This guide describes iOS 8 features for iPhone 4S/5/5c/5s/6 and 6 Plus.

Introduction to Game Center

Game Center lets you play your favorite games with friends who have an iOS device or a Mac (running OS X Mountain Lion or later). For use
Game Center requires an internet connection.

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Beginning of work. Open Game Center. If your nickname is displayed at the top of the screen, then you are already logged in. Otherwise, you will need to enter your Apple ID and password.

Search for games. Tap the Games section to select a recommended game, view games in the App Store, or purchase a game that your friends are playing (see Games with Friends).

Let's play! Tap Games, select a game, tap at the top right, then tap Play.

How to log out. When you sign out of Game Center, you don't have to sign out of your account. To still sign out, go to Settings > Game Center and tap your Apple ID.

Games with friends

Invite friends to a multiplayer game. Tap Friends, select a friend, select a game, then tap Play. If the game allows or requires multiple players, add players and tap Next. Send an invitation and wait for other players to accept it. When everyone is ready, start the game. If a friend is busy or not responding, you can tap the Auto Match button to have Game Center find another match for you, or the Invite button to invite someone else.

Sending a friend request. Tap Friends, then tap + and enter your friend's email address or nickname in Game Center. To view
contacts tap . (To add multiple friends to the same request, press the carriage return key after each address.) Or, tap the name of any of the players shown in Game Center.

An invitation to improve your performance. Touch one of your scores or achievements and touch Call Friends.

What are your friends playing and what are their results? Tap Friends, tap a friend's name, then tap the Games or Points bubble.

Want to buy a game that your friend has already bought? Tap Friends and tap a friend's name. Select a game from a friend in the list and tap on the top right.

Search for new friends. To view your friends' list of friends, tap a friend's name and tap their Friends bubble.

Removing a friend. Tap Friends, tap a friend's name, then tap on the top right.

How not to show your email address. Disable "Public Profile" in your Game Center account settings. See Game Center Settings below.

Disable multiplayer games or friend requests. Go to Settings > General > Restrictions. If the options aren't available, first tap the "Turn on Restrictions" option (top).

Behave decently. To report inappropriate or offensive behavior, tap Friends, tap a member's name, tap at the top right, then tap Problem Report.

Game Center Settings

Select Settings > Game Center. In this section you can:

Select notifications for Game Center. Go to Settings > Notification Center > Game Center. If Game Center isn't showing up, turn on Notifications mode.

Change restrictions for Game Center. Go to Settings > General > Restrictions.

Game Center - iPhone games

About Game Center

With Game Center, you can discover new games and share your gaming experience with friends around the world. Invite your friends to the game or find other worthy opponents with the help of the "Auto Matches" feature. Check player ratings in the scoreboards. Earn extra points for certain achievements in games.

Note: The Game Center service is not available in all countries or regions, and available games may vary by country.

Game Center requires an Internet connection and an Apple ID. If you already have an iTunes Store, MobileMe, or other Apple account, you can use this Apple ID to access Game Center. If you don't already have an Apple account, you can create one directly from Game Center, as described below.

Setting up Game Center

When you first open Game Center, you'll be asked if you want to turn on automatic notifications. (You may first be asked if you want to turn on the Notifications feature.) Notifications come in the form of text reminders, sounds, and sticker icons to help you stay informed about Game Center events, even if you're not currently using the service. For example, you may receive a notification that a friend has invited you to play a game with him.

Enable notifications. Click OK.

If you click "Deny", you will not receive notifications from Game Center. Later, you can choose to allow notifications at any time, as well as select the types of notifications you receive.

Turn notifications on and off.From the Settings menu, select Notifications. Disabling the notification feature disables all notifications for all programs.

Select notifications for Game Center.From the Settings menu, choose Notifications > Game Center and set the options for Sound, Reminders, and Stickers. If Game Center isn't showing up, turn on Notifications mode.

Set up information for Game Center associated with an Apple ID.

1 Enter your Apple ID and password, then click Sign In.

Enter additional information when prompted. If you don't have an Apple ID account, you can create one by clicking the Create Account button.

2 Click "Accept" to accept the Game Center Terms and Conditions.

3 Enter your nickname - a name that other people will see.

4 Customize Game Center settings.

To allow other users to invite you to games, leave the "Allow Game Invites" option enabled. Or click this button to disable the corresponding option.

To allow other users to find you by email address, leave the "Find me by email" option enabled. address". Or click this button to disable the corresponding option.

Account email confirmation. You can enter a different email address if you don't want to use the one that

You are signed in to your Apple account. To confirm the new address, you need to reply to the email sent to it.

To add additional email addresses that people can use to contact you in Game Center, click Add Another Email.

