The last few posts have been about my re-write of my personal application to address greeting cards. This has been a very frustrating effort as I’ve tried to restructure the app’s UI to better adhere to Apple’s design principles in order to allow the user edit both a recipient’s Address… Continue reading
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… Continue reading
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… Continue reading
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… Continue reading
Building a mental model for performance in SwiftUI Performance feedback Loop Pre-requisite Watch Demystify SwiftUI from WWDC. 2021 Dependencies Faster View updates Identify in List and Tables
This will review how to use a handful APIs to use Windows, Volumes, and Full Space Volumes 3D views and layout RealityView 3D gestures
Inspector Presentation customization
SwiftUI as a design Tool Getting the details right Designing for interactions Testing your ideas Presenting your work
Accessibility is key for Apple. I agree with this philosophy, having even written an article years ago for the magazine called “Enabled” on how OS/2 was made accessible. I loved that the magazine was called “Enabled” instead of “Disabled” as it sent a message to the reader that they were… Continue reading
You can now create interactions with widgets. You can have animation in widgets to show how content has changed. Animations Interactivity