Register your macOS app as a login item using SMAppService: nilcoalescing.com/blog/LaunchA... #macOSDev

📱 𝗜𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝟴𝟴 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁! Highlights: 🤖 𝐶𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑥 𝑈𝑠𝑒 𝐶𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑠 💳 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑒𝐾𝑖𝑡 2 🔤 𝑆𝐹 𝑆𝑦𝑚𝑏𝑜𝑙𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑇𝑒𝑥𝑡 🧩 𝐵𝑙𝑜𝑐 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑀𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 🔍 .𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 ☑️ 𝑚𝑎𝑐𝑂𝑆 𝑀𝑒𝑛𝑢 𝑆𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 ♿ 𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤 𝐴𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 ⚡ 𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐻𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 #Swift #SwiftUI #iOSDev ios-newsletter.snappmobile.io/issues/2026-...

📫 Newsletter Issue #102 went out to 3,200+ subscribers. Here are our developer community highlights!

The recording of my talk from try! Swift Tokyo is already available on YouTube! I shared my perspective on what drives change in SwiftUI, how new APIs come to life, and why we should try to keep up with the changes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQ-b... #tryswift #iosdev #swiftui

Explore SwiftUI APIs for customizing scroll behavior, including paging and view-aligned snapping, and learn what to watch out for to avoid unexpected results: nilcoalescing.com/blog/ScrollV... #iOSDev #SwiftUI

Got the nicest feedback about my SwiftUI books, it made me really happy 🥰 "... the explanations of view identity and data flow made sense in a way that just hadn’t gotten through to me no matter how many other tutorials or bits of Apple documentation I read."

The new backgroundExtensionEffect() SwiftUI modifier in iOS 26 lets us extend and blur visual content beyond a view’s bounds, creating continuous backgrounds behind elements like sidebars, inspectors, and overlay controls: nilcoalescing.com/blog/Backgro... #SwiftUI #iOSDev

Today was the last day of the try! Swift Tokyo conference and also the day of my talk. I think it went well 😌 Thank you so much to everyone involved @tryswift.jp for such an amazing experience! #tryswift

🎨 𝐶𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑆𝐹 𝑆𝑦𝑚𝑏𝑜𝑙𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑆𝑤𝑖𝑓𝑡𝑈𝐼 by Natalia Panferova (@natpanferova.bsky.social) Covers size with font(), color with foregroundStyle(), rendering modes (monochrome, hierarchical, palette, multicolor), variable values for dynamic states, and fill and slash design variants. #SwiftUI #SFSymbols

Add symbol effect animations and transitions to symbol images in SwiftUI to handle icon state changes without custom drawing or animation logic: nilcoalescing.com/blog/Animati... #iOSDev #SwiftUI

Precisely scope animations to specific animatable attributes in SwiftUI by using the animation(_:body:) API introduced in iOS 17: nilcoalescing.com/blog/Isolate... #iOSDev #SwiftUI

📱 𝗜𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝟴𝟳 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁! Fresh insights: 🐦 𝑆𝑤𝑖𝑓𝑡'𝑠 𝐼𝐷𝐸 𝑆𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 🔐 𝑁𝑆𝑀𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑑𝑂𝑏𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑥𝑡 & 𝑆𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 🎨 𝐶𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑆𝐹 𝑆𝑦𝑚𝑏𝑜𝑙𝑠 📜 𝐵𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝐿𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑅𝑒𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 🖼 𝐴𝑠𝑦𝑛𝑐𝐼𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑒 📂 𝑂𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝑅𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑀𝑒𝑛𝑢 🤖 𝑎𝑝𝑓𝑒𝑙 - 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑀𝑎𝑐 𝐴𝑙𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝐻𝑎𝑠 𝐴𝐼 😂 𝑆𝑚𝑎𝑐𝑘𝐵𝑜𝑜𝑘 #Swift #SwiftUI ios-newsletter.snappmobile.io/issues/2026-...

Heading to Japan tomorrow for @tryswift.jp ✈️ I've never been to Tokyo or the try! Swift conference before, so getting to attend and speak is a dream! Can't wait to meet everyone! tryswift.jp/en/

Updated for 2026! Experience our fresh Liquid Glass redesign—don’t just check your schedule; take a trip back in time and enjoy past conferences like never before. (macOS and visionOS versions are currently under review) apps.apple.com/app/try-toky... #tryswift

Learn how to adjust size, color, rendering modes, variable values, and design variants of SF Symbols in SwiftUI apps: nilcoalescing.com/blog/Customi... #iOSDev #SwiftUI

I learned several things from this!

