Category: visionOS

New Apple Developer Academy opens in Bali, Indonesia. Applications for 2025 are now open.

Academy provides valuable 30 days and 9 months educational programs targeting various aspects of software development for Apple platforms.

Apple Newsroom: Apple Developer Academy expands to Bali

UC: Apple Developer Academy

References:

• Apple opens fourth Developer Academy in Indonesia
• Apple Developer Academy: Anyone in the world can apply for the Bali program

Apple publishes beta 2 for iOS/iPadOS 17.5, macOS Sonoma 14.5, watchOS 10.5, tvOS 17.5 and visionOS 1.2. Also, Xcode 15.4 beta is available.

App installation through web link is now available in iOS 17.5 for EU users. Apple fixes Jerusalem flag autosuggestion in iOS.

Apple Developer: Web Distribution now available in iOS 17.5 beta 2 and App Store Connect

Release notes:

• iOS & iPadOS 17.5 Beta 2 Release Notes
• macOS Sonoma 14.5 Beta 2 Release Notes
• watchOS 10.5 Beta 2 Release Notes
• tvOS 17.5 Beta 2 Release Notes
• visionOS 1.2 Beta 2 Release Notes
• Xcode 15.4 Beta Release Notes

References:

• Jerusalem Flag autoprediction bug is fixed in iOS 17.5 developer beta
• Apple rolls out second beta round, including EU Web Distribution in iOS 17.5
• How iOS Web Distribution works in the EU in iOS 17.5
• New iOS 17.5 Beta Lets EU iPhone Users Download Apps Directly From Websites
• iOS 17.5 beta 2 coming today with new Web Distribution sideloading feature in the EU

Another weekend comes with great pack of articles.

• Doug Gregor started a series of articles on Swift for those who previously coded in C++ – Swift for C++ Practitioners, Part 1: Intro & Value Types, Swift for C++ Practitioners, Part 2: Reference Types & Optionals, Swift for C++ Practitioners, Part 3: Extensions and Access Control, Swift for C++ Practitioners, Part 4: Generics, Swift for C++ Practitioners, Part 5: Type erasure & metatypes;
  
  
• Run-time Polymorphism in Swift by Jordan Rose covers aspects of polymorphism in Swift;
  
  
• Natascha Fadeeva shares productivity tips on Xcode – Quick tip on how to learn Xcode keyboard shortcuts efficiently;
  
  
• Leonardo Maia Pugliese goes through text animation in SwiftUI – Number Text Animation in SwiftUI with contentTransition;
  
  
• Fetching OSLog Messages in Swift by Keith Harrison covers logging practices in Swift;
  
  
• Mark Szymczyk guides through launching command-line utilities from Mac app – Running a Command-Line Program from a Mac App;
  
  
• Deep linking for local notifications in SwiftUI by Majid Jabrayilov covers typical patterns of using deep links in notifications;
  
  
• Matt Massicotte provides some explanation on property wrapper actor isolation changes coming to Swift – Concurrency in Swift 6: SE-401;
  
  
• Display empty states with ContentUnavailableView in SwiftUI by Pasquale Vittoriosi is another guide on how to display empty lists;
  
  
• And another one on SVG usage in SwiftUI – Creating Shapes from SVG in a SwiftUI app;
  
  
• Donny Wals explains actor reentrancy – Actor reentrancy in Swift explained;
  
  
• Embracing Imaginary Spatial User Experience in visionOS by Francesco Perchiazzi explores design considerations with visionOS;
  
  
• WebKit team goes through their efforts to improve Safari performance – Optimizing WebKit & Safari for Speedometer 3.0.

This is it for today. Come back next week – we'll prepare more interesting reads.

Report in MarketWatch shows typical complaints users have when using Vision Pro for prolonged periods of time.

Some of the reports include headaches, fatigue, even black eyes. Most of the reports highlight weight of the device.

MarketWatch: Some Apple Vision Pro users suffer black eyes, headaches and neck pain

References:

• Apple Vision Pro Owners Complain of Headaches, Neck Issues and Black Eyes
• No, you won't get a black eye from Apple Vision Pro

Apple posts a report on business apps available for Vision Pro. Data visualization, 3D imaging, productivity tools, collaboration tools – everything could be improved with Vision Pro experience.

