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Samsung, LG, Mediatek certificates compromised to sign Android malware
Multiple platform certificates used by Android OEM device vendors to digitally sign core system applications have also been used to sign Android apps containing malware.
The biggest problem here is the fact that, are signed with the same platform certificate and assigned the highly privileged ‘android.uid.system’ user id, these apps will also gain system-level access to the Android device. Which mean that they can check and do much more than standard apps.
more:
List of hashes: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/apvi/issues/detail?id=100
Website to search all Apple Special Events for specific keywords
New website is available that indexes all Apple Special Events and provides search functionality.
So, any enthusiast could find all references to specific technology, feature or design choices and get to specific moment in keynote to follow Apple’s view on said feature.
Context: Search All Apple Keynotes
Reference: This website lets you find specific moments of Apple events just by searching for keywords
Apple starts enforcing App Store rules regarding NFT and In-app purchases
Apple blocks Coinbase Wallet app from App Store due to NFT trading without use of In-app purchases.
Recent App Store Review Guidelines update forces apps to use Apple’s mechanisms and treats NFTs as any other digital goods. Coinbase also could not update their NFT trading to use In-app purchases for now.
App Store: App Store Review Guidelines
Reference: Coinbase Wallet NFT Transfers Blocked From App Store
Weekend good reads for Apple developers, issue #53
It is officially winter and here is new great pack of good articles for all Apple developers.
- Interesting observation by Christian Tietze on mutating functions that do not actually mutate the structure – Mutating Struct and State Observers: How the Latter Will Be Notified Even for ‘No-Ops’;
- Good deep dive into SwiftUI performance – SwiftUI is convenient, but slow by Alin Panaitiu;
- Series of articles on app design by David Smith – Design Notes Diary #1, Design Notes Diary #2, Design Notes Diary #3 and Design Notes Diary #4;
- Animated Background in SwiftUI by Leonardo Maia Pugliese is a great example of how to use animations to make apps more appealing;
- Majid Jabrayilov continues his series of articles on SwiftUI layout system – Building custom layout in SwiftUI. Caching.;
- Provide custom size for UIViews wrapped in UIViewRepresentable by Natalia Panferova helps improving usage of UIKit views in SwiftUI environment;
- Ole Begemann shares one caveat on view clipping in SwiftUI – clipped() doesn’t affect hit testing;
- Great tutorial on Shortcuts in iOS by Jordan Morgan – Create a Basic Shortcut using App Intents;
- Sheets in SwiftUI explained with code examples by Antoine van der Lee gives examples of sheet view presentations in SwiftUI;
- If you want to build your own build automation scripts, Developer guide on the App Store Connect API by Natascha Fadeeva will be a good start;
- CloudKit Console Act As iCloud Account by Keith Harrison provides hints on how to work with CloudKit data using specific account in CloudKit Console;
- Couple of interesting reads by Sarun W. – How to fix “The compiler is unable to type-check this expression in reasonable time” error and What is Swift If Case.
Have a great first winter weekend and see you soon!
Apple highlights accessibility features in recent ad
Apple is widely known for making their devices accessible. All Apple platforms include settings to accommodate devices to users’ needs.
New advertisement highlights these features and their impact on human lives.
Reference: Apple Highlights Accessibility Features on iPhone, Mac, and More in New Ad
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