It's wild that NSPersistentCloudKitContainer, or CloudKit in general for that matter, still does not support unique constraints in 2025. Wonky deduplication code is my biggest issue with sync. This is a feature which nearly every app needs and is so hard to get right. #SwiftUI #Swift #CoreData #iCloud #UIKit

It’s my birthday weekend and I’m running a special sale on my #Swift and #SwiftUI books - just for my followers, and just for the next 48 hours!

Use the code BDWK25 at checkout to get 20% off any book or bundle:
https://books.nilcoalescing.com/

Very proud how far I’ve come in a year. Tho I’m still barely surviving as an indie developer , I feel like I’ve survived the hardest part.

Creating a product people actually enjoy using. We’ve built a small but growing community.

But unfortunately that’s not enough, I have to get the word out…which means me posting more on social media…
#indiedev #SwiftUI #iOS #macos #aitools #research #search #apple #apps #pleaseboost

Getting Started: macOS Apps with SwiftUI http://leanpub.com/courses/leanpub/macos-apps-with-swiftui by Grace Huang is the featured course on the Leanpub homepage! https://leanpub.com #appdevelopment #macOS #SwiftUI

I am in need of some SwiftUI help.

Can anyone help me figure out how to make the `List` span the entire width of the sheet, but, at the same time, make it so that an extremely long, unbroken word doesn't cause it to overflow the sheet?

I have tried all sorts of frames, but nothing works

The relevant code:
https://github.com/buresdv/Cork/blob/8746d7f58c008a8f2c4baffa1b6696df335e1618/Cork/Views/Installation/Sub-Views/Misc%20Views/Live%20Code%20Output.swift

Faculty and students using my #SwiftUI apps course, the solution to the second mid term is posted. Students has to build two apps in 2.5 hrs. ESSI - the “Emotional Support Snack Inventory” using SwiftData https://youtu.be/OpLZcPRnpEc, and D&D Monsters - an API call and JSON parsing app with data and images from Dungeons and Dragons https://youtu.be/5FwzbNxKwVg. Hack on & use in your own classes & learning! Faculty do share if you use this so I can measure impact. Thanks!

Starting with iOS 17, foregroundStyle(_:) in #SwiftUI can be used to style fragments of text inside a string. When applied directly to a Text instance, the modifier returns a Text instead of some View, which allows us to use it inside text interpolation: https://nilcoalescing.com/blog/ForegroundStyleInsideTextInSwiftUI

A ViewModel is a very specific concept. If you think you need a ViewModel in #SwiftUI (probably not necessary because SwiftUI has formatters like AppKit), I'm pretty sure it should be a struct (representing the projection of the actual model to the values required by the View).
Not, ever, a StateObject.

Hi everyone!

Our client had cutbacks and I was one of the casualties. So, I’m back on the job market, looking for a remote iOS developer position.

Let me know if you or someone you know might have something.

Seems like I'm reeeally in the mood for implementing a lot of smaller feature requests of the last few months. #SwiftUI #BuildInPublic

If any Boston-area #CircuitPython friends would like to come out to Boston College Arts Fest, Sat. April 26, my students are presenting 1-3pm both Physical Computing & #SwiftUI projects in the new MakerSpace building 245 Beacon St. Room 301. No pressure, but would love to see you there if interested & able! @blitzcitydiy @ecken @danhalbert. All welcome! https://www.bc.edu/content/bc-web/sites/bc-news/articles/2025/spring/arts-festival-2025.html

I’ve got so many mastodon posts bookmarked, I’ve been trying to find a why to manage them all. So I’ve started building a little iOS app which will let the user tag the bookmarks and also add them to folders.

Cue the influx of people telling me there is ways to do that already

If anyone has any ideas for other handy features, I’m all ears.

Is there any way to detect if a view is presented in a sheet vs. a popover? I want to hide the close button when in a popover. Using size class does not work in all cases, e.g. split view / Stage Manager. #SwiftUI

Since the foregroundStyle() modifier was introduced in iOS 15, it’s been the preferred way to color text and symbols in SwiftUI. Unlike the now-deprecated foregroundColor(), it accepts a ShapeStyle, supporting gradients and other advanced styling: https://nilcoalescing.com/blog/ForegroundColorStyleAndTintInSwiftUI/#foreground-style
#iOSDev #SwiftUI

Been reworking Odyssey’s store page which is presented during onboarding. What do y’all think? I love how simple SwiftUI makes animations.

This has been the biggest feature request by far and it's finally coming. Filter your game library by a variety of parameters, including status, platform, rating, genre, game mode, player perspective, developer, publisher, story & overall progress. #soon #SwiftUI #BuildInPublic