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16 Jun 2021 10:48

The last hyped-week was awesome with a lot of worth-watching sessions by far. If you missed it due to vacation there's a great viewing guide or just ignored it the quick daily recaps with best of are maybe the most suitable for you this case.
#wwdc

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28 May 2021 21:37

What is new in Swift 5.5 besides async | await with actors? Really great features will be released soon!
https://www.hackingwithswift.com/articles/233/whats-new-in-swift-5-5
#swift

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24 May 2021 13:03

Popup is a popular pattern in iOS by far, therefore you can notice them across many apps. So if you are wondering about implementing a custom popup in your app using SwiftUI by not considering taking a ready-made solution from Github, this is a great article to read.
https://blog.artemnovichkov.com/custom-popups-in-swiftui
#iOS #SwiftUI

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18 May 2021 10:22

Nice write-up about Efficiency and Performance cores in M1 and how they work in conjunction with Quality of Service (QoS) comparing to Intel models.

Cores shouldn’t all be the same: M1 Macs do better
https://eclecticlight.co/2021/05/14/cores-shouldnt-all-be-the-same-m1-macs-do-better/

How M1 Macs feel faster than Intel models: it’s about QoS
https://eclecticlight.co/2021/05/17/how-m1-macs-feel-faster-than-intel-models-its-about-qos/amp/
#M1 #performance

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10 May 2021 19:19

Wow, it's a great chance to become a contributor to Swift!
https://swift.org/blog/swift-mentorship-program/
#swift

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03 May 2021 10:51

Found an advanced thread about Dynamic Type fonts. An author compares preferred fonts with system fonts + UIFontMetrics in the leadings behavior. No so a popular topic, but in the case of implementing dynamic font need to be aware of it.
https://twitter.com/featherless/status/1382146916402790401?s=21

🧵: https://threads-web.vercel.app/threads/1382146916402790401

#twitter #dynamic_type #iOS

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21 Apr 2021 11:04

Peter's prepared a great article with challenges they faced by adopting SwiftUI in production code.
https://pspdfkit.com/blog/2021/swiftui-in-production/
#swiftUI #iOS

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13 Apr 2021 21:47

In case you're a fan of debugging memory problems like me. Was happy to see the announced Debug Memory Graph in Xcode a few years ago and even tried FBRetainCycleDetector by Facebook to detect retain cycles... Maybe it's time to go further to write your own memory graph tool to detect issues? So this article is a great start to dive into this topic.
https://hackernoon.com/making-your-own-memory-graph-to-detect-memory-issues-on-ios-13w33hv
#debugging

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06 Apr 2021 12:51

Swift Standard Library team has released one more open-source package - Swift Collections.

“The initial version of the Collections package contains implementations for three of the most frequently requested data structures: a double-ended queue (or “deque”, for short), an ordered set and an ordered dictionary.”

https://swift.org/blog/swift-collections/
#swift

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04 Apr 2021 14:19

I like a lot how Dave comes up with new property wrappers that can simplify SwiftUI life by far! So If you haven't heard about DynamicProperty like me, it's a great article to be familiar with this protocol.
https://davedelong.com/blog/2021/04/02/custom-property-wrappers-for-swiftui/
#swiftUI #swift

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29 Mar 2021 19:28

Why Do Interviewers Ask Linked List Questions?
Really enjoyed this post. I've struggled for years to understand the purpose of these interview questions...

p.s. It tests CS fundamentals (not really)

https://www.hillelwayne.com/post/linked-lists/
#interview

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23 Mar 2021 19:48

Oh, did you know that fact?

"Queues with .background Quality of Service (QoS) may never be executed, e.g. low power mode, so plan accordingly."

It's really great stuff for discovering some non-obvious and handy tips about concurency in these series of articles. Worth reading by far!

https://jessesquires.github.io/TIL/ios/threads_and_queues.html
#iOS #concurrency

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17 Mar 2021 20:22

Pointfreeco has open-sourced their new app - isowords.
The interesting point of this app in my opinion that it covers a lot of useful topics for trying something new:

- New architecture - OK, try Composable Architecture.
- Want to see an app is built in SwiftUI - welcome.
- Hyper-modularization - why not?
- Automated App Store screenshots, Previews, and so so on.

https://github.com/pointfreeco/isowords

#swiftUI #iOS #Pointfreeco

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11 Mar 2021 21:24

Fun and Profit
Haven't read any interesting articles about String Interpolation for a long time especially in conjunction with the dynamicCallable.
https://davedelong.com/blog/2021/03/04/exploiting-string-interpolation-for-fun-and-for-profit
#swift

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26 Feb 2021 20:13

A bit of details provided by Apple about iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 adoption numbers: https://developer.apple.com/support/app-store/

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07 Jun 2021 23:57

Some of the WWDC21 features I really liked so far:

Xcode
- The Network template now includes a new Instrument for capturing and analyzing HTTP traffic
- You can now create, review, and merge pull requests using Xcode’s source control features, when signed into a GitHub or Bitbucket Server account
- Swift syntax highlighting in Xcode 13 is immediate and flicker free, both while editing and navigating between files. 🤞
- New refactorings help migrate to async code. “Convert Call to Async Alternative” is available on calls that take a completion handler as their last argument
- XCTest now supports test repetition
- Xcode Cloud. Remember Buddybuild?