5 When you have finished setting up your account, click Next.

Change Game Center settings associated with your Apple ID.

1 Tap Me at the bottom of the screen, then tap the account banner.

2 Click View.

3 Make your desired changes and click Finish.

Sign in with a different Apple ID.

1 Tap Me, then tap the account banner at the bottom of the screen.

2 Click Sign Out.

3 Enter your new Apple ID and password, then click Sign In.

Beginning of the game. Click "Games", select a game and click "Start"

Games

The Game Center section of the App Store contains games that work with Game Center.Click Games, then click Find Game Center Games. In this section, you can find, purchase and download games. If you have not yet entered credit card information for your Apple ID account, the system will ask you to enter this information, after which you can buy and download games. See Chapter 23, "App Store," 03.

If you want to buy a game that your friend has already purchased, click that game on your friend's info screen and go directly to that game on the App Store.

Participation in games

The Games screen shows the games you have downloaded from the App Store. For each of the games, the number of your achievements and the rating relative to other players in this game are displayed.

Getting information about the game.Click Games, then click the game you want. If you have the relevant data, you can see the scoreboards for the game, view your achievements in the game and find out who recently played this game.

Depending on the game, the main screen of the game allows you to read instructions or other information, view scoreboards and achievements, set game options, and start the game for one or more players. To participate in a multiplayer game, you can invite a friend or use the auto-match feature so that Game Center can find game partners for you. To learn how to make new friends using Game Center, see Friends section 15.

For multiplayer games, you can also send a game invite from the Friends screen.

Invite a friend to a multiplayer game from the Friends screen.

1 Tap Friends at the bottom of the screen.

2 Select a friend.

3 Select a game and click Start.

If the game allows or requires the participation of additional players. You can invite them by clicking the "Next" button.

4 Enter text, send your invitation and wait for other players to accept it.

5 Start the game.

If a friend is busy or does not respond to an invitation. You can click the "Auto Matches" button to have Game Center find another opponent for you, or the "Invite" button to invite another friend.

Other players may also invite you to participate in the game.

Reply to an invitation to participate in the game.In the prompt that appears, click Accept or Decline.

You can disable multiplayer games in the "Restrictions" section. See "Restrictions" 27. You can also prevent other players from inviting you to games by turning off "Allow Game Invites" in the Game Center settings. See “Your Status and Account Information” 16.

Return to Game Center.Press the Home button, then tap Game Center on the home screen.

You can also quickly press the Home button twice and tap Game Center in the list of current programs.

Results tables

Some games have scoreboards showing players' rankings, scores, times, and other performance in the game.

View the table of results of the game.Click Games, select a game, and click Results.

You can also view the scoreboards directly from the game.

If a game has different variants (for example, Easy, Normal, and Hard), the Categories screen allows you to select a scoreboard for the game as a whole or for one of the variants.

Rotate iPhone to view scoreboard in landscape orientation.

Entering the game directly from the scoreboard.Click "Start" in the top right corner.

Achievements

Some games allow you to get additional points for certain achievements.

View possible achievements for the game.Click Games, select a game, and click Achievements.

For each achievement, Game Center shows how many points are awarded for it and whether you completed it. The total number of points received for all achievements is displayed at the top. Additional points for a certain achievement can only be received once.

You can also view achievements directly from the game.

Recent games

Some games allow you to see which of your friends have played the game recently.

View recent game members.Click Games, select a game, and click Recent Games.

Getting information about a player.Click the player's name in the list.

Friends

with Game Center you can meet players from all over the world. You can add friends in Game Center by making a request or by accepting a request from another player.

Adding a friend to Game Center.

1 Tap Friends or Requests.

2 Click "+", then enter your friend's email address or nickname in Game Center.

As you type, addresses and names from your contact list are displayed. Click a contact to include this person in your request. Click to view your contacts

To add multiple friends, enter additional contacts.

3 Enter the message text for your request and click Submit.

To become your friend, a person must accept your request.

Other players can also send you requests. If you have received notification of a request. You can accept the request directly from it, or dismiss the notification and respond to the request later from the Requests screen. The warning sticker on the Requests button indicates the number of requests that you have not yet answered.

Reply to a friend request.Click Requests, then click the name of the person who submitted the request and select Accept, Ignore, or Report a Problem.

When a player accepts a request from another player, they become friends. Friends' names are displayed on the Friends screen.

Getting information about a friend.Tap a friend's name.

Looking for a friend. Tap the status bar to scroll to the top of the screen, tap the search field, and start typing a name. As you type, the names of friends that match your search query are displayed.

The friend information shows the number of friends he has (including you), the number of different games he has played, and the number of achievements he has made. The information screen may also display:

Games you played together;

Games that both of you have;

Other games your friend has

You can click on a game in any of the lists to see your position and your friend's position in the general scoreboard, as well as your own and his achievements in this game.

