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Introducing XCRemoteCache: The iOS Remote Caching Tool that Cut Our Clean Build Times by 70%

Remote caching implementation for iOS projects with an aim to reuse Xcode target artefacts generated on Continuous Integration (CI) machines.

Articles

RxSwift to Combine: The Complete Transition Guide

A convenient dictionary to look up the respective Combine equivalents for RxSwift functions, types, and operators.
Loaded with useful tips for the transition.

Best Resources for iOS Engineers

Data gathered from a Twitter poll, created by Alex Grebenyuk (@a_grebenyuk) which you maybe recognize from Nuke and Pulse.

Composition vs. Inheritance: Architecture solutions explained in Swift

Composition and inheritance are two different code architecture solutions that have their own usage and benefits that you should know.

Unit testing Swift code that uses async/await

How to call async APIs within our unit tests, and also how async/await can be a great testing tool in general.

Using HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) for live and on‐demand audio and video

This article introduces most relevant aspects of HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) and powerful toolchains provided by Apple for live and on-demand media.

How to Handle Errors in Swift Task Groups

Ways to handle errors occurring within a task group by using simple-to-understand examples and sample code.

The many faces of ShapeStyle in SwiftUI

ShapeStyle is the protocol that we have from the very first release of the SwiftUI framework which defines a color or pattern to use when rendering a shape.

The obscure solution to using an AppDelegate in SwiftUI

Define the entry-point and app lifecycle of your app in SwiftUI with the App protocol

What's new in Xcode 13.2 beta 2

New experimental build system and SwiftUI changes.

macOS Monterey network quality tool

Apple has quietly added a new tool in macOS Monterey for measuring your connectivity quality.

Apple News & Updates

Announcing Self Service Repair

Apple parts, tools, and manuals — starting with iPhone 12 and iPhone 13 — available to individual consumers.

Other

Porting Doom to a USB Bluetooth Dongle

"But can it run Doom?"

(CT) Scan of the Month - LEGO Minifigures

LEGO knows a thing or two about plastics. They manufacture hundreds of millions of Minifigures per year. These figures are assemblies with moving parts.