Today I’ll be mostly investigating new bugs that have appeared in @NearlyDeparted since updating my phone to iOS 18.4.
Lots of small weird problems. Feels like runtime changes to async code.
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SwiftUI Text views support flexible data formatting using the format parameter and FormatStyle, adapting content to different contexts and locales.
For example, an array can be formatted as a grammatically correct list: https://books.nilcoalescing.com/swiftui-fundamentals/Text-and-localization/text-formatting#format-styles
My SFSymbol Browser app for iOS, iPadOS and MacOS (MenuBar) is starting to take shape. Here is the latest Mac Menubar version working.
#BuildInPublic #Swift #SwiftUI #iOSDev
iOS Dev Weekly – Issue 706 is out! Happy Friday everyone.
iosdevweekly.comIssue 706 – iOS Dev Weekly
Text is an important SwiftUI view that supports localization, formatting, and styling, but its behavior isn’t always obvious.
To understand how it works and how to use it effectively, check out the free sample chapter from my book SwiftUI Fundamentals: https://books.nilcoalescing.com/swiftui-fundamentals/Text-and-localization
Textastic for iPad and iPhone is now free to download with a one-week free trial!
If you’ve been wanting to try out the app, now’s your chance.
Download Textastic on the App Store:
https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1049254261?pt=15967&ct=mastodon&mt=8
App StoreTextastic Code EditorTextastic is a comprehensive and versatile text and code editor for iPad and iPhone. It supports syntax highlighting of more than 80 programming and markup languages. Connect to SFTP, FTP, and WebDAV servers or to your Dropbox account. Use the built-in SSH terminal to work directly on your server.…
How do you change the accessibility language used by VoiceOver with SwiftUI? #SwiftUI #iOSDev
https://useyourloaf.com/blog/swiftui-accessibility-language/
Use Your Loaf - iOS Development News & Tips · SwiftUI Accessibility LanguageHow do you change the accessibility language used by VoiceOver with SwiftUI?
I filed a Feedback and Apple fixed my problem!
...months after they told me it wasn't a problem, closing my feedback internally and preventing me from continuing the dialogue.
GistFB15989990 - A Sendable onPreferenceChange closure cannot change main actor view properties in XCode 16.2 beta 3.FB15989990 - A Sendable onPreferenceChange closure cannot change main actor view properties in XCode 16.2 beta 3. - OnPreferenceChangeError.md
I've opened my schedule to additional work. Could you benefit from a Senior iOS Developer helping with your projects? Need some advice or mentoring?
Book an hour with me or reach out for larger projects if you think I'd be useful.
Josh Hrach · Hire MeI’m a Senior-level developer with over 10 years of experience working with Swift, building apps on iOS, macOS, watchOS, and visionOS. I’ve worked extensively with SwiftUI, Core Location…
Looks like accessing an NSError created by the NSError() initialiser now actually crashes in Xcode 16.3. Warned against in Xcode for a while now, but actually starting to cause the exceptions it’s threatened! #iosdev
Search Ads are great for discovering new keywords and boosting downloads. But last month, I ended up burning all my income on ASA 
This month, I’m relying solely on ASO and social media to find new users.
I’m using Astro for ASO:
https://tryastro.app/?aff=bDP8D
AstroAstro: App Store Optimization Tool for iOS developersAstro helps you improve the visibility of your app and grow your revenue. Track keywords, check the popularity and difficulty of each keyword, and get suggestions on the best keywords to add.
I often see SwiftUI examples using + to combine Text views and style individual segments. While this works, it has limitations with localized text. I wrote a post discussing why text interpolation is often a better choice in these situations: https://nilcoalescing.com/blog/TextConcatenationVsTextInterpolationInSwiftUI/
#SwiftUI #iOSDev
Nil CoalescingText concatenation vs Text interpolation in SwiftUICombining multiple SwiftUI Text views into a single text with the + operator to apply different styles can cause localization issues, making text interpolation the preferred technique for accurate translations.
If you are lucky enough to be able to safely travel to Cupertino for #wwdc25 then I highly recommend including @CommunityKit as part of your week long #wwdc adventures. #iOSDev #macOSDev
Details on an unnecessary optimization I geeked out on a while back:
Tagged pointer string keys https://objectionable-c.com/posts/tagged-pointer-string-keys/ #objc #iosdev
Hat tip to @mikeash for the seminal post on tagged pointer strings
objectionable-c.com · Tagged pointer string keys | Objectionable-C
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