Invite a friend to play.Click Friends, click a friend's name, click a game, and then click Play. See Participation in Games 12.

Removing a friend. Click Friends, click a friend's name, then click Remove, and then click Remove again.

In case of offensive or inappropriate player behavior, you can report the problem.

Reporting a problem with a friend.Click Friends, click a friend's name, then click Problem Report. Describe the problem, then click Submit to send the message.

If you have disabled multiplayer games in your settings, you cannot send or receive invitations to participate in games. See Restrictions 27.

Information about your status and account

The Me screen displays a summary of your friends, games, and achievements.

The text field in the center of the screen allows you to enter a message about your current status. Your status is displayed next to your nickname on other players' Friends screens.

Changing your status.Tap the status field, and then enter or update your status.

View your account information.Click the account banner, then click View.

You can change or update the following settings:

Alias;

"Allow invitations to the game";

"Find me by email. address";

Your email address for Game Center;

Additional email addresses.

Click "Finish" when finished.

You can also log out and log in with a different account, or create a new account.

Sign Out.Click the account banner, then click Sign Out.

To sign in to another account, enter your username and password, then click Sign In. To create a new account, click "Create a new account" and follow the instructions on the screen.

Game Center(game center), designed specifically for "apple" devices, initially made a splash. iPhone and iPad owners could play various video games with other users in the most simple way possible. But unfortunately, despite the fact that a new current version of the OS is already available, namely iOS 11, the functionality of the application has remained unchanged, outdated. The developers of the project do not pay due attention to the resuscitation of their "brainchild", although there were several attempts, but, alas, the result leaves much to be desired. Therefore, many users of mobile devices are annoyed by constantly intrusive notifications from the game center. Despite the fact that Game Center in iOS 11 (Apple's gaming service) cannot be completely removed, it can be disabled on an iPhone, iPad, following the tips given in this manual. How to disable game service on iPhone, iPad?

Game Center(game center), designed specifically for "apple" devices, initially made a splash. iPhone and iPad owners could play various video games with other users in the most simple way possible. But unfortunately, despite the fact that a new current version of the OS is already available, namely iOS 11, the functionality of the application has remained unchanged, outdated. The developers of the project do not pay due attention to the resuscitation of their "brainchild", although there were several attempts, but, alas, the result leaves much to be desired. Therefore, many users of mobile devices are annoyed by constantly intrusive notifications from the game center. Despite the fact that Game Center in iOS 11 (Apple's gaming service) cannot be completely removed, it can be disabled on an iPhone, iPad, following the tips given in this manual.

What is Game Center

Game Center is a special gaming service from the Cupertino company. In fact, this is a kind of gaming social network for users of "apple" devices. Game Center was first introduced on iOS in 2010. It is a port of a similar application for Mac. This application can hardly be called convenient, functional, useful, so many iPhone and iPad owners wanted to disable it on their mobile devices or even completely remove a not-so-popular application. Note that the ability to remove pre-installed stock apps only became possible after the release of the iOS 10 developer beta, but Game Center can no longer be removed.

Apple has introduced several innovative tools for developers of game projects, using which you can integrate your applications, video games with some native features and applications from iOS (Siri, iMessage, App Store). One of these tools can be called GameKit, through which developers have the opportunity to link their projects with the Apple gaming platform. Thus Game Center has ceased to be popular. became an unclaimed application. In addition, now developers will have to independently recreate the interface of this gaming service in their gaming projects.

It is also worth noting that after the release of iOS 9, many users encountered a critical error in the Game Center. Trying to launch a video game or access its settings, the game project was immediately blocked. As a result, it has become impossible to run video games that provide a connection to the Game Center. This problem could not be solved even by rebooting the mobile gadget. It was necessary to perform a complete reset of the mobile device and at the same time without the possibility of restoring data from backups. In this case, the GameKit platform can be safely called more convenient and stable.

Disable Game Center on iPhone and iPad

To once and for all forget about annoying notifications coming from the Game Center, you just need to disable this application. And so, the first step is to exit the Game Center so that the service can no longer use your personal Apple ID. After that, you can safely turn off notifications.

To exit the game center, go to the "Settings" menu. Game Center can be located on your smartphone, tablet in the "Utilities" folder. Scroll down and click directly on Game Center. Now the game service settings should appear.

We click on your Apple ID, after which you can see the same Apple ID that is used on other iOS devices. Now select the item and click on "Exit Game Center". Note. that this is how you exit the gaming service, but your personal Apple ID will continue to be used in other services, for example, in the same iTunes, App Store.

Important! Logging out of the Game Center game service will disable it. To do this, you just need to cancel the entrance to the service four times.

