Adding accessibility support in SwiftUI will be more approachable for you compared to UIKit. But still, if you’ve been sharpening your UIKit skills for years, it takes a while to get your head around the new declarative/reactive way of doing things. It is an entirely different mental model, and it takes some getting used to. …
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How to use @ScaledMetric in SwiftUI for Dynamic Type support
The @ScaledMetric property wrapper in SwiftUI allows you to adopt custom values to dynamic type settings. Your custom values will scale proportionally whenever the user changes the dynamic type setting. While elements like text scale are automatically based on the Dynamic Type setting, other values like padding or image sizes might not. Connecting these to …
RocketSim 12.0: Builds Apps Faster
RocketSim is a developer tool that gives your Xcode Simulator extra functionalities to increase day-to-day development productivity. A floating window becomes visible next to your active Simulator to provide additional functionalities while not too intrusive. Some significant features include recordings with touches, audio, and bezels, location simulation, Simulator airplane mode, and several design comparison features. …
Predicate Macro in Swift for filtering and searching
#Predicate is a new Macro available since Swift 5.9 and Xcode 15, allowing you to filter or search a data collection. It can be seen as a replacement for the old-fashioned NSPredicate we’re used to from the Objective-C days. The new Predicate is available as a Macro. If you’re new to Macros, I encourage you …
10 Tips to Get Your App Featured on the App Store
Getting your app featured on the App Store allows you to gain organic growth and more reach. Users can find your app by browsing through the App Store inside one of Apple’s curated lists of apps. I’ve been developing apps since 2009, and several of my apps got featured over time. It’s essential to know …
VoiceOver navigation improvement tips for SwiftUI apps
VoiceOver navigation support in your apps comes with the same requirements as navigating through touch controls. When navigating apps with standard touch controls, we tend to dislike apps that feel cluttered or make us do many interactions to achieve something. We’d probably say such an app does not offer a good user experience. The same …
SF Symbols: The benefits and how to use them guide
SF Symbols were introduced during WWDC 2019 and are a big present for us developers. Apple basically gave us free symbols to use in our app, and it’s straightforward to use them as well! With SF Symbols 2.0 being introduced in WWDC 2020 and 3.0 at WWDC 2021, we’ve got even more possibilities to show …
Xcode Instruments usage to improve app performance
Xcode Instruments is a developer tool that comes for free with Xcode. It has a lot of useful tools to inspect and improve your app. Although it has a lot to offer, it’s often an area which is a bit less known. In this blog post, I’ll show you how I’ve improved the performance in …