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

Episode 304: WWDC 2020 Goes to Eleven!

June 27th, 2020  |  1 hr 52 mins

148, 23 million, @state, a12x, airpods pro, alexsis, app clips, app library, apple park, apple silicon, aquafit, arm, arther c lark, avimov’s foundation, avkit, bartender 3, big sur, bixby creek bridge, bmw 5 series, canada, centripetal force, collectionviews, composable collectionview, congestion zones, contact tracing, covid-sheild, cycling routes, dancing, deququeconfiguredreusablecell, diffable data source, documentgroup, fitness, glances, green zones, grids, have i been p’owned, health & safety, homekit, interstate, ios 14, ipados, ireland, james dempsey and the breakpoints, justin trudeau, kayak, keynote, kicstart, kubaku, list, lycra, mac catalyst, mac os x public beta, macworld, mapview, memoji, micheal morecock, multiplatform template, myth adventures, newton, nike run club, on device, ottawa, picture in picture, port key, poul anderson, relativity, release notes happy hour, robert a heinlien, robert asprin, robot’s of dawn, santa cruz, sceneview, scribble, serenity caldwell, settings, seybold, shopify, sidebar, sign in with apple, siri, smart stack, spacial audio, spinal tap, spriteview, state highway, super power charging, swiftui, tesla, translation, u1 chip, uicollectionviewlist, uk, visual editing, voices that matter, watch party, watchos, web authn, what’s new in swiftui, widgets, windowgroup api, wwdc 2020, wwdc20 goes to 11, xcode 12

We follow up on iPad Pro shooting location, James Bond and centrifugal force, and macOS BS? A team of Shopify volunteers release Canada's COVID case-tracking app. ARM-based Japanese supercomputer is now the fastest in the world. We recap the WWDC 2020 Keynote, Platform State of the Union and a few WWDC sessions. Picks: Up Here in Canada, What’s new in SwiftUI for iOS 14, Apple documentation for SwiftUI with SpriteKit, SceneKit, AVKit and MapKit.

Episode 296: A Stab in the Dark

May 2nd, 2020  |  1 hr 10 mins

affinity photo, app store, apple arm, bluetooth, bumbershoot festival, classic mac, combine, combine all the things, combine in practise, conditional, contact tracking, dark mode, face id, face mask, final cut, forbes, gmail, gordon kelly, grep, habitat, hockey night in canada, hype cycle, intel, ios 13.4.2, james doohan, justin long, lego, lightning to usb 3 camera adapter, mac vs pc, macintosh iivx, mark gurman, nevermind, nfl, nhs, nick heath, notification, nserror, oasis, osx, performa, powerpc, quadra 650, sars, scott gardner, screen printer, shindi, star trek: the animated series, swift 2, swift paris, swiftui, trough of disillusionment, try! swift world, uiwebview, what’s the story morning glory, xcode on ipad, yellow box

We fact check on Mac Iivx, Apple to stop accepting UIWebView apps, Nirvana’s Nevermind on vinyl, and Swift Paris meetup. AskMTJC takes us in the The Trough of Disillusionment, iPad drag and drop programming, and USB adapters for iPad. In the follow up: Apple Aims to Sell Macs With Its Own Chips Starting in 2021. Apple Support app for iPhone and iPad revamped with new interface, Dark Mode, more. Apple Confirms Serious Problem Affecting Mac, iPad, iPhone Users. NHS rejects Apple-Google coronavirus app plan. In the main: How not to write shitty code: Intentional Condition. Apple’s latest iOS beta makes it easier to unlock an iPhone while wearing a face mask. Apple and Google have begun testing their COVID-19 exposure notification API. Picks: Updated Combine Documentation, SwiftUI and Combine All The Things, try! Swift World.

Episode 295: Deep Purple Rain

April 25th, 2020  |  1 hr 59 mins

amazon echo, apple iii, apple tv, bandai, bezier tool, bluetooth, cocoapods, color set, dark mode, dark side of the moon, dave grohl, david gilmour, daystar, denise crosby, derived data, ferrite, flac, fresco premium, gil amelio, google home, health storylines, home pod, hype cycles, hyperskills.org, ipados 14, iphone 12 pro, iphone se, ipod hi fi, jetbrains, jody whittaker, john gruber, john scully, kim’s convenence, kotlin, lc 520, lidar, lisa, logitech create, m4a, mac tv, macintosh xl, magic keyboard, mp3, nevermind, newton, nhs, ongoing history of new music, performa, photoshop on ipad, ping, pippin, power computing, power mac 6100, power mac g4 cube, powerbook 5300, preference key, quadra 650, reduce, remote work, rene ritchie, rob whitaker, simulator, sirius xm, soundcity, splitviewcontroller, spotify, swift playgrounds, swiftui, tam, taylor swift, the loop, vinyl, wkwebview, xcode on the ipad

