iOS Dev Weekly - iOS Dev Weekly - Issue 678

What was the original idea behind iPhone Mirroring in iOS 18 and macOS Sequoia? šŸ’”
 

iOS Dev Weekly

 
View on the Web    Archives

ISSUE 678  September 13th 2024

 
Comment

  Comment  

 

Itā€™s go time for iOS 18, macOS 15, and all their friends! Your app updates that you slaved over throughout the summer are probably already pending release and it all kicks off on Monday!

I've been running the betas recently, and the iPhone Mirroring feature confuses me. It works well when my phone is close by, but I accidentally left it downstairs in the kitchen a few days ago and attempted to use mirroring for a real task for the first time. Unfortunately, it failed to connect because my phone was too far away. šŸ«¤

Now, before you start thinking I live in a mansion and I was trying to connect between my office the east wing to my kitchen in the west wing, I wish I did! my kitchen is at the bottom of the stairs and my office is at the top. Maybe 6 metres away. Iā€™ve not found anyone else complaining about range, but every demo Iā€™ve seen, even Appleā€™s has the phone sitting right next to the Mac.

So, Iā€™ve been thinking about why this feature exists.

Itā€™s part of the Continuity set of features, which have (at least for me) been a tremendous success. Itā€™s possible some of them were a little flaky at first, but they are rock solid now and I couldnā€™t live without seamless copy and paste between my phone and my Mac. ā¤ļø

The second half of the iPhone Mirroring demo was all about using it for drag and drop between devices. A feature that feels much more a part of the Continuity set of features. I wonder if thatā€™s the true purpose of what Apple built, and all the other parts of it are just what it took to make that work? Certainly if my phone is sitting directly next to me, Iā€™d rather pick it up than use it with my mouse in a window on my Mac.

I do wish it would work from my kitchen for those occasional times I accidentally leave my phone downstairs. That said, a few more flights of stairs every day will do me more good than harm!

Dave Verwer  Permalink

 
 

  Sponsored Link  

 

Join the FREE iOS Architect Crash Course

If you're a mid/senior iOS developer looking to improve both your skills and salary level, join this free online crash course. Itā€™s available only for a limited time, so get it now.

essentialdeveloper.com  Permalink

 
 
 

  News  

 

Hummingbird 2

I wrote about Vaporā€™s plans to take better advantage of Swift concurrency last week, and this week hummingbird announced a version 2.0 with a very similar goal. Hereā€™s Adam Fowler with the details.

swift.org  Permalink

 

Appleā€™s App Store terms are still not compliant with the DMA

I have no idea if this is true or not, but it sounds like Appleā€™s hassles with the DMA are far from over. No surprise there, and I expect this to drag on for years.

theplatformlaw.blog  Permalink

 
 

  Code  

 

Morphology

I liked this little tip from Michael Liberatore about using Morphology in Foundation to format plural strings that donā€™t include the number. šŸ‘

lickability.com  Permalink

 

An Xcode Detective Story

Jacob Bartlett:

I couldn't have predicted an underlying issue as dramatic as ā€œhalf of our app's features duplicated in memoryā€, whenever a user re-logged. Or a solution as simple as moving a [weak self] capture one line up.

I love a good debugging story.

emergetools.com  Permalink

 

The weirdest Core Data crash I have seen

Iā€™m sure I have already heard about the situation that Filip Němeček recently found himself in. I may have even linked to another blog post about this, it certainly rings a bell! Regardless, youā€™ll want to be aware of this restriction if you use Core Data (and presumably SwiftData too!)

nemecek.be  Permalink

 
 

  Jobs  

 

Mobile Developer (iOS) @ Planning Center ā€“ Our Mobile Team works on both iOS and Android. While focuses are leveraged, there is a healthy bit of collaboration in the execution of how things are released. ā€“ Remote (within US timezones) with some on-site work (United States in CA)

 Permalink

 
 

  And finally...  

