For the last five years or so, I’ve been working on a pet project to track the various greeting cards we send out each year. The initial version had a lot of UI problems, so I used it as an opportunity to learn SwiftUI. The second major rewrite was to add CloudKit integration so that […]
I’ve been working on a Greeting Card tracking app, in my spare time for years now, five to be exact. I may get it on the App Store one day, but primarily it is just used to track the cards my wife and I send to friends and family. I’ve re-written it a few times, […]
As is my habit each summer after WWDC, I rewrite my Wasted Time app to try and take advantage of the latest changes for iOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS. This summer has been no difference; however, I also took some time to completely refactor the application to no longer use the AppDelegate feature of older […]
Note this link – https://developer.apple.com/wwdc23/10118 There is a Safari tech preview I may have to check out for the day job. Typography inspection User Preference override Element badges Breakpoint enhancements Many more features go to webkit.org for more information
Using Focus API’s in SwiftUI What is Focus Ingredients Recipes
Swift package plugin to support server API access. This Dynamic network requests, you need to understand the base, the endpoint and more. Most services have API documentation, which can be outdated or inaccurate. You can use inspection – but that provides incomplete understanding. Using formal, structured specification can help reduce these challenges and ambiguities. This […]
This is about addressing cognitive disabilities – distilling apps to their core, you can setup via a parent, guardian or parent Overview Principles Your App Optimized for assistive access
The keyboard has changed a bit over the last few years. It has new languages, it floats, and it handles multiple screens Out of process keyboard Design for the keyboard New text entry APIs
The new photo picker, you don’t need request any permissions to use it. It is only a few lines of code to use this. Embedded Picker Options Menu HDR and Cinematic
Spatial computing means your apps fit in the your surroundings While SwiftUI is the focus, UIKit can take advantage of much of this content. SwiftUI in the Share Space Polish your app Brand new concepts
