14.2
What's New
iOS 14.2 delivers significant improvements to AVFoundation's offline HLS handling, enabling concurrent asset operations without network overhead. New Intercom notification interactivity enhances user engagement. Critical change: developers must upgrade to signature version 2.0 for postback functionality on iOS 14 and later.
Highlights
- Improved support for multiple concurrent AVURLAsset instances on offline HLS filesystem URLs
- Multiple AVPlayerItem objects now work on offline HLS assets without triggering network reads
- Enhanced progress indicator logic for AVAggregateAssetDownloadTask media selection ordering
- Intercom notifications now support playback and reply functionality
- Signature version 2.0 required for postback on iOS 14 and later devices
Breaking Changes
- Signature version 1.0 no longer generates postbacks on iOS 14 or later, even with installed advertised apps