 

How very depressing. šŸ¦

 Permalink

 
You received this email because you subscribed via the iOS Dev Weekly site.
We'll be sorry to see you go but you can unsubscribe instantly.
 
iOS Dev Weekly is published by Verwer Services Ltd. with a registered office at 5 Albert Road, Southsea, Hampshire, England, PO5 2SE.
 
 

 
 

RSS

 
Ā©2024 iOS Dev Weekly | Privacy Policy | Mastodon | Suggest a Link
 
Published with Curated

Older messages

iOS Dev Weekly - Issue 677

Friday, September 6, 2024

Did I let Xcode's predictive code completion write any of the text in this newsletter? 🤖 View on the Web Archives ISSUE 677 September 6th 2024 Comment I found myself needing to upgrade to macOS

iOS Dev Weekly - Issue 676

Friday, August 30, 2024

What's happening with CocoaPods these days? It's time for an update from the team. View on the Web Archives ISSUE 676 August 30th 2024 Comment I don't know how I missed Orta Therox

iOS Dev Weekly - Issue 675

Friday, August 23, 2024

Will there be two app stores and two app store teams? 🔄 View on the Web Archives ISSUE 675 August 23rd 2024 Comment If you've been reading for a while, you'll know I rarely talk about rumours,

iOS Dev Weekly - Issue 674

Tuesday, August 20, 2024

It's so nice to see an app store that isn't focused on extracting the most profit possible succeed! ❤️ View on the Web Archives ISSUE 674 August 16th 2024 Comment I can't find it in the iOS

iOS Dev Weekly - Issue 673

Friday, August 9, 2024

Is the race to the bottom now a race to the top? 📈 View on the Web Archives ISSUE 673 August 9th 2024 Comment I'm sure you already read this week's news that Apple's profit from services is

You Might Also Like

🎥 Replacing Windows With Linux Mint — Tips to Shoot Better Travel Videos

Sunday, October 6, 2024

Also: Specialized Gadgets That Boosted My Productivity, and More! How-To Geek Logo October 6, 2024 Did You Know Diet Coke's introduction was 96 years after that of its predecessor, Coca-Cola (the

The value of good design & What could you change in a year

Sunday, October 6, 2024

Croissant lets you cross-post to Mastodon, Bluesky, and Threads, the new Muse iPhone app, Half-life Productivity Software, and a lot more in this week's issue of Creativerly. Creativerly The value

PD#595 It's hard to write code for computers

Sunday, October 6, 2024

But it's even harder to write code for humans ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

RD#475 Intro to CSS animations for React developers

Sunday, October 6, 2024

I copy-paste snippets with some magic inside from all over the internet and hope it works ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

C#526 10 Lessons I Learned from Using Aspire in Production

Sunday, October 6, 2024

Simplify the building, running, and management of your applications ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

The Roundup // Is Product Hunt dead?

Sunday, October 6, 2024

Plus, OpenAI's newest drop, AI waifus, and more Product Hunt Sunday, Oct 06 The Roundup This newsletter was brought to you by Our reimagined weekly Hi, hi! Welcome to the first edition of our

☁️ Azure Weekly #487 - 6th October 2024

Sunday, October 6, 2024

Azure Weekly Newsletter Issue #487 powered by endjin Welcome to issue 487 of the Azure Weekly Newsletter. Highlights this week in AI: The Azure Multimodal AI & LLM Processing Solution Accelerator

Sunday Digest | Featuring 'World’s Biggest Superpowers in 2024' 📊

Sunday, October 6, 2024

Every visualization published this week, in one place. Visual Capitalist Sunday Digest logo Oct 6, 2024 | View Online | Subscribe | VC+ | Download Our App The Best of This Week's Visuals Presented

Android Weekly #643 🤖

Sunday, October 6, 2024

View in web browser 643 October 6th, 2024 Articles & Tutorials Sponsored A New Approach to Mobile App Protection Guardsquare is proud to announce the launch of our guided configuration approach to

⚙️ Want to become an AI consultant?

Sunday, October 6, 2024

Early access inside ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