Dev Swiftlyยท2yInfinite scrolling from Paginated JSON Response
Learn how to implement infinite scrolling in SwiftUI using a paginated JSON response. The guide covers generating dummy data with Express JS and creating models, view models, and views in SwiftUI to manage data fetching and display with infinite scroll functionality.
AlternativeToยท2ymacOS clipboard manager Maccy has released a major 2.0 update with a complete rewrite
Maccy, an open-source clipboard manager for macOS, has launched version 2.0 with a complete rewrite using modern Apple technology, requiring macOS 14 Sonoma or newer. It introduces a new user interface built with SwiftUI, upgrades storage to SwiftData, and provides several new features and enhancements over version 1.x while maintaining backward compatibility.
DockYardยท2yLiveView Native Is Here!
LiveView Native v0.3 provides a framework for building native UI on multiple devices using the LiveView programming model. It reduces development and maintenance costs, allows for critical updates without app store delays, and can deploy to all Apple and Android devices. Unlike other frameworks, it wraps first-class UI frameworks like SwiftUI and Jetpack, ensuring optimal user experience on each device.
Community Picksยท2yrealvjy/Cool-Loaders-SwiftUI: Cool loaders directly coded in SwiftUI from Figma
Collection of cool loaders created directly in SwiftUI, with no dependency on Lottie Files or SVG. Includes one loader using Metal Shaders. Contribution invites are open, with specific need for fixing the Leaf loader's animation. Figma files are available for community access.
Hacking with Swiftยท2yWhatโs new in SwiftUI for iOS 18
SwiftUI for iOS 18 introduces significant improvements, including new APIs for colors and gradients, better scrollview and tab management, and enhanced text rendering control. A major change shifts the @MainActor attribute to the whole View protocol, simplifying main actor isolation issues. However, some usability gaps remain, such as the lack of WebKit integration, challenging keychain management, limited remote image control, and missing rich text support in TextEditor.
Appcodaยท2yWhatโs New in SwiftUI for iOS 18
The iOS 18 update introduces significant enhancements to SwiftUI, including a floating tab bar, improved sheet presentation sizing, support for colorful mesh gradients, built-in support for zoom transition, more animations for SF Symbols 6, enhancements of SwiftUI Charts, more control of scroll views, widgets in Control Center, a new mix modifier for color blending, and visual effects for text.
Very Good Venturesยท1yWhy Learn SwiftUI as a Flutter Developer?
Flutter offers many advantages, but it doesn't cover all edge cases, especially with the evolving features of iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. Developers might need to write native code in Swift to leverage features like watchOS, Siri Shortcuts, App Clips, widgets, and Live Activities. Swift and Dart have similarities, making the transition smoother. Moreover, SwiftUIโthe reactive UI framework for Swiftโshares similarities with Flutter's widgets, facilitating easier integration. Learning SwiftUI can enhance the user experience on Apple platforms without moving entirely away from Flutter.
Apple Developerยท2yWWDC24 highlights
Browse the biggest moments from WWDC24, learn about new features in Swift, design for visionOS, improve privacy, optimize for the spatial web, accessibility in SwiftUI, build Lock Screen camera capture experience, explore enterprise APIs for visionOS, and utilize HealthKit APIs.
Dev Swiftlyยท2yEssential SwiftUI Concepts: A Complete Study Guide for Beginners
A comprehensive guide for beginners to understand essential SwiftUI views and containers. It covers basic views like Text, Image, and Button, as well as layout views such as HStack, VStack, and ZStack. The guide also includes containers and controls, layout support & utility views, modifiers & effects, advanced views like Map and VideoPlayer, utility & support views, gesture handling & interaction, state management, environment customization, accessibility, Combine integration for data flow, and additional debugging & preview features. The information is designed to help developers build flexible and sophisticated user interfaces with SwiftUI.
Sean Allenยท2ySwiftUI - Support Prior iOS Versions - Backward Compatibility - #available
Learn how to maintain backward compatibility in SwiftUI applications while utilizing new features introduced in iOS 18. The post provides a step-by-step guide on using the #available directive to conditionally apply updates for different iOS versions, ensuring functionality across versions as old as iOS 14. It includes practical examples and suggestions for managing UI elements and modifiers based on iOS version checks.
Community Picksยท2yGodot on iPad, Toolbars, Importers, Embedding, Debugger
The post provides a detailed update on the progress of porting Godot to the iPad, including the influence of Final Cut Pro on UI design. Improvements made include new property editors, embedded controls, and redesigned toolbars and importers for a better touch experience. The author also mentions plans for further enhancements like integrating Apple Pencil support and addressing small bugs before launching a TestFlight beta.
Mediumยท2ySwiftUI and Jetpack Compose for Developers
This post compares SwiftUI and Jetpack Compose for mobile app development. It covers topics such as the language, UI components, local storage, network/HTTP request, navigation, database/offline storage, IDE, community support, sample apps, and the learning curve.
Flutterflyยท2y๐ ๐๐น๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ vs ๐ฆ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐๐จ๐: Similarities, Differences, and Cross-Skilling ๐
Flutter and SwiftUI are popular frameworks for mobile development that share similarities like declarative UI patterns, hot reload features, and composable widgets. Key differences include platform support, with Flutter being cross-platform and SwiftUI limited to Apple ecosystems, as well as the use of Dart for Flutter and Swift for SwiftUI. Developers transitioning between the two can leverage their existing knowledge of declarative patterns, state management, and syntax to ease the learning process.
Dev Swiftlyยท2ySimple Quiz App in SwiftUI
This post provides a basic example of a quiz app using SwiftUI. The app presents one question at a time, allows users to select an answer, and displays whether the answer is correct. It tracks the user's score and gives an option to restart the quiz. The implementation includes a Question model, a QuizManager to manage quiz logic, and a ContentView for the UI.
Dev Swiftlyยท2yWrite Your First MacOS App Using SwiftUI
Learn how to create a note-taking app for MacOS using SwiftUI and Xcode. The guide includes setting up the project, creating a note model, displaying notes in a list view, and adding functionality to add new notes. Additionally, it touches on the need for data persistence and suggests using CoreData or similar solutions.
Swift with Majidยท1yThe power of previews in Xcode
Discover the enhanced capabilities of previews in Xcode, especially with the recent updates in Xcode 16. Using the Previewable macro type, you can now simplify state definition within the Preview macro, reducing clutter in your codebase. Additionally, the PreviewModifier protocol allows for the creation of reusable preview environments, significantly improving performance and efficiency when previewing multiple instances with shared traits.
Vincent Pradeillesยท1yDon't write this code! (use a Swift Regex instead ๐)
Regular expressions in Swift have been simplified and made safer with a new syntax introduced in iOS 16. The older NSRegularExpression API from Objective-C was verbose and exception-prone. The new Swift regex syntax offers compile-time checks and easier string capture via tuples. A regex builder syntax is also available for complex expressions.
Appcodaยท2yUsing Translation API in Swift and SwiftUI
iOS 17.4 introduces a powerful Translation API for developers to integrate translation capabilities into their apps. This involves two primary methods: using the `.translationPresentation` modifier for a simple translation overlay and calling the Translation API directly for more customizable translations. The tutorial guides through both methods with sample code, showing how to implement translation features in a SwiftUI demo app.