SwiftUI offers several methods to change the color of text, including foregroundStyle() and tint() modifiers, AttributedString attributes, and the textRenderer() API for advanced styling: nilcoalescing.com/blog/Foregro... #SwiftUI #iOSDev

Published a new YouTube video covering some advanced techniques for working with Optionals in Swift. I shared these as part of my presentation "Swift's Hidden Gems" at the ARCtic Conference and many developers were surprised youtu.be/qgDIOrKnmuw #SwiftLang

In iOS 26, SwiftUI introduced a new close button role for dismissing informational views, automatically showing a standard close icon without needing a custom label: nilcoalescing.com/blog/AddAClo... #iOSDev #SwiftUI

I wrote a post on how we can embed SF Symbols in Text and style them with modifiers in SwiftUI by leveraging LocalizedStringKey interpolation: nilcoalescing.com/blog/Embeddi... #iOSDev #SwiftUI

Configure the NavigationStack and Form background in SwiftUI so partial height sheets keep the translucent Liquid Glass appearance on iOS 26: nilcoalescing.com/blog/LiquidG... #iOSDev #SwiftUI

SwiftUI is approachable at first, but in real-life projects it's easy to make mistakes that can compromise app stability and performance. My new book "The SwiftUI Way" will help you recognize the most common anti-patterns and choose better alternatives: books.nilcoalescing.com/the-swiftui-...

Step through the essential setup for AlarmKit timers in iOS 26, from requesting authorization and scheduling a countdown to presenting the Live Activity and an in-app list of active timers: nilcoalescing.com/blog/Countdo... #iOSDev #SwiftLang

Make your views and controls fit perfectly within their containers using new SwiftUI APIs in iOS 26 such as the ConcentricRectangle shape and the containerShape() view modifier: nilcoalescing.com/blog/Concent... #iOSDev #SwiftUI

SwiftUI is approachable at first, but in real-life projects it's easy to make mistakes that can compromise app stability and performance. My new book "The SwiftUI Way" will help you recognize the most common anti-patterns and choose better alternatives: books.nilcoalescing.com/the-swiftui-...

Learn how to leverage the new glass appearance for partial sheets in iOS 26, and set up morphing transitions for sheets presented from toolbar buttons using SwiftUI APIs: nilcoalescing.com/blog/Present... #iOSDev #SwiftUI

Take advantage of the updated search placement and behavior in iOS 26, and implement toolbar and tab bar search patterns that adapt across devices and integrate with the new Liquid Glass design: nilcoalescing.com/blog/SwiftUI... #iOSDev #SwiftUI

Fatbobman’s Swift Weekly #129 is now available! A Wall Away, Worlds Apart 🔭 Swift 6.3 Released ⚡ Swift Native AI Agent Development Series 🔧 Talking Liquid Glass with Apple 🧠 Package Traits in Xcode and more... weekly.fatbobman.com/p/fatbobman...

iOS 26 introduced the lineHeight(_:) modifier and AttributedString.LineHeight attribute for adjusting vertical spacing between lines of text in SwiftUI: nilcoalescing.com/blog/Adjusti... #iOSDev #SwiftUI

My new #SwiftUI book is finally out 🎉 I wrote "The SwiftUI Way" for developers who feel like they are fighting the framework as projects grow in complexity. The book will help you align your code with SwiftUI's internal expectations to avoid common pitfalls: books.nilcoalescing.com/the-swiftui-...

The March issue of the Nil Coalescing newsletter has been sent out and is now available online. I shared details on my new book "The SwiftUI Way", talk recordings from the iOS conference in Singapore and plans for April: nilcoalescing.com/newsletter/2... #iOSDev #SwiftUI

Still fighting with unexpected behavior in SwiftUI state and view lifecycles? @natpanferova.bsky.social put together a great talk highlighting 5 common pitfalls and how to avoid them. go.peterfriese.dev/the-swiftui...

⚡ 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑤𝑖𝑓𝑡𝑈𝐼 𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑠𝑒𝑡: 5 𝐾𝑒𝑦 𝐼𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑠 by Natalia Panferova (@natpanferova.bsky.social) Five principles with practical examples of common patterns and anti-patterns. Work with the framework, not against it, for predictable and performant UIs. #SwiftUI #iOS www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_Ov...

