Weekly Newsletter Issue 8

Weekly Newsletter Issue 8

Weekly newsletter summing up our publications and showcasing app developers and their amazing creations.

Welcome to this week's edition of our newsletter.

WWDC24 is coming up and Create with Swift will be there!
We're excited to meet all of you who will be there in person and embark on this journey together! We can't wait to get immersed in the whirlwind of innovation, collaboration, and endless possibilities that the event for sure will provide.

If this is your first time attending the conference and you want to get a sneak peek of what it's like to attend it in person, Paul Hudson created a video to share with you how the experience might look like!

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Published this week

This week we have covered Spatial Computing and SwiftUI topics.

Display empty states with ContentUnavailableView in SwiftUI

Explore with Pasquale the implementation of the ContentUnavailableView in SwiftUI to handle scenarios where there is no content to display within a screen of your app.

Display empty states with ContentUnavailableView in SwiftUI
Learn how to use the ContentUnavailableView to represent empty states in a SwiftUI application.

Creating Shapes from SVG in a SwiftUI app

In this practical tutorial, Pasquale will demonstrate how to create SwiftUI shapes out of SVG images and explore its benefits.

Creating Shapes from SVG in a SwiftUI app
Learn how to create SwiftUI shapes out of SVG images.

Embracing Imaginary Spatial User Experience in visionOS

In this long-form article, Francesco explores spatial experiences making parallels with great minds of the past to provide strong foundation guidelines.

Embracing Imaginary Spatial User Experience in visionOS
Based on recent explorations and discoveries enjoy our spatial computing user experience guidelines.

Create with Swift @ SwiftHeroes 2024

Next week Flora Damiano will present “Crafting Better App Icons” at SwiftHeroes in Turin, Italy. She will share her process and insights on creating app icons for various Apple platforms.


From the community

Here are our highlights of articles and resources created by the app developer community.

Deep linking for local notifications in SwiftUI

Majid shows how to create deep links for local notifications not only launch the app but also navigate to different parts of the app.

Deep linking for local notifications in SwiftUI
Notifications are crucial for keeping users engaged with your app. Almost all of my apps provide notifications that not only launch the app but also navigate to different parts of the app. Today, I want to share how I build deep links for local notifications in my apps.

Animating Swift Charts

Kavsoft shows step-by-step how to animate Swift Charts using SwiftUI.

Getting Started With Observation Framework in SwiftUI

In this new course, tundsdev covers how to use the new Observation framework, from migrating an existing app to use it to understanding Bindable vs Binding and working with Swift Concurrency alongside.


Indie App of the Week

Barcodes

Jake Nelson's app provides a streamlined solution for scanning, storing, and accessing all your loyalty or reward cards in a digital wallet with features like iCloud sharing, customizable cards, Apple Watch compatibility, and widgets for quick access.

Barcodes is focused, simple, and clean, with an intuitive design that not only aligns with Human Interface guidelines but also delivers with remarkable consistency and efficiency on its promises, storing all your loyalty or reward cards.

‎Reward Card Wallet - Barcodes
‎Say goodbye to bulky wallets and hello to convenience with Barcodes - the ultimate digital wallet! Barcodes is the privacy-friendly solution to store and manage all your QR codes, barcodes, loyalty cards, reward cards, and gym membership tags in one place. With Barcodes, you can easily scan and sto…

Apple has introduced new, easy tutorials on their developer site. These are perfect for all the developers taking their first steps into coding with Swift and using SwiftUI with no previous coding knowledge required.

Develop in Swift | Apple Developer Documentation
Develop in Swift Tutorials are a great first step toward a career in app development using Xcode, Swift, and SwiftUI.

We can’t wait to see what you will Create with Swift.

See you next week!

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