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What licenses are required to connect and communicate over a non-Apple hardware to and from iPad/iPhone?
I have non-apple hardware which I want to connect to iPad and communicate with it by writing a program.
Hence I want to know all steps to be able to do that and how much will it cost.
Macs work just fine with non-Apple keyboards. Alt becomes option, and the Windows key becomes the command key. And if you want to rearrange them, you can easily do so in the System Preferences:
However, I prefer to use Apple keyboards with my Mac as they have buttons on the top to control expose, volume, and pause/rewind/fastforward of media playback. Apple keyboards also have the command key better positioned for keyboard shortcuts than the Windows key is on regular keyboards.
In the older iOS devices it's the accelerometer - it is detecting the constant acceleration due to gravity.
Normal motion produces only short bursts of acceleration, not long enough to trigger rotation.
If you put your iOS device in a fast car and accelerated it for several seconds you could probably get it to autorotate the wrong way.
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You may need to join the Apple MFi Program, however this does require you to be a registered company that can pass a credit check.
If you just connect your device via Bluetooth then you do not need to join the MFI program.
All you will need to do in this instance is join the Apple Developer program for iOS devices, the cost for this is $99 a year.
To be able to develop the iOS app to communicate with your device, you will need an Apple Mac capable of running Xcode and costs will vary.