As discovered by app developer Jeremy Provost, Apple gave Zoom access to a “private iPad camera API” that allowed the video calling platform to become the only other platform, besides Apple’s FaceTime, to use the camera during iPad Split View multitasking. The Split View feature allows users to access Twitter, or a notes app, etc while being on a video call. To receive access to some API, Apple has to give an “entitlement”, which is essentially a privilege that grants execution rights for particular capabilities. It is not known why Apple only gave Zoom access to this feature, the company has said that it treats all developers equally. For example, it was revealed at the Apple vs Epic trial that Hulu had special API access.

Source: Hindustan Times May 08, 2021 15:46 UTC