Category: iOS

Apple publishes another round of beta versions for next minor release of iOS/iPadOS 15.6, macOS 12.5, watchOS 8.7 and tvOS 15.6.

No notable changes are reported for these beta versions.

Beta download: Operating Systems

Let's spend first July weekend with some good reads.

• SwiftUI new addition – renderers are covered in SwiftUI Renderers and Their Tricks by javier;
  
  
• Majid Jabrayilov covers power of task modifier in The power of task view modifier in SwiftUI;
  
  
• How to change status bar color in SwiftUI by Sarun W. provides an overview of new and old view modifiers affecting status bar;
  
  
• Another take on Swift existential types Existential any in Swift explained with code examples by Antoine van der Lee;
  
  
• macOS system extension development is now much easier thanks to ExtensionKit, here is an example by Guilherme Rambo – Creating custom extension points for Mac apps with ExtensionKit;
  
  
• Introducing XCTUnimplemented by Point-Free Pointers intends to simplify unit testing for production apps;
  
  
• Easily access system folders in iOS 16 – Get URLs for system folders in iOS 16 by Natalia Panferova got you covered;
  
  
• Couple of good articles on formatting by Brett Ohland – FormatSyle Deep Dive, What’s new with FormatStyles in iOS 16, From Strings to Data using ParsableFormatStyle and Formatting your own types.

And that's a wrap for today. See you next week with more interesting articles!

Apple publishes an update on regulations requiring Apple to provide third-party payment options in South Korea for in-app purchases.

As with Netherlands app developers should request specific entitlement and provide information on payment system used by the app.

Developers are to pay Apple 26% commission on purchases made through external payment providers. It is still developer's responsibility to calculate and report overall sales made through external systems, while Apple maintains the right to conduct audits.

Apple Developer:

• Update on apps distributed in South Korea
• Distributing apps using a third-party payment provider in South Korea

References:

• App Store apps can now use third-party payment providers in South Korea
• App Store Developers in South Korea Can Now Use Alternative Payment Providers
• App Developers Can Apply to Use Third-Party Payment Processors in South Korea With Limitations
• StoreKit External Purchase Entitlement for South Korea
• Netherlands and Apple Reach External Payments Agreement

Apple getting updates for current OSes ready. Fourth round of beta versions is published for iOS/iPadOS 15.6, macOS 12.5, watchOS 8.7, tvOS 15.6.

No significant changes reported in new beta versions.

Beta Download: Operating Systems

Reference: iOS 15.6 beta 4 now available to developers and public testers

Apple shares story behind "Gibbon: Beyond the trees" game which won Apple Design Award this year.

These articles usually help to understand the vision developers and designers put into their products and, therefore, could be great source of inspiration.

Apple Developer: Behind the Design: Gibbon: Beyond the Trees

WWDC22 is over, but the whole summer is open to play with betas, frameworks and SwiftUI navigation features. So let's spend some hours learning new things.

• Sarah Reichelt shares great quick recap of SwiftUI for Mac – SwiftUI for Mac 2022;
  
  
• Another good overview of any and some in Swift 5.7 by Lee Kah Seng – Understanding the “some” and “any” keywords in Swift 5.7;
  
  
• And to understand it even better here is a great piece by Antoine van der Lee – Some keyword in Swift: Opaque types explained with code examples;
  
  
• Paul Hudson shares practical use of SwiftUI new features – How to use inner shadows to simulate depth with SwiftUI and Core Motion;
  
  
• And also need to mention his three comprehensive reviews of new things for developers – What’s new in Swift 5.7, What’s new in SwiftUI for iOS 16 and What’s new in Xcode 14?;
  
  
• Mastering NavigationStack in SwiftUI. Deep Linking. by Majid Jabrayilov provides examples on new SwiftUI navigation API;
  
  
• Sarun W. puts new SwiftUI Mac features to use with series of articles – Create a mac menu bar app in SwiftUI with MenuBarExtra, SwiftUI Grid and How to add a TextField to Alert in SwiftUI;
  
  
• Natan Rolnik dives into server-side Swift with Deploying Server-Side Swift Apps With Docker on Heroku;
  
  
• Quick guide on the Grid container in SwiftUI – new layout view explained by Natascha Fadeeva.

Swift and SwiftUI capture our attention for this week. Let's see what next week might bring us.

Mobile People community is getting back to business. This time we're reviewing WWDC22 announcements and planning our R&D activities for the summer.

This is not an Apple Treats episode yet. But stay tuned, podcast is set to return in July.

iOS 16 and other platforms are to be released this fall, so beta versions will keep popping up from time to time.

Couple of notable changes include:

• iOS iCloud backups are now possible through LTE and 5G;
• iOS 16 Beta 2 provides SMS filtering in messages to more users;
• iOS Beta 2 resends edited messages to users with previous iOS releases.

Beta download: Operating Systems

Release notes:

• iOS & iPadOS 16 Beta 2 Release Notes
• macOS 13 Ventura Beta 2 Release Notes
• watchOS 9 Beta 2 Release Notes
• tvOS 16 Beta 2 Release Notes
• Xcode 14 Beta 2 Release Notes

References:

• iOS 16 beta 2 adds iCloud backup support over LTE and 5G
• iOS 16 Beta 2 Adds Support for Backing Up Over LTE
• iOS 16 beta 2 improves SMS filtering on Messages to iPhone users
• iOS 16 beta 2: Here’s everything new on iPhone and iPad
• iOS 16 Beta 2 Tidbits: New Wallpaper Colors, Backup Over LTE, SMS Filtering and More
• iOS 16 beta 2 now resends edited messages to users running previous versions of iOS

Hopefully you've made it through WWDC session short list. Let's add some reading. Apple brought up many interesting topics.

• We'll cheat a bit – SwiftUI Changes at WWDC 2022 by Michael Tsai contains multiple great articles on SwiftUI;
  
  
• Majid Jabrayilov shares two interesting articles on SwiftUI: What is new in SwiftUI after WWDC22 and Mastering NavigationStack in SwiftUI. Navigator Pattern. – both are must-reads for SwiftUI developers;
  
  
• Marco Falanga continues the SwiftUI topic with Using ViewThatFits to replace GeometryReader in SwiftUI;
  
  
• Introduction to Dependency Injection with Needle - The Uber Way by Leonardo Maia Pugliese dives into DI in iOS applications;
  
  
• And his Two Ways to Unit Test Notification Center in Swift is focused on testing which usually tend to forget;
  
  
• John Sundell shares updates based on WWDC22 content – Rendering SwiftUI views within UITableView or UICollectionView cells on iOS 16 and Using the ‘some’ and ‘any’ keywords to reference generic protocols in Swift 5.7 – both are equally interesting;
  
  
• Another updated on SwiftUI navigation – Using NavigationLink programmatically based on binding in SwiftUI by Antoine van der Leel;
  
  
• Jordan Morgan reminds us that it is not just SwiftUI – iOS 16: Notable UIKit Additions;
  
  
• Great work going through digital lounges by Javier – WWDC 2022: Lessons from the SwiftUI Digital Lounges;
  
  
• Donny Walls covers couple of interesting Swift 5.7 updates – What’s the difference between any and some in Swift 5.7? and What are primary associated types in Swift 5.7?

And that's it for today. There might be more articles shared next week, be ready!

Apple prevented transfer of the applications between developers if the application used iCloud containers or key-value storage. Well, not anymore.

Now Apple allows this kind of application transfer. This provides an opportunities to indie developers to sell their apps to other developers even if they were using iCloud.

Apple Developer: App Store Connect Update

App Store Connect Help: App transfer overview