Category: iOS

Less than a week after releasing major updates Apple provides iOS/iPadOS 17.0.1 and watchOS 10.0.1 updates with important security fixes and also iOS 17.0.2 for iPhone 15 models.

Also, iOS/iPadOS 16.6, macOS Ventura 13.6 and watchOS 9.6.3 are released.

References:

• iOS 17.0.1 re-patches 3 actively exploited security flaws
• Apple Releases iOS 17.0.1 and iPadOS 17.0.1 With Bug Fixes, Plus iOS 17.0.2 for iPhone 15 Models
• Apple Releases macOS Ventura 13.6 With Security Fixes
• Apple Releases watchOS 10.0.1 With Bug Fixes

Recently France announced that iPhone 12 breaks requirements for radiation levels with one of the recent software updates. Apple is now expected to issue a software update to mitigate the issue.

Belgium is also investigating iPhone 12 radiation levels after France investigation results were announced.

References:

• Belgium to review iPhone 12 radiation risks, following France ban
• Apple to Issue iPhone 12 Software Update in France to Address Radiation Concerns
• Apple to release iPhone 12 software update to address France ban over radiation concerns

Apple launches Tap to Pay in Brazil with CloudWalk’s InfinitePay integration.

Based on a report from last year, almost 40% of transactions in Brazil during the third quarter of 2022 were made through contactless payments. The country has a high rate of NFC-enabled POS (point-of-sale) terminals.

9to5Mac

Reference: Apple officially launches Tap to Pay in Brazil as international expansion continues

WebKit team published a post highlighting features available in Safari 17.0 in iOS/iPadOS 17 and upcoming macOS 14 Sonoma.

WebKit Blog: WebKit Features in Safari 17.0

Apple releases Xcode 15 with Swift 5.9 toolchain.

Xcode 15 includes Swift 5.9 and SDKs for iOS 17, iPadOS 17, tvOS 17, watchOS 10, and macOS Sonoma.

• Swift macro support brings inline expansions and breakpoint debugging in the source editor
• Git staging helps craft your next commit without leaving your code
• String catalogs streamline localization with a single place to view and edit strings
• Bookmarks help organize your favorite locations and searches in your projects
• Test reports provide summary view, testing insights, and video playback for UI automation results
• OSLog offers a structured and customizable logging mechanism in the debug console
• Documentation Preview editor brings real-time preview for DocC content
• Archive workflows streamline distribution with simplified export and upload to TestFlight and the App Store

Mac App Store – Xcode

Swift 5.9 is now officially released for supported platforms.

This is a major new release that adds an expressive macro system to the language and introduces support for integrating Swift into C++ codebases through bidirectional interoperability.

It also introduces parameter packs, an improved expression evaluator while debugging, enhanced crash handling, Windows platform improvements, and more.

Swift Blog

Mac App Store: Xcode

Release Notes: Xcode 15 Release Notes

Swift Blog: Swift 5.9 Released

Week after publishing Release Candidates Apple now releases iOS/iPadOS 17, watchOS 10 and tvOS 17. HomePod software is also updated to version 17.

Well, Wonderlust event brought us new iPhones and Apple Watches. We've made our first pre-orders and now we could enjoy the weekend with some great articles to read.

• Stefan Kieleithner explores custom text elements with UITextInteraction protocol – Adopting UITextInteraction;
  
  
• How to present a local html file in SwiftUI by Natascha Fadeeva solves problem of showing predefined styled content to users;
  
  
• Leonardo Maia Pugliese covers SwiftUI view lifecycle – SwiftUI Guide: Triggering Actions Solely on First View Appearance;
  
  
• Keith Harrison helps you to prepare for Swift 6 with Strict Concurrency Checking in Swift Packages;
  
  
• Mark Szymczyk provides a guide to add help menu for your SwiftUI app – Adding a Help Menu to a SwiftUI App;
  
  
• If and switch expressions in Swift by Antoine van der Lee uncovers recent Swift syntax changes;
  
  
• Lee Kah Seng guides us through adapting your widgets for Standby mode – Understanding Container Background for Widget in iOS 17;
  
  
• Working With UIViewRepresentable by Chris Eidhof helps improving UIKit and SwiftUI cooperation;
  
  
• Point-Free Pointers blog post helps with testing approaches – Inline Snapshot Testing;
  
  
• Christian Tietze reminds on UserDefaults default value registration – UserDefaults.register(defaults:) Is a Bit Like Nil-Coalescing;
  
  
• Generated Asset Catalog Symbols in Objective-C by Jordan Morgan goes through Objective-C support for Asset Catalogs;
  
  
• SwiftDataKit: Unleashing Advanced Core Data Features in SwiftData by 东坡肘子 goes through feature parity between Core Data and SwiftData.

And that is it for this weekend. Come back next week for more great articles!

App Store Connect API 3.0 adds support for Game Center content management, pre-orders by regions, export compliance information.

Apple Developer:

• App Store Connect API 3.0
• App Store Connect API 3.0 release notes

Apple now allows to pick specific regions to support pre-orders for apps and games. Release dates now could be set separately as well.

Offering your app or game for pre-order is a great way to build awareness and excitement for your upcoming releases on the App Store. And now you can offer pre-orders on a regional basis. People can pre-order your app in a set of regions that you choose, even while it’s available for download in other regions at the same time. With this new flexibility, you can expand your app to new regions by offering it for pre-order and set different release dates for each region.

Apple Developer

Apple Developer: Pre-orders by region now available

Downgrade from iOS 16.6.1 is no longer possible as Apple stopped signing iOS 16.6.

Reference: Apple Stops Signing iOS 16.6, Downgrading From iOS 16.6.1 No Longer Possible