Tag: Signing

It's Christmas weekend, and to give you time to celebrate, we've made slightly smaller list of articles. But those are really good.

• Peter Tretyakov is back with Code Signing Hell with XCFramework (by the way, he hinted that ChatGPT actually helped him to improve readability of the article);
  
  
• David Smith continues his design notes diary – DND 11: Better Dynamic Type Designs and DND 12: Sparkle Magic;
  
  
• How to Create an iOS Lock Screen Widget? by Lee Kah Seng explores use of WidgetKit for Lock Screen widgets;
  
  
• Moritz Philip Recke provides a guide on DocC usage on GitHub Pages – Configuring the Hosting Base Path in Xcode to Publish DocC Documentation on GitHub Pages;
  
  
• How to perform a lightweight migration in Core Data by Natascha Fadeeva guides through simple but important process working with Core Data;
  
  
• Leonardo Maia Pugliese explains new concurrency usage in SwiftUI – Efficiently Managing Multiple Async Tasks in SwiftUI.

And that is it for today. Merry Christmas and happy holidays!

In usual manner following iOS 16.2 release Apple now stops signing iOS 16.1.2 preventing downgrade.

Reference: Apple Stops Signing iOS 16.1.2 Following iOS 16.2 Launch

It is last weekend before Christmas, so we have a bit more time to read something interesting.

• Starting with good article on Apple Pencil features in Apple Developer blog – Spotlight on: Apple Pencil hover;
  
  
• Good take by Natascha Fadeeva on code signing in iOS – Developer guide on iOS code signing & provisioning (yes, we still need to understand that properly);
  
  
• Couple more design notes by David Smith – Design Notes Diary #7, Design Notes Diary #8 and Design Notes Diary #9;
  
  
• Jesse Squires writes on issues with iOS Simulator – Workaround: simctrl status_bar broken for iOS 16 simulators;
  
  
• Quick reminder on how to make enum's easier to read by Marco Eidinger – Swift Enum With Labeled Associated Values;
  
  
• And another guide on stride function – Swift Stride Quick Guide by Keith Harrison;
  
  
• Antoine van der Lee explains OptionSet – OptionSet in Swift explained with code examples;
  
  
• Majid Jabrayilov keeps his series on SwiftUI layouts – Building custom layout in SwiftUI. LayoutValueKey.;
  
  
• Creating a HomeKit-enabled App with SwiftUI by Moritz Philip Recke guides us through smart home app development process;
  
  
• Ole Begemann creates great example app to demonstrate SwiftUI view lifecycle – Understanding SwiftUI view lifecycles;
  
  
• Dynamically Change App Icons for a Unique User Experience with SwiftUI by Leonardo Maia Pugliese explains the process of changing app icon in iOS;
  
  
• Couple of Swift articles by Sarun W. – What is the difference between #available and @available and How to make Swift Enum conforms to Identifiable protocol.

And returning with video section! Great talk on JavaScriptCore usage – Make your app securely extensive with JavaScriptCore.

And that is for today! Have a great weekend!

Since iOS 16.1.2 release Apple no longer signs previous iOS releases preventing downgrades.

Reference: Apple Stops Signing iOS 16.1 and iOS 16.1.1 Following iOS 16.1.2 Launch

Apple now no longer signs iOS 16.0.3 essentially preventing downgrade from iOS 16.1.

Reference: Apple Stops Signing iOS 16.0.3, Downgrading From iOS 16.1 No Longer Possible

After releasing iOS 16.0.2 Apple now stops signing previous releases.

Users, however, still could downgrade to iOS 15.7.

Reference: Apple Stops Signing iOS 16 and iOS 16.0.1, Downgrading From iOS 16.0.2 No Longer Possible

Apple now stopped signing iOS 15.6 and previous releases. This prevents downgrades for all devices.

Reference: Apple Stops Signing iOS 15.6 Following iOS 15.6.1 Release, Downgrading No Longer Possible

Following iOS 15.6 release Apple now stops signing iOS 15.5. This prevents devices from downgrading to previous iOS releases.

Reference: Apple Stops Signing iOS 15.5 Following iOS 15.6 Release, Downgrading No Longer Possible

Following iOS 15.4.1 release Apple now stopped signing iOS 15.4 preventing downgrade on devices.

Reference: Apple Stops Signing iOS 15.4 Following iOS 15.4.1 Release, Downgrading No Longer Possible

Following iOS 15.4 release Apple now stopped signing iOS 15.3.1 preventing downgrade on devices.

Reference: Apple stops signing iOS 15.3.1, blocking downgrades from iOS 15.4