framework for implementing version-based feature highlights and "what's new" overlays within iOS and macOS applications. It provides a Swift UI component library and UIKit onboarding interfaces to communicate new functionality to users through visual showcase screens.
The framework includes a version-based feature tracker that manages records of which app updates a user has seen. This mechanism triggers targeted announcement overlays based on the current software version and user interaction history to ensure updates are only presented once.
The library covers the creation of feature showcases using titles, subtitles, and images, and allows for layout customization of spacing, padding, and scroll behavior. It utilizes view controllers to render these overlays within UIKit or AppKit environments and supports viewed version tracking via local, cloud, or in-memory storage.
Features
- Feature Showcase Frameworks - Provides a complete framework for displaying version-based feature highlights and what's new overlays in iOS and macOS apps.
- Storage-Agnostic Persistence Layers - Supports tracking viewed versions using interchangeable local, cloud, or in-memory storage systems.
- Automated Update Showcases - Triggers targeted announcement overlays based on the current app version and the user's history of viewed updates.
- Mobile App Onboarding - Implements UI sequences and overlays designed to guide users through new application features.
- Feature Version Trackers - Implements a mechanism for tracking which app versions a user has seen to trigger specific update notifications.
- Version-Based Trigger Logic - Triggers feature overlays by comparing the current app version against a history of previously seen updates.
- Feature Showcase Automation - Automatically triggers feature showcase overlays based on the current software version and user interaction history.
- In-App User Education - Guides users through new app capabilities using visual overlays and descriptions delivered directly within the interface.
- Onboarding UI Controllers - Ships a set of view controllers for rendering guided tours and feature announcements using UIKit and AppKit.
- Feature Guidance Overlays - Provides a toolkit for creating UI overlays that highlight new features with titles, subtitles, and images.
- Swift UI Components - Provides a collection of customizable reusable UI elements for presenting feature lists and action buttons using Swift.
- User Interaction Tracking - Manages records of which app updates a user has seen to ensure feature showcases only appear once.
- Viewed Content Tracking - Records which feature showcases have been viewed using local or cloud storage to prevent duplicate displays.
- iOS App Onboarding - Provides frameworks for creating guided welcome and feature announcement screens for iOS applications.
- Controller-Based View Wrapping - Encapsulates feature showcases within dedicated view controllers to coordinate layout and visibility in UIKit or AppKit.
- Showcase Layout Customization - Allows adjusting visual spacing, padding, and scroll behavior for feature lists and action buttons within overlays.
- UI Layout Configurations - Provides customizable parameters to control the visual spacing, padding, and scroll behavior of feature lists.
- General Utilities - Showcases new app features.
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