UIKit should have an official loupe class

Originator:steipete
Number:rdar://17265615 Date Originated:11-Jun-2014 10:01 AM
Status:Open Resolved:
Product:iOS Product Version:
Classification: Reproducible:Always
 
Summary:
It seems like everyone is reinventing the wheel on text loups. There is one on UIKit, one in CorePDF, one in iBooks, one in iWorks and I'm pretty sure that there's a custom one in Safari as well. 

This is a lot of redundant code... and we're not even talking about 3rd party apps that usually do a bad job at replicating these. We wrote a custom loupe in PSPDFKit as well, and it took a lot of effort to get it right and fast. It requires a custom window and a lot of know-how.

This should be solved by Apple.

(See https://github.com/nst/iOS-Runtime-Headers/blob/master/PrivateFrameworks/CorePDF.framework/UIPDFMagnifierController.h for example)

Steps to Reproduce:
Browse the UIKit API. Find no UILoupeView.

Expected Results:
UILoupeView (or window? controller?)

Actual Results:
API is not public (and will also have to be refined)

Version:
iOS 8 DP1

Notes:


Configuration:
iPhone 5S

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