{"id":2885,"date":"2013-10-10T01:11:44","date_gmt":"2013-10-09T20:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/?p=2885"},"modified":"2019-12-27T06:50:27","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T01:50:27","slug":"kik-messenger-app-updated-ios-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/kik-messenger-app-updated-ios-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Kik Messenger app updated for iOS 7, brings redesign, loses in-app features"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kik Messenger is one of the fast growing messengers having users up to 100 million. Yesterday, Kik Messenger app for iOS received an update, befitting it with iOS 7 and taking its version to 6.7 while <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Installing WhatsApp on iPod or iPad without Jailbreak\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/install-whatsapp-ipod-ipad-without-jailbreak\/\" target=\"_blank\">WhatsApp<\/a> still misses iOS 7 makeover update.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kik-messenger-app-iOS-updated.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2891\" title=\"kik-messenger-app-iOS-updated\" alt=\"kik-messenger-app-iOS-updated\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kik-messenger-app-iOS-updated.png\" width=\"430\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kik-messenger-app-iOS-updated.png 1024w, https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kik-messenger-app-iOS-updated-768x602.png 768w, https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kik-messenger-app-iOS-updated-750x588.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2891\" title=\"kik-messenger-app-iOS-updated\" alt=\"kik-messenger-app-iOS-updated\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kik-messenger-app-iOS-updated.png\" width=\"430\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kik-messenger-app-iOS-updated.png 1024w, https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kik-messenger-app-iOS-updated-768x602.png 768w, https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kik-messenger-app-iOS-updated-750x588.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The update brings redesign to the Kik Messenger app, making the graphics flat, adding some borders. There is also an addition of one sticker pack i.e. <i>My Little <\/i>Pony. Previously there were five sticker packs i.e. <i>Happy Tree Friends<\/i>, <i>Smiley World<\/i>, <i>the free Memes<\/i>, <i>South Park<\/i> and <i>Adventure Time<\/i>. Along with these features, the app also receives stability improvements.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kik-messenger-app-cards.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2899\" alt=\"kik-messenger-app-cards\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kik-messenger-app-cards.jpg\" width=\"632\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kik-messenger-app-cards.jpg 1756w, https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kik-messenger-app-cards-768x448.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kik-messenger-app-cards-750x437.jpg 750w, https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kik-messenger-app-cards-1140x665.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2899\" alt=\"kik-messenger-app-cards\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kik-messenger-app-cards.jpg\" width=\"632\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kik-messenger-app-cards.jpg 1756w, https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kik-messenger-app-cards-768x448.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kik-messenger-app-cards-750x437.jpg 750w, https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kik-messenger-app-cards-1140x665.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Let\u2019s have a look on the description of the update Kik Messenger app:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><i>Updated iOS7 look and feel<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>My Little Pony sticker pack now available!<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Stability improvements<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Along with these updates, there is a bad news. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" title=\"iOS 7 'Activation Required' error, how to fix?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/ios-7-activation-required-error\/\" target=\"_blank\">iOS 7<\/a> has modified the way the apps communicate. This has affected the Kik Messenger app too disabling the users to use AnyVideo, Fontself, the in-app features of Kik Messenger app. The company describes the problem, in detail, in the blog post:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i>\u201cWith the release of iOS7, Apple introduced some big changes to the way apps communicate. One of the changes Apple made has limited the ability for mobile apps to share data with each other.<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i>Why does this matter to you? Some of your favourite third-party apps relied on the ability to send data to our app, so that you could send videos, cool fonts, and more to your friends on Kik. Unfortunately, that means if you\u2019re using iOS7, you won\u2019t be able to continue using Apps That Kik, like AnyVideo and Fontself, to send stuff to your friends on our app.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, the company is working on its solution. Moreover, trying to bring these features i.e. AnyVideo, Fontself etc. on its Cards platform. The platform is created for mini-apps that enable you to play games, watch videos and a variety of stuff.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can download the updated Kik Messenger app FREE at <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Kik Messenger app for iOS Download\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/pk\/app\/kik-messenger\/id357218860?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kik Messenger is one of the fast growing messengers having users up to 100 million. Yesterday, Kik Messenger app for iOS received an update, befitting it with iOS 7 and taking its version to 6.7 while WhatsApp still misses iOS 7 makeover update. The update brings redesign to the Kik Messenger app, making the graphics flat, adding some borders. There is also an addition of one sticker pack i.e. My Little Pony. Previously there were five sticker packs i.e. Happy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[588],"tags":[7,192,613,371],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kik Messenger app for iOS gets updated, befitting iOS 7<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Since the release of iOS 7, many apps continue to get updates i.e. getting iOS 7 makeover. 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