Thanks so much to this week’s iOS Dev Weekly Insiders! Greg Spiers, Cameron Cooke, Jelena Djurkovic, David Brittain, and Matthew Flint. Thank you so much for your generosity. 😍
This issue’s insider call is on Monday next week, so if the Friday dates haven’t been working for you, now’s the perfect time to join us!
Thanks so much to this week’s iOS Dev Weekly Insiders! Gregory Sapienza, Artem Loenko, Jean-Élie Le Corre, Beau Nouvelle, and Evan Anger. Thank you all so much. 😍
This week’s insider’s call is next Monday, won’t you join us to chat about the week’s iOS developer news?
I could have done a better job with accessibility in the first release of the iOS Dev Jobs apps, so the Accessibility Inspector has been a close friend this week. There will be an update next week when I get one or two tricky VoiceOver issues solved. In the meantime, why not let Dominik Hauser show you the basics of the tool.
Xcode 12 is not compatible with Monterey
Here's one to be aware of before you upgrade to Monterey when it becomes available, presumably next month. Downgrading a macOS version or restoring from backup is not a pleasant way to spend a day if you still need Xcode 12. Thanks to Ethan Huang for the heads up.
I've linked to SwiftWasm before but haven't been keeping a close eye on it, so I was very interested to read this post from Carson Katri about porting his SharePlay app to the web with Tokamak. Does it work? Kinda!
Next, you'll be telling me that Adobe built Photoshop for the web! 🙄
App Privacy Report now available in beta
Were you honest with your privacy nutrition label questions? This feature rolling out will be fascinating, and I'd encourage you to give those questions another look with your next update. Users will be very keen to pull developers up who are not being completely transparent.
Core Data works well with new technologies like SwiftUI and Combine, but does it feel at home with them? It does not. Like Daniel Steinberg, I would love to see Apple's take on what a persistence framework looks like in 2021. This is my big hope for this year's WWDC.
... and it'll probably be my big hope for next year's WWDC too 😂
Goodbye Spotlight. Hello Raycast
Raycast takes the macOS Spotlight experience to the next level: Create Jira issues, manage GitHub pull requests, join Zoom calls and control your tools with a few keystrokes. Automate your everyday tasks with scripts and join a community packed with productivity nerds. Download it now.
Is it finally time for new Macs next week? I really hope so.
Just a note that there's a couple of GitHub links in today's issue (as usual!) but GitHub is still having major problems right now due to a DNS outage, so come back later to read those if it's down for you too!
Thanks so much for the applications to write for iOS Dev Weekly, there were some great responses in there (and some less than great ones too! 😂). The form is now closed and I'll be going through the responses this weekend and will be in touch next week!