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iOS Continuous Integration: How To Avoid Merge Hell
Continuous integration is the software practice where small code changes are frequently tested with the rest of the code to ensure nothing breaks as changes. It makes building and deploying an app...
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Swift Package Continuous Integration Guide
Swift packages offer an easy manageable way to share code and functionality. If you wish to create your own package, it’s important to make sure your code works where it's supposed to and the quality...
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What You Should Know About iOS Software Architecture
You’ve made the decision to build your own iOS app. Therefore, you’ve started out with an idea based on a customer need. Also how the app will meet that need and what it will look like. It’s at this...
View ArticleflatMap, Double Optionals, and Functional Programming
A while ago I did an article on the basics of Optionals and how they work in Swift. However, it seems there's some confusion as to how one particular method works in Swift when it comes to a collection...
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Why 2020 will be amazing for the Apple Watch
2020 is the year you should start building that Apple Watch app you’ve been thinking about making.At the time of writing, the Apple Watch is coming up on its 5th birthday. The technology has come a...
View ArticleSwift on ARM - Supporting ARM in Swift Package CI
In a previous post, I already talked about how to setup your Swift package for CI success. However, I recently came across how to run your CI in Travis and GitHub Actions to test on Linux ARM machines....
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Combine & CoreLocation, Part 1 - Publishers & Delegates
Most of the APIs from Apple come from an era of Objective-C and the Delegation Pattern. With this in mind, the challenge is figuring how to adapt for SwiftUI. Specifically we want to create Publishers...
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Chips, Clips & Widgets – Big changes from Virtual WWDC 2020
For those of us heavily invested in iOS development, it was unfortunate to have to miss this year’s Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2020 (WWDC 2020) in person. It’s just as much a chance to...
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Combine & CoreLocation, Part 2 - Receiving & Handling Events
In our previous post, we talked about how to build a Publisher Factory or Publicist. In this post, we'll talk about how receiving and handling Events in our ObservableObject from our new Publicist...
View ArticleCombine & CoreLocation, Part 3 - Integrations with flatMap
In our previous post, I explained how to hook up our new CLManagerDelegate publishers for CLAuthorizationStatus to the ObservableObject using Combine. In this post, we be transforming the CLLocation...
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Apple Watch Series 6 unlocks exciting future for developers
Apple unveiled its brand-new Apple Watch Series 6 on September 15 with some fanfare. This was followed the next day by the release of the Watch’s latest operating system, WatchOS 7.This is a big deal...
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What makes a good iOS team manager?
In any organization, you have a hierarchy. The opinions or comments of executives and managers carry authority employees will feel compelled to respond to. And this is a problem if that organization’s...
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You Need A Plan For Swift Error Handling
With the use of Swift as the sole language for creating apps with Apple, it is now essential to know how to plan for, and respond to, Swift-based errors in your app.There will always be errors you do...
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Working Remotely: Best Practices for Distributed iOS development
2020 was the year so many businesses were pushed into remote work to survive. The number of Americans working remotely more than a day a week has exploded from less than 25% to more than 67%. And, for...
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Upgrading Old Apps: The Dirty Job of iOS Development
Upgrading an iOS app can be time-consuming. It involves the process of refactoring, rewriting, and replacing some or all of the app’s code.This can introduce risk and uncertainty. However, it’s an...
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Swift Packages - Dependency Management of the Future
Package Management has been around for decades. There’s everything from APT to Maven to chocolatey. For those who work in the Apple space we are probably more familiar with Cocoapods and Homebrew....
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4 Little-Known Tips For Getting Your App Through Apple's Store Review
Building and publishing an app is a complex process. One of the last things you have to do before your app can go live on the App Store is passing Apple’s App Store Review.The challenge is that Apple...
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Package.swift - Getting Started with the SPM Manifest file
In the previous article, I talked about why Swift Package Manager has so many advantages over older package managers. In this article we'll talk about getting started:using a package in Xcodecreating a...
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4 Mistakes to Avoid When Designing Your iOS App UI
It's common for UI design to be one of the last things development teams think about when creating iOS apps. This includes situations when the developers need to relay what they need to the designer,...
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Outgrowing your app: how to scale iOS app development
Scaling an iOS app is challenging.It's a balance between needing the app to remain fast while also adding new features that help meet business goals. It's even more challenging if you're trying to...
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What you need to know before you enable in-app purchases in your Swift app
Your Swift app is coming together nicely. A well-built backend, polished UI, clear market differentiation and knowing your app will help many of your customers.You're now turning to ways to monetize...
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App Localization: How to bring your iOS app to the world
If your vision for an iOS app is to have it used by people all over the world, app localization is probably one of the first things you’re going to do.Localization is one of those things that needs to...
View ArticleMigrating Your App From Objective-C to Swift
Are you starting run into issues maintaining your Objective-C app? No one on your team knows Objective-C and you can't use new APIs because they require Swift. In this tutorial video I explain how to...
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Help Your Swift Team Learn: New APIs
If you're building a Swift app or overseeing a team that does, you likely find it all too easy to delay the time needed to learn new things or only focus on learning what directly relates to your app...
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Choosing the Best Backend for your iOS App
Choosing the best backend for your iOS App can be a challenge. There are many options, and which one is best suited for your needs depends on a number of factors, such as:Do you need a cloud...
