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Swift OpenAPI Generator Reaches 1.0
Open-sourced six months ago, the Swift OpenAPI Generator is now stable. Version 1.0 brings new features and a simplified API.
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iOS Developers Can Now Use Non-Apple App Stores in the EU, for a Fee
Responding to the European Commission Digital Markets Act (DMA), which aims to regulate the "gatekeeper power" of digital companies, Apple has opened up the possibility for developers to distribute their iPhone apps through alternative marketplaces in EU countries. Developers, though, will be required to pay a new Core Technology Fee if they do.
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Xcode 15.2 Stabilizes Support for the Apple Vision Pro Spatial Computing Headset
Apple released the first stable version of its new visionOS SDK, providing support to create apps for the Apple Vision Pro and submitting them to the App Store. The new SDK is available in Xcode 15.2.
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Apple Allows US App Store Apps to Link to External Purchase Methods
A recent decision by the US Supreme Court forces Apple to make it possible for iOS and iPad apps to link to alternative payment systems. The decision only applies to apps published in the US App Store and raised some debate since Apple still wants to collect a commission on external purchases.
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Apple Open-sources Apple Silicon-Optimized Machine Learning Framework MLX
Apple's MLX combines familiar APIs, composable function transformations, and lazy computation to create a machine learning framework inspired by NumPy and PyTorch that is optimized for Apple Silicon. Implemented in Python and C++, the framework aims to provide a user-friendly and efficient solution to train and deploy machine learning models on Apple Silicon.
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Swift 5.9 Backtracer is Now Concurrency-Aware, Improves Readability and Linux Support
Besides extending the language through macros and borrow-stile memory management, Swift 5.9 also introduces some helpful features for program debugging, including an out-of-process crash handler, just-in-time debugging support, and backtracking to makes it easier to interpret control flow when using structured concurrency.
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Apple Adds Delivery Metrics to Its Push Notification Console
To help developers gauge delivery of notifications in production, the Push Notification Console now includes metrics to get insights into the behavior of an app and its integration with the Apple Push Notification service (APNs).
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How Spotify Transitioned to Bazel to Build their iOS App
After three years experimenting with Bazel, in 2020 Spotify decided to adopt it as their official build system for the Spotify iOS app. Thanks to this, they could reduce build times to a fourth, explains Spotify engineer Patrick Balestra.
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Swift 5.9 Brings a Macro System and C++ Interoperability
In addition to an expressive macro system and a limited form of C++ interoperability, Swift 5.9, now officially available, also introduces parameter packs, ownership-based memory management, and more.
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Apple Extends Core ML, Create ML, and Vision Frameworks for iOS 17
At its recent WWDC 2023 developer conference, Apple presented a number of extensions and updates to its machine learning and vision ecosystem, including updates to its Core ML framework, new features for the Create ML modeling tool, and new vision APIs for image segmentation, animal body pose detection, and 3D human body pose.
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Swift 5.9 Brings Macro Expansion Power to the Language
Introduced at WWDC 2023, Swift 5.9, now available in beta, brings a major extension to the language capabilities through support for generating code at compile-time using macros.
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Apple Releases visionOS SDK to Developers Along with Reality Composer Pro
Developers can now download the software development kit required to create apps for its forthcoming Vision Pro mixed reality headset, Apple announced. Besides making the SDK available, Apple also unveiled a program to bring physical devices to selected labs around the world and more initiatives for developers to test their apps.
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SwiftUI 5 Leaves Combine behind, Extends Animations, and More
At WWDC 2023, Apple presented the latest iteration of its declarative framework for UI programming. SwiftUI 5 completely overhauls its reactive foundations by replacing Combine with the new Observation framework. Additionally, it adds support for phased animations, improves ScrollView, new gestures, and more.
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Swift OpenAPI Generator Aims at Streamlining HTTP Client/Server Communication
Apple has introduced a new open source package, the Swift OpenAPI Generator, aimed at generating the code required to handle client/server communication through an HTTP API based on its OpenAPI document.
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Apple Introduces SwiftData, a SwiftUI-Ready Core Data Replacement
At WWDC 2023, Apple introduced SwiftData, a new framework that provides a declarative, Swift-first API enabling to work with data persistence in iOS apps. SwiftData can easily make a Swift class into a persistent model and is especially suited to be used with SwiftUI.