Will you soon be able to hide system apps on iOS?
from David Wurm 
on April 07, 2016, 16:41 p.m. | Write a comment
Notes, more precisely APIs, under iTunes now indicate that preinstalled apps such as the compass, tips or health on the iPhone or iPad could soon be hidden - possibly even with the next version of the mobile operating system iOS.
Again and again, the issue of being able to somehow hide or even uninstall preinstalled system apps on your smartphone is an issue. Apple should now take the first step and in the future offer a possibility with which one can simply hide unwanted apps, reports 9to5Mac. - There is no indication that this could also be uninstalled - Relevant for this function are the API keys "isFirstParty" and "isFirstPartyHideableApp" which can be set to true (yes) and to bevel (no), and thus activate and deactivate the respective function.
The topic has been under discussion for a long time
This is exactly the topic Apple CEO Tim Cook has been dealing with for a long time, because in September last year the Apple boss had already mentioned that it was already being considered. Unfortunately, the implementation has not worked so far because the implementation of this feature is very difficult, says Tim Cook. But should this feature really come, it would be very beneficial for the user to be able to tidy up the home screen a bit. For understandable reasons, you will not be able to hide every app - such as phone, messages, clock or other important system apps.
At the moment it is only possible to make any app disappear by using slightly more complicated tricks - these should also work without a jailbreak. By the way: maybe the feature will even come on board from the iOS 9 successor iOS 10?