“The SwiftUI Way” is a new book by @natpanferova.bsky.social written for SwiftUI developers who want to develop a deeper intuition for working with the framework, recognize potentially harmful anti-patterns, and build more maintainable and performant SwiftUI apps: nilcoalescing.com/blog/TheSwif...

Swift 6.3 has landed! 🚀 This release brings community-driven Android support into the official toolchain, along with major improvements to C interoperability, the build system, and embedded Swift. Read more: www.swift.org/blog/swift-6... #AndroidDev #iOSDev

My new #SwiftUI book is finally out 🎉 I wrote "The SwiftUI Way" for developers who feel like they are fighting the framework as projects grow in complexity. The book will help you align your code with SwiftUI's internal expectations to avoid common pitfalls: books.nilcoalescing.com/the-swiftui-...

Natalia writes a wonderful book and is an extremely helpful person to follow on social media @nilcoalescing.com She’s a fountain of brilliant tips. Here is a talk with lots of useful advice for SwiftUI developers. Especially recommended to all my students. youtu.be/Y_Ov-ddMb24?...

Precisely scope animations to specific animatable attributes in SwiftUI by using the animation(_:body:) API introduced in iOS 17: nilcoalescing.com/blog/Isolate... #iOSDev #SwiftUI

The recording of my talk from iOS Conf SG is now available on YouTube! In this talk I share 5 key ideas for building a SwiftUI mindset and show a few examples of what can go wrong in practice when SwiftUI principles are misunderstood: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_Ov... #SwiftUI #iOSDev

Explore SwiftUI APIs for customizing scroll behavior, including paging and view-aligned snapping, and learn what to watch out for to avoid unexpected results: nilcoalescing.com/blog/ScrollV... #iOSDev #SwiftUI

Explore ways to create and customize mesh gradients in SwiftUI, including color adjustments, finer control with Bezier points, and color position animations to add variety and emphasis to your design: nilcoalescing.com/blog/MeshGra... #iOSDev #macOSDev #SwiftUI

On iOS 26, we have a new #SwiftUI modifier, lineHeight(_:), for adjusting the distance between the baselines of two subsequent lines of text. There are a few options available in this new API, so I thought I would look through how they behave in practice: nilcoalescing.com/blog/Adjusti...

Add symbol effect animations and transitions to symbol images in SwiftUI to handle icon state changes without custom drawing or animation logic: nilcoalescing.com/blog/Animati... #iOSDev #SwiftUI

The February issue of the Nil Coalescing newsletter is out 📬 It’s been a busy month for our team with lots of travel! I've shared a glimpse into my "Swift's Hidden Gems" talk from the ARCtic Conference, a new SwiftUI post, and plans for the near future. nilcoalescing.com/newsletter/2...

✨ 𝐼𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑆𝑤𝑖𝑓𝑡𝑈𝐼 𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 by Natalia Panferova (@natpanferova.bsky.social) iOS 17's 𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛(_:𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦:) modifier offers granular control over which attributes animate. Learn how to adopt it in your apps. #SwiftUI #Animation #iOSDev nilcoalescing.com/blog/Isolate...

Extend Swift’s string interpolation to define custom behavior, such as value formatting, directly inside string literals: nilcoalescing.com/blog/Definin... #SwiftLang

𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆'𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝟯 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁-𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗱: 🥇 @natpanferova.bsky.social on 𝘚𝘍 𝘚𝘺𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 🥈 @fatbobman.com on 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘶𝘱𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 🥉 @natpanferova.bsky.social on 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 Subscribe and never miss an issue - ios-newsletter.snappmobile.io/subscribe.html Full articles 👇 #iOS #SwiftUI #Swift

For precise control over which attributes should animate in #SwiftUI, especially in generic components that accept arbitrary content, we can use the animation(_:body:) API introduced in iOS 17 to avoid accidental animations. I've written a post about it: nilcoalescing.com/blog/Isolate...

Last week I had an amazing opportunity to be part of the ARCtic Conference and present a talk on lesser known Swift language features. I really enjoyed the conference and my stay in Lapland ❄️ ☃️ 🦌 Thank you to all the organizers, speakers and attendees!

Using @Observable is great, but it has one small caveat. The initializer of the @Observable objects will be called multiple times, even with @State @nilcoalescing.com's excellent article covers that topic in more detail. #iOS #swiftUi nilcoalescing.com/blog/Initial...