More Than Just Code podcast - iOS and Swift development, news and advice

Episode 318: Best of MTJC: Valyrian Steel & Dragon Glass on the Back

October 27th, 2020  |  1 hr 59 mins

airpower, alan pike, apple tv 4k, apple watch lte, apple watch series 3, applecare+, hig, human interface guidelines, iphone 8, iphone 8 plus, iphone x, notch, qi, swift, swift 4, swift programming, teacher's tuesday

We dive into #askMTJC about whether the iPhone X layout will mean changes for developers. We follow up on HDR video. We briefly cover the information leak ahead of the Apple Event. We discuss Apple's Steve Jobs Theater which held the event. We cover the items demonstrated and unveiled - Retail events, Apple Watch Series 3 w/LTE, Apple TV 4K, iPhone 8 & iPhone 8 Plus, the iPhone X, and AirPower. Picks: iOS Human Interface Guidelines (Updated for iPhone X), Building Apps for iPhone X - Fall 2017, Swift Programming Language book (updated for Swift 4).

Recorded: September 13th, 2017

Episode 292: Lopez 2024

April 4th, 2020  |  1 hr 16 mins

1password, 8d audio, adobe premiere, amazon in app, amazon prime video, apple card, april 1st, audible, beatles, billy illish, binaural, covid-19 app, dark side of the moon, dark sky, defer, elizabeth warren, facebook login, hig, hiring freeze, iphone 11 pro, iphone 8, iphone xr, jack henry, judy, last pass, macbook pro 16, master detail, mcintosh, mdm, mit, online learning, paul hudson, paul mccartney, peter steinberger, pointers, quadraphonic, sarah dietschy, skype, slack, sonic the hedgehog, sony atv, two straws, usb to lightening, we work remotely, webex, zoom

We follow up on the Apple Store, the deadline for App updates, Apple's COVID-19 app, Warren's open sourced tools, Zoom updates their app, the MacBook Pro 16, Amazon Prime Video adds InApp purchasing and the Apple Card extends the payment deferral. We chat about Supporting Pointer Interactions on iPadOS. Apple Acquires Weather App Dark Sky. Apple’s iOS 14 may turn iCloud Keychain into a true 1Password and LastPass competitor. Picks: 8D Audio, LIVE who’s hiring or freezing, WeWorkRemotely, Spot the Swifty, more Keyboard Tricks, iOS Conf SG 2020 videos and Apple docs Diffs.

Episode 221: Not Expected Behavior

November 17th, 2018  |  1 hr 8 mins

6.001, abelson, aloestackview, android, asp, ast 2 configuration suite, bear market, bin, emacs, ex-dividend date, folding phone, functions are fun, i feel fine, instagram, intel iphone, iphone 8, jim kramer, lisp, lsp, macbook escape, mit open courseware, night sight, paperback writer, patreon, pixel 3 phone, python, revolution 1, revolution no. 9, right to repair, rogers, scheme, screen replacements, shortcuts drawer view, spotify, structured interpretation of computer programming, sussman, t2, tariffs, the beatles, the little schemer, the white album

We look at #askMTJC from Paul Wilkinson on emptying the bin. Greg Heo joins us again as we discuss Apple's plan to replace unresponsive screens on iPhone X models. An iPhone X has exploded after being recharged. Spotify has launched an Apple Watch app. Apple's T2 chip will require a post upgrade/repair diagnostic tool to be run. Apple's stock price continues to drop as more suppliers lower their estimates on future iPhone XR orders. We also discuss Samsung's foldable phone and Google's Pixel 3 Night Sight feature. We discuss Swift LSP and MIT's 6.001 course on Lisp and Scheme. Picks: Is this AI? We drew you a flowchart to work it out, Kotlin Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide, AloeStackView, Re-creating the Siri Shortcuts Drawer Interaction.

Episode 212: The Boiling Point

September 15th, 2018  |  1 hr 56 mins

2112, 3d touch, a12 bionic, airpower, apple watch, ar quicklook, at&t, bell, boka, c spire, commodore, computational photography, da vinci, dual sim, eat sleep ride, edition, eeg, electro cardiograph, encephalograph, esim, f-stop, fahrenheit, fall detection, feeder, fireside, greeks, health canada, home pod, imdb, iphone 7, iphone 8, iphone se, iphone upgrade program, iphone xr, iphone xs, jean macdonald, jony ive, justin williams, kian, life extension, lifeline, liquid retina, metro pcs, micro.blog, netflix, nonosim, pokemon go, regina, rex, rogers, roman numeral, romans, rounded rect, rush, sensor housing, series 4, shell, siri, sonos, spotify, steve nash, tennis, the boiling point, tmobile, usdz, verizon, zero

We discuss the naming and iconography of the new iPhone models. We also discuss our "guess the name" twitter pole. How did Apple make the secret twitter list and send out the Keynote in 108 seconds. Apple shipped 4 million Watches in the past quarter. Oleg Begemann's What's New in Swift playground has been updated. The European regulators have cleared Apple's purchase of Shazam. We also cover the "Gather Round" iPhone & Watch event: Apple Watch Series 4, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR. Picks: Beyond Meat Burger supply, Fish shell, exa, bat, Trailer.io

Episode 206: Bend The Knee

August 4th, 2018  |  1 hr 29 mins

2001, 2life, 360idev, a quiet place, affiliates, app store, apple, apple music, atlassian, avengers: infinity wars, bash profile, better call saul, bob odenkirk, burger king, danforth, david cross, dolby, facebook, frère jacques, go north west, go north westhlsipad, gus fring, handmaid’s tale, hector salamanca, hipchat, hlsipad, home depot, horace dediu, huawei, implicit unwrapping, iphone 8, iphone x, jackson brown, jean beliveau, learning after 50, michael mckeean, microsoft, oakville, pcalc, prime now, renorun, rested, sandra oh, shell prompt, singleton, slack, spockcats, stocks, tammy coron, tim hortons, trudeau, twitter, wendy’s

We follow up on the new iPad Pro. We discuss Apple's stellar Q3 results. Apple is shutting down the affiliate program for the Mac App Store and App Store for iOS. We debate the merits of implicitly unwrapping optionals. Picks: RenoRun, Hacking my shell prompt so I make fewer mistakes working with Xcode projects, RESTed. After Show: We discuss the merger/shutdown of Slack and Hipchat.

