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jordanmorgan

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The cause of several bugs since iOS 4.
Dev Rel at Superwall.
Wrote a book series over iOS dev.
I make a basketball app for coaches too, Elite Hoops.

Until next time ✌️.

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As it tradition, next week I will publish my "iOS 18: Notable UIKit Additions" piece.

To celebrate Apple's most mature mobile user interface framework, here's some fun additions from each year I've written it.

Last year: https://swiftjectivec.com/iOS-17-Notable-UIKit-Additions/

Favorite addition: SF Symbol animations

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jordanmorgan,
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iOS 16: https://swiftjectivec.com/ios-16-notable-uikit-additions/

The year of the infamous "The best way to make an app is with Swift and SwiftUI" image.

Favorite addition: UICalendarView, super powerful - still not in SwiftUI I believe.

clarko, to random
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WWDC Wishlist 💻

A new entitlement for Live Activities to get guaranteed indefinite background execution.

Then apps with very long-running local tasks (like video export) can do it in the background and SHOW PROGRESS.

Why tie it to a Live Activity? Because they’re always user-initiated, always visible, and can always be cancelled! Less opportunity for abuse.

Why an entitlement? Because this is a special case. Most Live Activities are network-bound and should use push notifications to update.

jordanmorgan,
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@RobW ....I personally love it 🙈 Had a lot of stories fail silently before, so it's kinda cool to see the status of them.

jordanmorgan, to random
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Hey friends 👋

I've got an update to my iOS dev book series about done 📚

  • 4 books on accessibility, design, UX, and iOS APIs, plus a journal with extra tips.

  • Buy once, and get free annual updates when a new iOS version drops, along with quality-of-life improvements throughout the year.

  • A comprehensive resource for iOS devs and designers.

Check it out and download a free sample: https://www.bestinclassiosapp.com

MuseumShuffle, to random
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@jordanmorgan @matthewcassinelli I'm pretty sure that isn't Matthew Cassinelli.

jordanmorgan,
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@MuseumShuffle @matthewcassinelli 🤣🤣🤣

stroughtonsmith, to random
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There are some new docs from Apple to go with the new features enabled by Apple Pencil Pro — they're well-written, and they have workable sample snippets with a SwiftUI/UIKit toggle.

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/applepencil/playing-haptic-feedback-in-your-app?changes=latest_minor

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/applepencil/handling-squeezes-from-apple-pencil?changes=latest_minor

Very much appreciate this format!

Also a note from the HIG about new trackpad haptic support: "Apple Pencil Pro and some trackpads can provide haptic feedback when connected to certain iPad models"

jordanmorgan,
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@stroughtonsmith Is there a RSS feed for this stuff? I just wish there was an easy, obvious "hey we just added these docs" kinda deal.

AFAIK this is the best page for that, and even today I found these API updates for Apple Pencil by happenstance: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/Updates/

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My update for Elite Hoops with an emphasis on iOS features is out now! I'd love it if you checked it out, even if you aren't a coach or the target market.

The widgets, especially, turned out fun. And you may dig some of the animations and stuff from the "What's New" screens.

App Store:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/elite-hoops-basketball/id6443711183

Blog post over the release: https://elitehoopsapp.com/elite-hoops-basketball-for-ios-17-powerful-play-design/

jordanmorgan, to random
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I worked so hard on widgets, shortcuts, Core Spotlight, etc for this update I figured I'd make a "Tips/How To" section to show them off.

Inspired by the Tips app:

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simonbs, to random
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Got my new grinder and espresso machine a couple of hours ago 😀

jordanmorgan,
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@simonbs That looks awesome

jordanmorgan, to random
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Elite Hoops hit 2.5k MRR today 📈

I have so many ideas and directions to take it to grow it even more. Here's hoping I hit my goal of 20k MRR sooner rather than later.

Some fun things:

  • The market is ripe for good software for basketball coaches.
  • I still haven't implemented core, highly requested features

Some hard things:

  • An institutional leader in the space released an app recently, eating heavily into my downloads.
  • Balancing Elite Hoops with other apps I wanna do.

