If you are seeing a popup button at the top of the navigator and inspector views in Xcode instead of a segmented control with buttons for each navigator/inspector, make the navigator and/or inspector view wider. The segmented control turns into a popup button when the view is too narrow.
Hi Apple. I created SourceCleaner that analyzes Swift Projects and identifies symbols (variables, functions, classes) and files that are no longer used in the project and offers to delete or comment those out. Please integrate that functionality directly into #Xcode. I think this should not be a standalone app developed by a single person somewhere in Buxtehude.
One of my favorite recent additions to Swift Testing is range-based confirmations, so we can write `await confirmation(expectedCount: 5...10)`. https://www.hackingwithswift.com/swift/6.1/swift-testing-range-confirmations
Really happy to finally open source *Ghostwriter* today.
I built it because I wanted a calmer way to keep up with feeds, newsletters, podcasts, YouTube videos, and saved Wallabag articles. It pulls everything together, cleans it up, can summarize with AI, and turns it into readable EPUB digests.
Self-hosted, Raspberry Pi-friendly, and something I’m genuinely proud of.
https://github.com/LucaKaufmann/Ghostwriter
#OpenSource #SelfHosted #IndieDev #RSS #EPUB #AI #ReadItLater #RaspberryPi
Macshot is a cool tool for developers who need to take screenshots and add things like arrows to the picture. https://graphics.social/@metin/116334660926436408
If you’re interested in learning the Swift programming language and looking for a guide, the following guide provides a nice introduction to the language:
I built a pure Swift XML parser (no DTD, external entity, transcoding support) at https://github.com/compnerd/xylem. Some informal testing indicated that it is faster than libxml2 and xmloxide, a rust port of libxml2.
The following article shows a way to create an infinite scroll view in SwiftUI:
https://livsycode.com/swiftui/infinite-scrollview-in-swiftui/
Over the course of writing my books and apps, I've frequently had to wrestle with the Mac app sandbox.
I've just published an article tying to gather all the techniques I use, with a sample app on GitHub. I hope Mac developers find this useful.
https://troz.net/post/2026/playing_mac_sandbox/
I have no technical ability. I know nothing about Swift macros. But I have confidence in my taste, and the ability to express what I feel.
Introducing Slots - convenient view slots without the init explosion https://github.com/kylebshr/slots
My talk about Building Apps for Multiple Apple Platforms is now available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXWxmpPqIsU
I cover practical SwiftUI examples, as well as how to leverage Swift / Xcode to adapt your App for the whole range of Apple platforms! 🖥️ 📱🥽
Thanks again to
@NSLondonMeetup and Apple for a wonderful evening!
If you want to find the slow spots in your iOS or Mac app, the following article is for you:
The following article provides tips on improving your experience using Xcode's SwiftUI previews:
Here's a tool for the community: Apple Dev Search – a search engine for Apple development blogs. Currently indexing 15029 articles across 675 blogs.
It's not new, but I'm convinced it's useful and think it needs a boost. Also, it might be a slight antidote to LLMs helping themselves to all our content. Some might say it's old fashioned.
There's a post about it at https://luxmentis.org/blog/appledevsearch/ or just head straight to https://appledevsearch.com
Focus State in SwiftUI https://wesleydegroot.nl/blog/focus-state-in-swiftui #SwiftUI #Accessibility
The following article shows how to use SwiftUI’s WindowGroup to open document-like windows in your app:
As many commentators have said, with the MacBook Neo selling like crazy, now is a great time to be a Mac app developer.
If you're an iOS developer who wants to leverage your existing knowledge into Mac apps, check out my macOS Apps Step by Step book. https://troz.net/books/macos_apps_step_by_step/
If you're a student or educator, email me at books@troz.net for an educational discount.
You can see the whole history of Fork's changes at the following link:
https://fork.dev/releasenotes https://mastodon.social/@fork_dev/116250734509884225
Just posted MarsEdit 5.4 with native macOS Versions support, Share Extension improvements, and a bunch of bug fixes. https://redsweater.com/blog/4264/marsedit-5-4-versions-support-share-extension-and-bug-fixes
Big news: @ducky is now free! ✨
Stop manually writing boilerplate. Just drop in your JSON and let Ducky infer the models for your favorite languages instantly.
Grab it here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ducky-model-editor/id1525505933
Boosts are much appreciated—help this tool reach more developers! 🚀