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 176: Best of MTJC: WWDC Detox - 2017 Edition

December 30th, 2017  |  1 hr 50 mins

2fa, altconf, app review, app store, apple park, bluetooth, core ml, ratings, reviews, sdk, swift 4, vision, vs code, wwdc 2017, xcode 9

In this best of episode we chat about WWDC 2017 with Tammy Coron and Greg Heo. We answer #askMTJC's from Shawn Marston, Vic Hudson and Mike Pollard. We follow up on no longer being able to prompt for reviews, making $80,000 per month on the AppStore, Apple Park in open and we look at or rather laugh at WWDC 1997. Greg and Mark regale of tales from the McEnery Convention Center, home of WWDC 2017 and neighbor to AltConf 2017. We all chat about WWDC sessions; Core ML, Xcode 9, Swift 4, frameworks and lunch sessions. Picks: MLCamera – Vision & Core ML with AVCaptureSession Inceptionv3 model, New rules following WWDC 2017 - App Store Review Guidelines History, Apple Platform SDK API Differences and Visual Studio Code.

Episode 172: Peggy Bundy Style

December 2nd, 2017  |  1 hr 24 mins

apple forum, egg freckles, face id, firmware password, high sierra, holiday shutdown, itunes, macos, nehotspotconfiguration, root, root password, singapore, sumarian, swift 4, uber, uber hack

This week we are joined by Greg Heo as we discuss Apple's latest security bug. We discuss migrating to Swift 4. Our #askMTJC topics are dissecting AirPlane Mode's Animoji based music video, and whether Face ID will be used by advertisers. We follow up on Uber's coverup of user data hacks and how it happened. Apple has published the iTunes holiday shutdown schedule. Apple has released fixes for the critical macOS High Sierra security issue. *The Apple Forum post we discuss on the show has been unpublished. Amazon's Reinvent conference has released a number of things; Amazon Sumarian has online 3D tools. Picks: NEHotspotConfiguration, Egg Freckles - a Newton styled blog, Apple Support channel on YouTube, iOS Conf Singapore videos.

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).

Episode 152: Word Jail

July 15th, 2017  |  1 hr 15 mins

arkit, autocompletion, day of the indie, lg 4k, lion, mountain lion, play store, scenekit, seeing ai, snow leopard, swift 4, ultrafine, windows phone, xcode debug mode

We start the show answering a question about the LG 4K display. The end of the Windows Phone, finding older macOS installers, and updating your App Store pages are covered in the follow up. PayPal is now a payment option when purchasing apps on the App Store. Google is using AI to vet apps on the Play Store. 1Password is encouraging users to use their cloud based subscription service, which has created reactions about security and convenience. Microsoft Seeing AI app assists users with visually navigating the environments. We discuss the panicky headlines around iPhone 8 feature rumors. Picks: Safe Area Layout Guide, KFC's iPhone killer has arrived, Fixing Autocompletion on Mixed Objective-C and Swift Projects, ARKit Tutorial in Swift 4 for Xcode 9 using SceneKit

Episode 148: WWDC Detox - 2017 Edition

June 17th, 2017  |  1 hr 50 mins

altconf, app review, app store, apple park, bluetooth, core ml, ratings, reviews, sdk, swift 4, vision, vs code, wwdc 2017, xcode 9

This week we chat about WWDC 2017 with Tammy Coron and Greg Heo. We answer #askMTJC's from Shawn Marston, Vic Hudson and Mike Pollard. We follow up on no longer being able to prompt for reviews, making $80,000 per month on the AppStore, Apple Park in open and we look at or rather laugh at WWDC 1997. Greg and Mark regale of tales from the McEnery Convention Center, home of WWDC 2017 and neighbor to AltConf 2017. We all chat about WWDC sessions; Core ML, Xcode 9, Swift 4, frameworks and lunch sessions. Picks: MLCamera – Vision & Core ML with AVCaptureSession Inceptionv3 model, New rules following WWDC 2017 - App Store Review Guidelines History, Apple Platform SDK API Differences and Visual Studio Code.

Episode 147: WWDC 17 Impressions - Pirate Edition

June 10th, 2017  |  1 hr 53 mins

affinity pro photo, airplay 2, amazon prime, apfs, apple pay, apple watch, arkit, ash hewson, askmtjc, carplay dnd, codable, core ml, drag & drop, external graphics development kit, files, github, high sierra, homepod, imac pro, ios 11, ipad pro 10.5, launchkit, mac pro, metal 2, musickit, promotion, refactoring, sirikit, swift 4, true tone, tvos, vision api, wireless development, wwdc 2017, wwdc17, xcode server

This week we answer an #askMTJC on AirPlay-ing Amazon Prime videos. We follow up on holographic billboard and LaunchKit shutting down. We were midway through WWDC 2017 week, so we share our impressions on the WWDC17 Keynote, Platform State of the Union and some of the live sessions we had watched. Picks: Refactoring!, Blackbox Puzzles wins ADA, What’s New in iOS, Simulating a second finger during drag, Xcode 9 Beta.

Episode 144: Greg Regrets the Error

May 20th, 2017  |  1 hr 22 mins

360idev, amazon prime, askmtjc, big lebowski, borders, cowboy mouth, drobo, firefly, framework, google io, handbrake, hulu, kotlin, macbook pro, objective-c, panic, swift 4, the ranch, toggl, wwdc

Once again we are joined by Tammy Coron and Greg Heo as we answer #askMTJC questions about Objective-C framework tutorials and which Drobo to buy. We follow up rumors of Amazon Prime video coming to Apple TV, the Handbrake hack resulting in Panic software being stolen and potential issues crossing the borders with smart phones. We also follow up on rumors of MacBook Pro updates coming to WWDC. We discuss highlights of announcements from Google I/O's keynote. We take a look at what's coming in Swift 4. Picks: Kotlin For Android: An Introduction, Toggl - the Ultimate Timer, An Xcode playground showing off the new features in Swift 4.0.