“Your mom’s combat boots” - new iOS7 feature

In the iOS7 code, several funny fragments were found - the names of flags for activating certain functions, the essence of which the company tried to hide from strangers.

For example, one of the flags was called YouMamaCombatBoots, which translates as “your mother’s combat boots”. In the final version of the system, flags of the type are isYoMamaWearsCombatBootsActive"declassified" as isStillImageStabilizationActive.

-- (void)setYoMamaWearsCombatBootsAutomaticallyWhenAvailable:(BOOL)arg1;
-- (BOOL)yoMamaWearsCombatBootsAutomaticallyWhenAvailable;
-- (BOOL)isYoMamaWearsCombatBootsActive;
+- (BOOL)isStillImageStabilizationActive;
 - (BOOL)isEV0CaptureEnabled;
 - (void)setHDRCaptureEnabled:(BOOL)arg1;
 - (BOOL)isHDRCaptureEnabled;
 - (void)configureAndInitiateCopyStillImageForRequest:(id)arg1;
 - (BOOL)isRawCaptureSupported;
+- (BOOL)isStillImageStabilizationSupported;

Hiding new features to run them in is a standard practice with developers from Google, Microsoft and others. To test the new functionality, they introduce it into the system, but give access only to a limited number of beta testers, while for the rest access is most difficult. The name of the function should not give a hint of its meaning.

Apple traditionally releases the operating system earlier than the official announcement of the devices and, in addition, strives to keep the list of new features secret until the last day, hence mom’s “combat boots” and “fancy glasses” appear.

-- (BOOL)isYoMamaWearsFancyGlasses;
-- (void)setYoMamaWearsFancyGlassesDetectionEnabled:(BOOL)arg1;
-- (BOOL)isYoMamaWearsFancyGlassesDetectionEnabled;
-- (BOOL)isYoMamaWearsFancyGlassesDetectionSupported;
+- (BOOL)isHighDynamicRangeScene;
+- (void)setHighDynamicRangeSceneDetectionEnabled:(BOOL)arg1;
+- (BOOL)isHighDynamicRangeSceneDetectionEnabled;
+- (BOOL)isHighDynamicRangeSceneDetectionSupported;

Sometimes "Easter eggs" are found in the code without any meaning. For example, the gravity constant on the Death Star GRAVITY_DEATH_STAR_I, for some reason, is wired to the list of SensorMananger constants of the Android operating system.