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How to hire iOS developers - Hire developers who can learn
What do you need to hire a good iOS developer? You want someone who will be a good fit with your development team and a great long-term investment for your company, right?If you ask developers about...
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Server-Driven UI with iOS - What You Need to Know
Server-Driven UI (SDUI) gives app developers the advantages of speed and flexibility that are difficult or impossible with more conventional ways of managing user interfaces.SDUI isn't a new idea, but...
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How to automate iOS development
Because even developers deserve to have fun.Streamlining your day-to-day workflow with automation can reduce friction within and between development teams. It also removes the most tedious and...
View ArticleWhat is Mobile System Design?
Mobile system design is about creating a set of guidelines for considering all the specifications for a mobile application. This includes the development and design for both the app’s front and backend...
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A Swift Developer’s Guide To Getting The Most Out Of WWDC
The Worldwide Developers Conference, better known as WWDC, is the annual event where Apple announces its major releases and software changes that affect how we, as Swift developers, work within its...
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What are the benefits of microapps?
Microapps have been gaining popularity in the last few years – increasingly, businesses find large, monolithic applications very difficult to maintain. Additionally, there has been a push to make apps...
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watchOS 10 - Your Apple Watch Is About To Grow Up
watchOS 10 is a maturity milestone for the Apple Watch. If you’ve been on the fence about building a Watch app – now is the time to reevaluate.Announced at WWDC 2023, with the full release expected in...
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What is Humane Code?
Writing code with future developers in mind is generally a good practice. It usually produces code that is easy to understand, cheap to maintain, better documented and has a longer lifespan than code...
View ArticleFrom Beginner to Pro: The Real Skills You Need, and the Myths about Becoming...
Becoming a professional iOS developer is not as complicated as it’s often made out to be – but to excel, you’ll need more than great code.One of the most common questions I get is, how do I become a...
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Bushel of an App - From Seed of an Idea
There are benefits to developing on the Mac as opposed to iOS. When I started getting into Mac developer it reminded me of how easy it is to develop on the same machine as the one you are testing on....
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Bushel of an App - Building the Crust
With all of Apple’s announcements, there’s usually a few things I look for to entice to buy a new device or use a new API. For WWDC2023, SwiftData was released. I knew cobbling a setup using...
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Bushel of an App - Design, Architecture, and Automation
Much of the design for the app, mostly came from the apps I use that are designed well within macOS. In other words, they used the patterns that a developer like myself are familiar and comfortable...
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Bushel of an App - Making Cider from Apples
How much time should you spend on marketing your app? The answer seems to always be more.It is very easy for me to sink days into Xcode worry about a bug that users may or may not notice as opposed to...
View ArticleConnecting Observation with Binding in SwiftUI
When I was building Bushel, I ran into an issue where the @Binding object passed to a view would change as the app loaded. This made it difficult to maintain a @Binding object and use the new...
View ArticleGetting Started with Swift OpenAPI Generator
With the launch of Bushel, I created the concept of a Hub. A Hub is an online repository or source that provides you with a collection of macOS restore images (.ipsw files). Hubs serve as convenient...
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Control Your Swift Dependencies Before They Control You
We often take dependencies for granted when building apps in Swift. Most of the time, this doesn’t lead to any problems, but it has a way of lulling many Swift developers into a false sense of...
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Using ModelActor in SwiftData
With the introduction of SwiftData at WWDC 2023, we have seen the further Swift-ifaction of older APIs. While Core Data is a tried and true technology, SwiftData allows for the use of Swift in defining...
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Swift 6 Incomplete Migration Guide for Dummies
If you've been a Swift developer (or a developer in the Apple space), you've experienced your fair share of migrations. Whether it was Objective-C, SwiftUI, try...catch or most recently async/await and...
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Bushel v1.2.0 - Exciting New Features for WWDC 2024!
As we gear up for WWDC 2024, I'm thrilled to announce the release of Bushel v1.2.0! This major update brings a host of new features and improvements, just in time for the first macOS 15 beta. What's...
View ArticleBeing Sendable with SwiftData
In the previous article, I showed how to setup a ModelActor which accessed SwiftData on a non-MainActor.Using ModelActor in SwiftDataBeing Sendable with SwiftDataWe were left with an implementation...
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SwiftData CRUD Operations with ModelActor
In my previous articles, we explored how to:Create a Background ModelActor in SwiftDataHandle Sendable Requirements in SwiftData using PersisentIdentifierNow let's extend our Database type with robust...
View Article2024 in Review and What's Next in 2025
This was a big year for me and in the Apple development world. From speaking at conferences to career shifts, let's go through what happened in 2024 and what we might see in 2025.My 2024 JourneyThis...
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How Does Server Side Swift Workout in the Real World?
In 2018, I attended the try! Swift conference in New York, where I participated in a workshop titled "Build a Cloud Native Swift App."At the time, Swift was primarily known as an iOS development...
View ArticleSetting Up Sign in with Apple with Server Side Swift and SwiftUI
When developing a fitness app, we needed an easy and efficient way for users to authenticate. The standard user name and password interface for the Apple Watch would be cumbersome and challenging....
View ArticleImplementing Sign in with Apple in the watchOS Simulator
With Sign in with Apple implemented on the server and client, we were ready to begin developing our fitness app for the Apple Watch. However, we quickly ran into issues with developing for the Apple...
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