Weekly Newsletter Issue 44
Weekly newsletter summing up our publications and showcasing app developers and their amazing creations.
Welcome to this week's edition of our newsletter.
The starting date for submitting playground apps to the Swift Student Challenge 2025 has been announced! If you are going to participate, you can begin submitting your app playground project starting on February 3rd.
Published this week
This week we have covered SwiftUI and Creative Programming.
Exploring Tab View Styles in SwiftUI
Matteo shows how to customize TabView in SwiftUI using styles iOS and iPadOS covering how to link a sidebar to tabs, organize sections, and customize tabs.
Matteo Altobello
Getting started with creative coding using Swift and SwiftUI
Stefano and Moritz introduce the world of creative coding and how you can start creating your won creative expression using the Swift language and SwiftUI as tools.
Stefano Perna
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From the community
Here are our highlights of articles and resources created by the app developer community.
Complete Document Scanner App
Kavsoft shows how to create a complete Document Scanner leveraging various frameworks like SwiftData and VisionKit and with biometric authentication.
Solving “Main actor-isolated property can not be referenced from a Sendable closure” in Swift
Donny addresses a common concurrency error encountered in Swift 6 when attempting to access a property isolated to the MainActor from a Sendable closure providing solutions according to the level of control over the code.
donnywals
How a new Xcode 16 feature helped my work project eliminate 66,000 lines of code
Makwan highlights how Xcode 16’s buildable folders helped streamline the author’s team project while exploring its impact and trade-offs.
Makwan Barzan
Add launch at login setting to a macOS app
Natalia shows how to implement the “Launch at Login” feature using the SMAppService API ensuring compliance with Apple’s guidelines, and syncing the app’s UI with the system’s login item status.
Natalia Panferova
Indie App of the Week
PhotonCam
For photography enthusiasts, having full control over settings and the ability to import specific LUTs or effects is an absolute necessity. PhotonCam by Weichao Deng delivers complete control over the shooting experience, allowing photographers to fully utilize the capabilities of their iPhone’s camera. It offers a comprehensive photo editing suite, enabling users to import LUTs or even create new ones directly within the app.
The extensive range of controls provided and the attention to all the features that the iPhone camera offers make it a complete camera app. By unlocking the full version, even more features become available, covering the majority of needs that photography enthusiasts might have.
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