Episode 190: Test Is Green. Code Is Clean.

April 14th, 2018  |  1 hr 29 mins

(product)red®, 32-bit, 400, 401, algorithm github, algorithms, amazon music, apple music, audrey tam, bell curve video, black jeopardy, blackberry, coreml, data structures, developer shaming, dr doom, early adopters, echo, flip phones, google home, homepod, hot rods, house of strombo, ibm watson, interstate, iphone 8, i’m a teapot, mac pro, maple leafs, multi core mac pro, multi-core, nbc, pandora, reagan airport, road apple, simon sineck, spotify, start with why, tweetbot, twitter, twitterific, watch series 2, webdav, welcome to leopard, xcode, youtube, zuckerberg

This week we follow up on Youtube changes, IBM Watson and CoreML, 3rd party Twitter apps. We discuss Xcode compilation on mutli-core Mac Pros. The Home Pod has a sluggish start in sales. Apple reveals the (Product)RED® iPhone 8. Apple Music has 40 million users and a new boss. We follow up on HTTP 400 error codes. We discuss Apple upcoming purge of 32-bit macOS apps, reliving Windows File manager and the RWDevCon 2018's post mortem. Picks: Understanding Git Version Control and Learn how to Use it in Xcode 9, Xcode TDD keyboard short cuts, App Store insights. Aftershow: Facebook testimony.

Episode 169: The Inverted J

November 11th, 2017  |  1 hr 28 mins

1password 7, accessibility shortcuts, airplane mode band, animoji, apple watch, displacement-activated spore hub drive, face id, iphone 8, iphone x, pgp, samsung, spore drive, star trek discovery, ups, voice over, zagg

We answer a few #askMTJC questions about Accessibility Shortcuts, using PGP encryption and buying higher quality Apple Watch models. Tim rants about shortcomings with the availability of Apple's Server app on the Mac App Store. We follow up on stolen iPhone Xs, the iPhone X usage outpaces iPhone 8 in the first weekend. We look at the music video "Dance Like You Mean It" by the band Airplane Mode which may the first to employ Animoji at least with iOS. Samsung mocks the iPhone X and avid iPhone buyers. UPS employs blockchain to create standards in delivery businesses. We discuss Apple's "iPhone X — A Guided Tour" video, and "1Password 7 for iOS: Efficiency Abounds" blog post. Picks: Supporting Face ID on the iPhone X, Zagg Glass + HD and iPhone X

Episode 163: The Coefficient of Friction Is µ

September 30th, 2017  |  1 hr 29 mins

ar, blackbox, chevy nova, day of the indie, dyson, electric cars, face id, gpu, imagination, iphone 8, iphone 8 plus, json, quick type, security, swift

We follow up on the Chevy Nova story. We debate Tim's iPhone 7 Plus and iPhone 8 Plus, phone back's friction coefficient throw down. We follow up on Apple's former GPU maker Imagination sale, the cost of building an iPhone 8 and Dyson is building electric cars. We discuss the FaceID Security Guide and Amazon's hardware event. Picks: Monster Truck AR, JSON to Swift, TypeScript, Go, C#, Java, and more :: quicktype.

Episode 162: The Results Are In

September 23rd, 2017  |  1 hr 32 mins

activity indicator, apple watch lte, applecare+, auto resizing tableviewcells, biometrytype, bobby orr, doug gilmour, face id, fast charging, iphone 8, iphone resolutions, iphone x, kaleidoscope, kerry fraser, kit car, labiometrytype, lacontext, nfl uk, paul henderson, swift 4, td bank, usb-c, wayne gretzky

We follow up on the new UIActivityViewIndicator and other things you may have missed in the Apple Event. Tim follows up on getting older apps ready for the new iPhone X aspect ratio. We also discuss Face ID, fast charging, the weight of the iPhone 8 Plus, AppleCare+, and product price increases and demise. Kudos to TD Bank and it's mobile banking apps. Swift 4 is released. We discuss the Apple Watch LTE bug messing up LTE connections, and more rumored delays on iPhone X. Kaleidoscope is coming to iPad and some cool 3D face construction is discussed. Picks: The Ultimate Guide To iPhone Resolutions, iPhone X Screen Demystified

Episode 161: Valyrian Steel & Dragon Glass on the Back

September 16th, 2017  |  1 hr 59 mins

airpower, alan pike, apple tv 4k, apple watch lte, apple watch series 3, applecare+, hig, human interface guidelines, iphone 8, iphone 8 plus, iphone x, notch, qi, swift, swift 4, swift programming, teacher's tuesday

We dive into #askMTJC about whether the iPhone X layout will mean changes for developers. We follow up on HDR video. We briefly cover the information leak ahead of the Apple Event. We discuss Apple's Steve Jobs Theater which held the event. We cover the items demonstrated and unveiled - Retail events, Apple Watch Series 3 w/LTE, Apple TV 4K, iPhone 8 & iPhone 8 Plus, the iPhone X, and AirPower. Picks: iOS Human Interface Guidelines (Updated for iPhone X), Building Apps for iPhone X - Fall 2017, Swift Programming Language book (updated for Swift 4).