UI
- Keyboard layout guide 🎉
- Native APIs for async image decoding and thumbnailing of images!
- Native bottom sheet?
- UIButton fully supports multiple lines of text

Foundation
- (NS)AttributedString supports Markdown now

SwiftUI
- AsyncImage - a view that asynchronously loads and displays an image
- Finally is able to hide separators between rows
- Custom swipe actions to a row in a list
- AttributedString in SwiftUI
- Pull-to-refresh

AppStore
- Try different app icons, screenshots, and app previews on your default App Store product page and compare their performance to understand what users like most. A/B 🤔
- Create additional versions of your product page to showcase different features or content, each with a unique URL

iOS
- iOS 15 brings back the magnifying glass for accurate text selection…
- Apple hasn’t dropped a device from an iOS release since iOS 13 in 2019
- Focus and notifications
- Safari Web Extensions are now available on all Apple devices that support Safari.
- Starting in iOS 15, drag and drop on iPhone is enabled by default.

MacOS
- TestFlight for Mac
- The power of Shortcuts is coming to macOS

and more!

#wwdc

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25 May 2021 13:06

Starting with the 14.6 iOS (iPadOS) version it's no needed to install a developer or public beta certificate to get an unreleased version of OS.
https://martiancraft.com/blog/2021/05/ios146-is-a-game-changer-for-test-and-development-devices/
#iOS

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21 May 2021 23:27

Recently Notion introduced the developers api that really intrigued me! Because I lead a pet project with tasks board, specifications, etc. fully in Notion and now it's possible to configure a Notion database and even integrate it to my iOS admin app... All my project related stuff will be in one place - it becomes really better!

So my point is if you are using a storage for collecting some sort of data, consider the following approach as well.

https://ashok-b.medium.com/notion-database-ios-d3c7835c3a53
#iOS #Notion

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14 May 2021 10:26

Not so technical article but the Instagram team emphasizes some aspects of the app that could be more fluid and responsive with little details of implementation. I wish more apps were fluid as Threads.
https://about.instagram.com/blog/engineering/on-building-a-fluid-user-interface
#instagram #iOS

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10 May 2021 15:58

Consider the fact Swift Actors are available in the beta toolchain so far, nevertheless, we can play around with it by following great examples.
https://trycombine.com/posts/swift-actors/
#swift #concurrency

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26 Apr 2021 21:57

It has happened!
https://swift.org/blog/swift-5-4-released/
#swift

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18 Apr 2021 19:19

Sheets in SwiftUI are not so obvious to work with, so Artem decided to highlight and clarify some interesting behaviors.
https://blog.artemnovichkov.com/sheet-happens
#iOS #swiftUI

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13 Apr 2021 18:39

Oh, what will we see this time? 🤔
https://9to5mac.com/2021/04/13/apple-april-event-ipad-confirmed/
#Apple #news

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05 Apr 2021 20:27

Dave continues to amaze me for sure. His second article in a row shows the power of property wrappers in conjunction with SwiftUI and Core Data (of course, this approach is applicable for different storages as well - Realm, for instance). So if you got acquainted with the first article and DynamicProperty doesn't confuse you, I recommend start reading the second one.
https://davedelong.com/blog/2021/04/03/core-data-and-swiftui/
#swiftUI #CoreData

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30 Mar 2021 16:12

WWDC 2021 - June 7 to 11.
https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=t5jm3yaz
#Apple #wwdc

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28 Mar 2021 19:01

The other day I wondered about clearing the Xcode console programmatically by lldb command. Since I didn't found a solution on StackOverflow I decided to come up with my own. So I have prepared a script that may save you debugging time as well.
https://otbivnoe.ru/2021/03/28/How-to-Clear-Xcode-Console-a-Bit-Another-Way.html
#Xcode #optimization

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19 Mar 2021 10:21

Interesting article about abusing Xcode’s run script functionality.

I hope none of you have downloaded a trojanized open-source project TabBarInteraction. So be careful by downloading another open-source project.

p.s. There's a script in the "Detection and Mitigation" section for developers concerned as to whether they have inadvertently downloaded a project containing XcodeSpy.

https://labs.sentinelone.com/new-macos-malware-xcodespy-targets-xcode-developers-with-eggshell-backdoor/
#privacy #opensource

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17 Mar 2021 10:40

CAID or how China’s biggest technology companies are trying to bypass new Apple’s privacy rules:
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/03/chinas-tech-giants-test-way-around-apples-new-privacy-rules/

and some discussions on Hacker News.

——

For apps that use Google Analytics, Google’s Firebase, Flurry, or Facebook SDKs I advise reading these two articles as well:
- Is Apple Banning Free Analytics SDKs?
- Google Blinks on Tracking

#privacy #iOS

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27 Feb 2021 05:54

Uber has prepared a long story of reducing app’s size using advanced compiler techniques.
https://eng.uber.com/how-uber-deals-with-large-ios-app-size/
#iOS #optimization

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25 Feb 2021 08:07

A great thread with a lot of iOS tips from the community!
https://twitter.com/twostraws/status/1364538061837791232?s=21
#twitter #iOS #swift #Xcode