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Apple issues bug fixes for tvOS and HomePod software
Apple releases tvOS and HomePod software 16.3.1. This is purely bug fix release, nothing interesting is referenced in release notes.
Weekend good reads for Apple developers #2023/5
It’s already February… Well, we still have couple of interesting reads for you.
- Setup a 3D Chessboard With SwiftUI and RealityKit by Mark Lucking – nice intro into AR apps in modern era;
- Andrew Barba shares guide on Vercel, new solution allowing deployment of server-side Swift apps – Deploy server side Swift applications on Vercel;
- How to import Objective-C types as optionals or non-optionals into Swift by Natascha Fadeeva reminds developers on how to improve interoperability between Swift and Objective-C;
- Automatically run Swift code when your framework gets initialized by Marco Eidinger also finds good use of Objective-C in modern projects;
- John Sundell explains how to use scrollable views in SwiftUI – Observing the content offset of a SwiftUI ScrollView;
- Kasper Lahti covers styling in SwiftUI – Styling Components in SwiftUI;
- Xcode Simulator Directories Exploration by Antoine van der Lee is a great guide on iOS Simulator directory structure;
- Lee Kah Seng provides hints on keeping widgets up to date – How to Fetch and Show Remote Data on a Widget?;
- Mastering Error Handling in SwiftUI: A Guide to Presenting Errors by Leonardo Maia Pugliese guides developers on ways to respond to errors in SwiftUI application;
- Did you ever wanted to print incoming JSON in nice formatted way – Jordan Morgan got you covered in Converting Data into a Formatted JSON Swift String;
- David Smith continues his design notes diary series – Reasons for a Staycation Greycation and DND 21: Byte Compression for Watch Connectivity;
- Peter Meinertzhagen provides great hints on monetization – What’s the Best Way to Monetize Kids Apps?;
- We all get and give feedbacks, good article on how to make those better – How to Write Impactful Peer Feedback by Michael Katz.
And, in case you missed it – couple of books are available for free, maybe you’ll find something useful there. See you next week!
Several books for Apple developers are free to download
Mohammad Azam announced availability of his books in ePUB and PDF formats.
- UIKit with SwiftUI Recipes – ePUB, PDF
- Navigation API in SwiftUI – ePUB, PDF
- Surviving Coding Bootcamp – ePUB, PDF
- MVVM in SwiftUI – PDF and sources
More on author: AzamSharp.com
Some of the upcoming conferences for Apple developers
New year sets in. While we wait for Apple to announce WWDC23 dates and format there are several conferences which might be interesting for developers.
- Apprise Conf 2023
When: March 23, 2023
Where: Oslo Event Hub, Dronningens Gate 4, 0152 Oslo, Norway
Prices: kr 990 (students), kr 2,400 (early bird), kr 3,000 (general admission) - NY Swifty 2023
When: April 18 – 19, 2023
Where: The Roulette, 509 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217
Prices: starting $499 (early bird) - Deep Dish Swift 2023
When: April 30 – May 2, 2023
Where: Loews Chicago O’Hare Hotel in Rosemont, IL.
Prices: starting $649 per person - Swift Heroes 2023
When: May 4 – 5, 2023
Where: Museo dell’Automobile, Corso Unità d’Italia 40, Torino; also online
Prices: €119 (+ 22% VAT) – in person, €29 (+ 22% VAT) – online - plSwift 2023
When: May 30 – 31, 2023
Where: Copernicus Science Centre, Wybrzeże Kościuszkowskie 20, 00-390 Warszawa, Poland
Prices: €149 (early bird), €199 (general admission) - Swift TO Conference 2023
When: August 10 – 11, 2023
Where: TIFF Bell Lightbox, 350 King St W, Toronto, ON M5V 3X5, Canada
Prices: CA$269.87 (early bird) to CA$528.23 (general admission) - iOSDevUK 2023
When: September 4 – 7, 2023
Where: Aberystwyth University’s main campus, Penglais, Aberystwyth SY23 3FL, United Kingdom
Prices: £160 (early bird), £230 (general admission)
More conferences to be announced later this year. Some of these are accepting new speakers. Plan your attendance accordingly.
Apple publishes series of videos for developers
New video tech talks are published to Apple Developer portal. These videos cover Metal, SharePlay, App Intents, Apple Pay, enterprise apps and more.
Apple Developer: Level up your apps and games
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