Onwards!

jordanmorgan,
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@dxzdb Oh no - soccer app isn’t doing much of anything. I’ll get around to looking at that from a product standpoint eventually

jordanmorgan, to random
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Fun little SF Symbol detail here. The paintbrush and aspect ratio with circles behind them are custom SF Symbols I made.

I didn't even open another app - you can combine existing ones from the SF Symbols apps and export them right into Xcode.

MuseumShuffle, to random
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Great blog post from Jordan and I can confirm that @iosdevhappyhour is working on organizing another in person viewing party for the WWDC keynote. This will be our third time doing so.

From: @jordanmorgan
https://mastodon.social/@jordanmorgan/112293115664482664

jordanmorgan,
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@MuseumShuffle @iosdevhappyhour Can’t wait!!

_inside, to random
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Apple broke non-String AppEnum in App Intents as of macOS 14.4 / iOS 17.4, so if you have say a widget with configuration parameters where the value is an AppEnum backed by an Int, those parameters just won't work and will always use the default value. Nice! (FB13737909)

Screen recording showing the macOS desktop with a small widget showing “Time: 12:59”, “IntEnum: 1” and “String Enum: Option 3 String”. The widget configuration is opened, and the user selects in the dropdowns “Int Enum: Option 2” and “String Enum: Option 2”. After confirming the selection and going back to the widget, “Int Enum” is still showing the value “1”, and “String Enum” is showing “Option 2 String” as selected in the configuration.

jordanmorgan,
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@_inside I noticed the docs say the AppEnum have to be a string type - I wonder if that's new?

jordanmorgan, to random
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I'm happy with how the motivational basketball quotes widget ended up.

The transition animation is just juicy.

Toggling through motivational quotes in a new widget for Elite Hoops.

jordanmorgan,
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@jsq All SwiftUI - .contentTransition

jordanmorgan, to random
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My post over how to use CKSyncEngine to get easy peezy CloudKit sync into your iOS 17 apps is now live!

I put a lot into this one, and I really hope it helps everyone pick up syncing in their app if they've held off. There's a demo project, explainers, a Q & A and more:

https://superwall.com/blog/syncing-data-with-cloudkit-in-your-ios-app-using-cksyncengine-and-swift-and-swiftui

jordanmorgan, to random
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☁️ CloudKit Sync ☁️

We all want sync, but I've talked to so many developers who are a bit intimidated with implementing it, or they don't know where to start.

The good news? It's gotten much easier with iOS 17 and CKSyncEngine. But, there's just not a lot out there about it!

I've been cooking up a full write up over how to get started from zero using it for the Superwall blog - excited to share it soon!

jordanmorgan, to random
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My toxic trait is that I try to solve all of life's problem and minor inconveniences by doing this:

jordanmorgan, to random
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Yo - Elite Hoops is featured in the visionOS App Store 🎉!

stroughtonsmith, to random
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There are some neat quality of life improvements in UIKit in iOS 17.4, like UIControl's performPrimaryAction() which can trigger context menus or dropdowns programmatically, and UIDatePicker.Mode.yearAndMonth

jordanmorgan,
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@stroughtonsmith Any certain way you're finding new API in these releases? I used to go here but it's not updated anymore: http://codeworkshop.net/objc-diff/sdkdiffs/

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Am I the first AARP member to ship an app with a SwiftUI lifecycle? Would the Guinness Book be interested? Or should I hold out to get a world record for my inevitable future as the world’s tallest mall Santa?

jordanmorgan,
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@agiletortoise I keep getting fliers for AARP stuff, like they won’t even let me finish my 30s first 🫥

jordanmorgan, to random
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🎙️ Let's check out Apple's Sports app🎙️

A video of walking through Apple's Sports app.

jordanmorgan,
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@vmatt Same, I wish I could hide literally anything and everything about sports betting but alas, money 🫤

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If I made an app for throwing dice, I’d name it “Die Hard”, just saying.

jordanmorgan,
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@simonbs It's taken everything in me to not name my upcoming soccer app "Pitch Perfect"

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