Tag: Spatial Computing

Apple adds more resources for developers to Developer Portal. This includes:

• Q&A: Spatial design for visionOS – information on frequently asked questions on spatial design;
• New videos on Game Center, Journaling Suggestions API and updated documentation on various topics.

Apple Developer: Hello Developer: December 2023

It's December already. And we're getting our last installments of good reads in this year.

• Francesco Perchiazzi explores spatial computing development patterns in Embracing Extended Reality: visionOS challenges;
  
  
• Create an AsyncStream from withObservationTracking() function by Natalia Panferova is about merging new observation framework with structured concurrency;
  
  
• Natascha Fadeeva continues his series on SwiftData – How to store images in SwiftData;
  
  
• Mastering MapKit in SwiftUI. Basics is Majid Jabrayilov another good take on using maps in SwiftUI;
  
  
• Antoine van der Lee gives overview of Swift language development process – Swift Evolution: Reading and learning from proposals;
  
  
• Matteo Altobello explores SwiftUI app lifecycle in Accessing the app life cycle within a SwiftUI app;
  
  
• Create Your Own Step Counter SwiftUI App in 5 Minutes by Leonardo Maia Pugliese is a great guide on how to build full app on SwiftUI;
  
  
• And another take by Matteo Altobello on animations in RealityKit – Play an animation in RealityKit.

And this is it for today. Next week we'll have more great articles to read.

It's Friday. Actually it is rainy Friday here in Bay Area, so it's a perfect weather to read through some of great reads for developers.

• Natascha Fadeeva guides on how to adopt new localization workflow – How to migrate from Localizable.strings to String Catalogs;
  
  
• If you like to try working in other text editors – The complete guide to iOS & macOS development in Neovim by Wojciech Kulik will be just for you;
  
  
• Another great take by Natascha Fadeeva, this time on subscriptions – How to implemet a free trial period for StoreKit 2 subscriptions in iOS;
  
  
• David Smith experiments with watchOS designs – Matching the Modular Ultra watch face with SF Font Alternatives;
  
  
• Antoine van der Lee will help you debug your SwiftUI app – Debugging SwiftUI views: what caused that change?
  
  
• TDD in a SwiftUI World: Let’s Begin! by Jon Reid is a great start into TDD approach;
  
  
• Matteo Altobello continues series on accessibility – Preparing your App for Voice Over: Accessibility Value;
  
  
• Unit Test Expected Failures in Swift by Leonardo Maia Pugliese covers aspect of testing errors that are expected;
  
  
• Emanuele Agosta covers spatial computing concepts in Understanding spatial awareness: immersive experiences;
  
  
• Tiago Gomes Pereira guides through new transitions for numeric values in SwiftUI – Animating numeric text in SwiftUI with the Content Transition modifier.

And this is it for today. We'll be back with new articles next week (probably, a little bit earlier due to Thanksgiving).

Another weekend is coming, so here are some good reads to spend some free time.

• Nice article from Quentin Zervaas on Action Button support in watchOS apps – Adding Support for Apple Watch Ultra Action Button;
  
  
• Wojciech Kulik explores different IDEs for Apple development – How to develop iOS and macOS apps in IDEs like Neovim or VS Code?;
  
  
• Quick developer guide on SwiftData for iOS by Natascha Fadeeva goes through new persistence framework in iOS 17;
  
  
• RevenueCat publishes payment calendar which would be useful, if you sell apps or have in-app purchases or subscriptions – Apple fiscal calendar year and payment dates;
  
  
• Keith Harrison provides overview of new stub view available in iOS 17 – Content Unavailable Views;
  
  
• Being a good citizen in the land of SwiftSyntax by Point-Free Pointers covers important considerations when working with SwiftSyntax framework;
  
  
• Jordan Morgan promotes an approach to work with third party dependencies – Masking Third Party Dependencies;
  
  
• Mastering Preview macro in Swift by Majid Jabrayilov is great collection of hints on using new #Preview macro;
  
  
• Antoine van der Lee goes through thread dispatch mechanisms in modern Swift concurrency – Thread dispatching and Actors: understanding execution;
  
  
• Designing for spatial computing: Understanding spatial awareness by Emanuele Agosta covers aspects of designing Apple Vision Pro apps.

That would be it for this week. Come back next Friday and we'll share more great articles.

We're gearing towards the end of the year. Here is 41st installment of Good Reads in 2023. Let's see what we've got for this week.

• Monitoring App Usage using the Screen Time Framework by Quentin Zervaas explains use of Apple's lightweight MDM framework;
  
  
• Natascha Fadeeva explains purchase restoration with StoreKit 2 – How to restore in-app purchases with StoreKit 2 for iOS;
  
  
• Using new preview mechanism in UIKit is covered in Replacing IBDesignable with Xcode Previews by Keith Harrison;
  
  
• Majid Jabrayilov covers haptic feedback APIs in SwiftUI – Sensory feedback in SwiftUI;
  
  
• @preconcurrency: Incremental migration to concurrency checking by Antoine van der Lee is a great guide for gradual adoption of modern Swift concurrency;
  
  
• Tiago Gomes Pereira goes through location tracking with Swift – Updating the User’s Location with Core Location and Swift Concurrency in SwiftUI;
  
  
• Designing for spatial computing: from iOS and iPadOS to visionOS by Emanuele Agosta is a deep dive on spatial computing design;
  
  
• ChatGPT is still a hot topic, here is a take on use of AI in development by Mina H. Gerges – The Do’s and Don’ts of Using AI in Software Development;
  
  
• Peter Meinertzhagen goes through ways of monetizing subscription apps – 9 PR ideas to promote your subscription app;
  
  
• Quinn “The Eskimo!” shares tips on working with Developer ID – The Care and Feeding of Developer ID.

And now, we could get some rest over the weekend. Get back next time – we'll have something interesting. As always :)

Unity announces beta availability of game development tools for Vision Pro.

To learn more about the Unity visionOS beta program, which includes Unity development support of visionOS, PolySpatial, and access to onboarding resources, visit www.unity.com/spatial.

Unity

Vendors already looking into porting games to Vision Pro – Triband (authors of WHAT THE GOLF game) already exploring these opportunities.

Unity: Unity Launches Beta Program for visionOS — Enabling Unity Developers to Create Games and Apps for Apple Vision Pro

References:

• Unity Launches PolySpatial Beta Program for visionOS Developers
• Vision Pro games developers can now apply for access to PolySpatial
• Unity's Game Development Tools for Vision Pro Now Available in Beta

Great day for visionOS early adopters. Developers now have access to visionOS SDK as a part of Xcode 15 beta 2 package.

Apple also publishes beta 2 for iOS/iPadOS 17, watchOS 10, macOS Sonoma 14, tvOS 17.

Access to hardware developer kits and developer lab registrations for Vision Pro device debugging will start in July.

Apple Newsroom: Developer tools to create spatial experiences for Apple Vision Pro now available

Apple Developer:

• Spotlight on: Developer tools for visionOS
• visionOS SDK now available

Beta download: Operating Systems

Release notes:

• iOS & iPadOS 17 Beta 2 Release Notes
• macOS Sonoma 14 Beta 2 Release Notes
• watchOS 10 Beta 2 Release Notes
• tvOS 17 Beta 2 Release Notes
• Xcode 15 Beta 2 Release Notes