The next step is to disable intrusive notifications. You can do this in Settings by returning to the main menu. We go to the "Notifications" menu. In the list of applications, select Game Center or "Games" in iOS10. The settings menu and notifications from the game center will open. By moving the cursor, turn off the "allow notifications" option. This will disable all notifications for the game service.

As already noted, four times we cancel the entrance to Game Center. Even after that, the game service will sometimes appear when downloading some video games. But this is only due to the fact that some game projects are designed in such a way that they function in conjunction with the Game Center. That is why such video games will always try to open it. By canceling the login four times in a row, we disable and cancel the delivery of notifications from the game center.

How to disable the game service in iOS 11

For everyone who has the current version of iOS 11 installed on their iPhone, iPad, you can turn off Game Center in just a few simple steps. The problem is literally solved in just a few clicks.

To disable the Game Center game service in iOS 11 on your mobile device, you need to go to the menu "Settings" → Game Center and just turn the Game Center switch to the inactive position. This is how, in a few steps, you can quickly, easily turn off the game service, which previously could only be deactivated by logging out of your Apple ID account, which you can also set a strict ban on sending notifications.

Advice! You can also sign out of your Game Center account in iOS 11 if you want, but we don't recommend using it to completely disable Apple Game Center.

As you can see, using the above tips, despite the fact that it is unlikely that you can completely get rid of an unnecessary application on your device, disabling Game Center is done in a very simple way. It is enough to follow a few simple steps in a certain sequence.

Greetings! Game Center for the iOS operating system is one of the most popular mobile gaming platforms today. This is largely facilitated by the very strong prevalence of "apple" devices and a huge number of games in the App Store (after all, almost every one of them supports this service). And if it does, then you should definitely use it!

Moreover, everything happens without “registration and SMS” (they won’t ask for money), and the possibilities of the Game Center are quite large - thanks to them, it becomes much more fun, more cheerful, your mood improves, your well-being improves ... however, something I got distracted.

Key Features:

• Is it boring to play alone? Play with friends! Support for multiplayer games.
• You do not know with whom to "cut to death"? Possibility of automatic selection of rivals.
• Killed the boss in 15 seconds? Share your achievement.
• Are you the best at birdies? The whole world will know about it, thanks to the rating of the players.
• I'm tired of all? Game center will select a game according to your interests.

Getting started or how to register in Game Center

In order to start using the service, no matter how trite it sounds, registration is required. Let's start! Click on the icon on the desktop. And we see an offer to enter your Apple ID and, of course, a password. Have no idea what you're talking about? To you . You can find out how to get yourself a personal Apple ID at.

Did you enter data? There is a connection, after which the main window of the game center opens for you. Where can you see:

• Your alias.
• The number of friends, points in games, calls sent to you.
• And also add status and photo.

How to add friends

There are two ways to chat with friends. First, click on a separate tab, which is called “friends”. And we see the recommendations of the system, which are based on your list of contacts in the phone book and activity in FaceBook. The second option is to send an invitation yourself, for this we click on the “+” symbol in the upper right part of the screen and enter the person’s email or his alias (nickname, nickname) in the Game Center.

After your invitation is accepted, you can view the detailed profile information of this user. And of course, start having fun!

How to add and remove a game

Let's move on to the next part of the game. Everything is quite simple here - at the top you see the games that are recommended to you, based on those already installed. Did you like any? Click on it, you will be transferred to - from where the download occurs.

At the bottom of the screen, the games that are on your iPhone or iPad that have Game Center support are listed. To delete, swipe from right to left, then delete. Please note that only the data in the service is deleted, but not the application itself.

How to sign out of your Game Center account

If, for one reason or another, you need to log out of your account or change it, then doing this is quite simple. Go to the settings section - Game Center. In the window that opens, we see the Apple ID at the top. Click on it, then on the "log out" tab.

By the way, here you can change the pseudonym (nickname).

How to disable or remove Game Center

To be honest, sometimes this service becomes intrusive - you want to turn it off and just enjoy the game. However, since it is part of the firmware, it cannot be removed without a jailbreak. But there is another way to make it so that you do not get bored. Small instruction:

1. First, log out of your account (see above how to do this).
2. We go into the game - a window pops up inviting you to join, click cancel.
3. We exit the game.
4. We go again - cancel again.
5. After the third attempt, the system understands that you are not interested and stops offering to "enter". Game Center is disabled for this game.

By the way, Game Center does not work if there is no Internet on the device. This is also one of the options to disable this service. Although quite radical :)

Finally, I would like to note the fact that all achievements and results are saved in an iCloud backup (read how to create) and, if necessary, they can be easily restored, so you can not be afraid of flashing, updating iOS or changing devices.