Some recent apps were also reported by AppleInsider.

Apple Newsroom: Apple Vision Pro brings a new era of spatial computing to business

References:

• Apple Highlights How Business Can Use Vision Pro
• Apple spotlights how businesses are adopting the Apple Vision Pro
• Best Apple Vision Pro third-party apps in April 2024

Apple simultaneously releases visionOS 1.1.2 update and also 1.2 beta.

Also, Apple stops signing visionOS 1.1.1 immediately.

No notable changes are reported in the update and beta version.

Release notes:

• visionOS 1.2 Beta Release Notes

References:

• Apple Releases visionOS 1.1.2 With Bug Fixes and Revised visionOS 1.2 Beta
• Apple releases visionOS 1.1.2 software update for Vision Pro
• Both the release and beta visionOS versions get minor updates

WWDC24 is just around the corner. So let's spend the time learning about new things.

• Swift team provides examples of embedded development with source code and libraries – Get Started with Embedded Swift on ARM and RISC-V Microcontrollers;
  
  
• XPC Resources is good collection of XPC development articles by Quinn “The Eskimo!”;
  
  
• Jordan Morgan goes through persistence options in iOS apps – Quick and Painless Persistency on iOS;
  
  
• Christian Tietze comes up with article on key path operators – Negate KeyPath<T, Bool> Values with not();
  
  
• How to avoid using AnyView in SwiftUI by Natascha Fadeeva helps making SwiftUI view hierarchy clean of type erasing structures;
  
  
• Keith Harrison goes through Xcode feature to keep track of places in source code – Xcode Bookmarks;
  
  
• Trigger value pattern in SwiftUI by Majid Jabrayilov covers development pattern in SwiftUI;
  
  
• Antoine van der Lee explains Identifiable protocol and the whole concept – Identifiable protocol in SwiftUI explained with code examples;
  
  
• Using closures for dependencies instead of protocols by Donny Wals goes through another loose coupling design pattern;
  
  
• Tiago Gomes Pereira shows how to add maps to SwiftUI app – Adding Map Controls to a Map view with SwiftUI and MapKit;
  
  
• Camera capture setup in a SwiftUI app by Gianluca Orpello guides on how to use camera in SwiftUI;
  
  
• Pasquale Vittoriosi guides through accessibility best practices – Ensure frequent updates of Accessibility Elements;
  
  
• And another article by Donny Wals on how to monetize your apps – Building a backend-driven paywall with RevenueCat;
  
  
• Embedding a privacy manifest into an XCFramework by Joe Heck covers important topic on making frameworks complaint with Apple's privacy rules.

That is it for today. Come back next week for more!

Apple enabled Spatial Persona feature allowing FaceTime callers to see each other in surrounding space rather than within the window. This feature works best with SharePlay experiences. Spatial Persona is still considered beta.

Spatial Persona could be used on visionOS 1.1.

References:

• Apple Releases Spatial Personas Betas to visionOS 1.1 Users
• Spatial Personas Coming to Apple Vision Pro in Beta Today

Apple publishes first beta versions of iOS/iPadOS 17.5, macOS Sonoma 14.5, watchOS 10.5, tvOS 17.5 and visionOS 1.2. No Xcode beta is available at this time.

iOS 17.5 brings web app download option for users in EU.

Also, code in iPadOS 17.5 hints on new Apple Pencil with "squeeze" gesture.

Beta download: Operating Systems

Release notes:

• iOS & iPadOS 17.5 Beta Release Notes
• macOS Sonoma 14.5 Beta Release Notes
• watchOS 10.5 Beta Release Notes
• tvOS 17.5 Beta Release Notes
• visionOS 1.2 Beta Release Notes

References:

• iOS 17.5 Lets EU iPhone Users Download Apps From Websites
• Sideloading apps from the web in EU possible with iOS 17.5
• iPadOS 17.5 hints at new ‘squeeze’ gesture for Apple Pencil 3

New Develop in Swift page is launched on Developer Portal. Right now page contains tutorials under following groups:

• SwiftUI foundations
• Data modeling
• Spatial computing

It is expected that page will get more content over time.

Apple Developer: Develop in Swift

Reference: Apple launches new webpage with tutorials for developers learning to code with Swift