I started thinking it’s something with my iPhone that makes reminders flaky. No one I know has any problems, yet on my phone, no matter what build, release, debug, or #TestFlight, notifications don’t work reliably.
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Working with #Swift Measurements and fighting to get something in miles to display as feet? What you want is NOT to use:

Measurement.formatStyle()

and instead use a MeasurementFormatter and configure it to use .providedUnit. Add a custom numberFormatter for rounding and comma separators

Some usage conventions may not typically use miles/km and prefer feet/meters and while handy in many cases Measurement.formatstyle will default to to using mile/km

#iOSDev #macOSDev

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/foundation/measurementformatter

I've been experimenting with mesh gradients in SwiftUI and wrote up what I learned. The post covers basic and more advanced setups, color adjustments, Bezier points, and color position animations: https://nilcoalescing.com/blog/MeshGradientsInSwiftUI/
#SwiftUI #iOSDev #macOSDev #Swift

Quite lazy of a Sunday, but prepared and sent an update for a proper full review. I’ve made a few changes since yesterday, mostly regarding the notification system (), but I don’t expect any bigger problems with the current build.
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Current project structure in @strengthy. I’m a big fan of modularization and moving as much project configuration as possible outside the Xcode project file. The only code that lives in the app targets is the app entry point, everything else is inside different targets in the Libraries package.

Anyone using xtool as a Xcode replacement?
#iosdev #swift #macosdev

https://xtool.sh/documentation/xtooldocs/

Very fruitful Saturday! I found and fixed a bug causing a crash when moving habits between groups, finished the habit frequency mechanism, reworked (yet again…) notifications scheduling, and sent it to #TestFlight!
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I’ve played a little bit with caffeinate and Swift/SwiftUI to create a very simple macOS app that controls it. I know there are many free and more powerful apps out there. This was just a personal experiment :)

I thought I wouldn’t force myself to work on Spark after work today. Weekend kicked in hard. Yet here I am, with a new option for setting habit frequency ready for tests. I needed to tweak reminders a bit, and I’ll be working on that (again ) over the weekend.
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Swift Developers and Indies!

Join us for the Swift Developer Goals meeting today at 12:30PM PT:

Sign up at https://swiftremotestudio.com
Join the Slack
Go to the `goals-friday` channel for the Zoom link

See you there!

I added configurable 311 color maps to the latest release of my NYC buildings app for iOS. You can make your own filter, choosing from almost 2k service request types.

It’s fun and interesting to play with; I’m excited to share it!

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gotham-edifice/id1465631520

of course SwiftUI graphical DatePicker vertical sizing is busted. why wouldn't it be? nobody would ever actually need to display a calendar

Apple Weather App (Benja’s Version)
A minimalist take inspired by the original Apple Weather app.

Check it out on GitHub: github.com/benjaminrsalgado/weather

Very rewarding to be at the point where new features build on foundational code I've already written

Added export of maps as images and copying a map to the clipboard in about 2 hours.

That may not seem all that quick but consider you are starting with #Xcode -> New Project and think about how much goes into getting to what feels like magic where you press Cmd-C and boom, there is an image of the map on the clipboard.

It’s always wild to me if Apple features one of my apps.

But they decided to feature 4!! apps of mine on the top of the App Store, next to the wonderful Unpacking

Here is the link to the full story:
https://apps.apple.com/at/story/id1800311573?l=en-GB

The reminders on my devices still are flaky. The last time I ran the application yesterday, I saw 6 notifications being scheduled, yet today I got only 2 out of 4 for now. I don’t know how to even approach the debug now.
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How do you create a SwiftUI picker that works with optional selection so that not picking a value is possible? #iosdev #swiftui https://useyourloaf.com/blog/swiftui-picker-with-optional-selection/

I had basically no time to do anything in Spark today. So, of course, I encountered some problems. Again with notifications. On my device, they stopped working.
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I never said how much I appreciate the person at Apple who decided to add specific doc links to every separate notarisation error

Just published my second YouTube video! It’s about SwiftUI view value and view identity, what they mean, why understanding them matters, and how they relate to state, view updates, and hierarchy. #SwiftUI #iOSDev
➜ https://youtu.be/Hnxqc5b2pok