We fact check on Bluetooth, the NHS, Denise Crosby and Jodi Whittaker. We dig into the Hype Cycle in the follow up. The iPhone 12 Pro has be leaked in a 3D rendering. Picking apart iPadOS 14 reveals that Xcode may be coming to the iPad this summer. We follow up on Apple's road apples, including the Home Pod. John Gruber doesn't initially like the Magic Keyboard for the iPad Pro but comes around. Rene Ritche does a deep tech dive into the new iPhone SE. Apple had invited select developers to an accessibility webinar. In the main we look at View Communication Patterns in SwiftUI. We also look at the Remote Work Report by GitLab. Picks: JetBrains Academy: Get Ready To Become A Professional, Health Storylines, Adobe's Photoshop and Fresco for iPad are now bundled for $10 a month, adding Dark Mode, code clean up and TestFlight public beta links added to Device Tracker.

Episode 291: Social Distance Edition

March 28th, 2020  |  1 hr 13 mins

10m masks, 360 idev, acer, alouettes, anchorage, apple store, ar, back to my mac, be safe, beatles, bill gates, blender, cbs all access, combine, craig federighi, danny boyle, discovery, east york, eaton centre, eb games, ecg, el paso, etobicoke, everrett, fairview mall, framingham, google io, hololens, hosts, hovereffect, ios 13.4, ipad pro, ipados 13.4, john lennon, juno, karaoke, keith urban, key path, key value coding, lead developer, logitech create keyboard, macos 10.15.4, magic keyboard, manchester, matt neuburg, montreal, mr robot, oculus, onhover, patrick stewart, robocop, santana row, screen, social distancing, spockcast, star trek: picard, swift 5.2, swiftui, talking dead, texas, tim cook, tracking, unity, unreal, valleyfield, vr, westworld, yesterday

We follow up on the Alouettes and our own social distancing. Tim Cook takes to Twitter and announces 10 million masks from Apple. Google IO is completely cancelled. Daring Fireball shares the iPad 2020 AR experience from Apple. Bill Gates called the next pandemic five years ago. Craig Federighi explains how and we deep dive on the new iPad Trackpad support. Apple updates the Safari anti-tracking technology. The App Store expands to 20 new countries. iOS and iPadOS 13.4 are out with mouse and trackpad support. We also look at the extra features included. We look at ARKit 3.5. Swift 5.2 Released! Picks: LeadDev Live by LeadDev, Gatsby Web Creators, Yesterday (2019), Introducing Combine.

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Episode 287: What's New in Neumorphism

February 29th, 2020  |  1 hr 34 mins

360idev, amazon go, android 11, apex, app store connect, appkit, appstat, arm, ats, birmingham, capital hill, catalina island, chase center, clearview ai, climate change, cocoaconf, concurrency, conferences, dave verver, dionne warwick, dispatch queue, dispatch semaphore, donught holes, facebook home, fender, gibson, google io, green day, growing up tour, gypsy, ice lake, ios 14, ios survey, john reid, korn, larry tesler, les claypool, let’s encrypt, mac pro wheels, macos, maple syrup, masked singer, material design, mccafe, musickit, natalie wood, neomorphism, nodejs, nslock, nsnorth, nsoperation, offerup, pipeda, portamento, primus, privacy commissioner, pthread, red hook brewery, roger waters, rubber duck, rwdevcon, san jose, selfie, semaphone, serial queue, server side, shawn marsten, skeuomorphism, strategic reserves, swift, swiftto, swiftui, tdd, tim hortons, timbits, timespy, unit test, vapor, who’s unimpressed with swift, windows, wwdc, wwdc lottery, xerox parc, yessongs

Friend of the show Shawn Marston visits Tim Hortons in the UK. Google launches the Android 11 Developer Preview. Canadian Privacy Commissioners to Investigate Creepy Facial Recognition Firm Clearview AI. Apple drops a bomb on long-life HTTPS certificates: Safari to snub new security certs valid for more than 13 months. RIP Larry Tesler creator of Cut, Copy & Paste. Apple is considering letting users change default email, browser, music apps in iOS. Google is cracking down on Android apps that track your location in the background. The iOS Developer Community Survey. New MacBook Pro Leak Reveals Powerful Update. Check It Out, Sans Checkout: Amazon Opens First Cashier-Less Grocery Store in Seattle. Is neumorphism the big new look for iOS 14? Picks: AppStat, Jon Reid on Twitter: "Look at that… useful testing advice from Apple! "Adding Unit Tests to your Existing Project".

Episode 284: The Accidental Security Podcast

February 9th, 2020  |  1 hr 23 mins

1password, accessibility, amber macarther, apns, appkit, beyond the valley, big papi, black history month, black software, breaker, callasfunction, cbc radio, certificates, combine, conan o’brian, correlation, cra, cryptokit, dashlane, david ortiz, device support, digital id, dnto, docker, dr who, find my phone, google doc, google maps, graphviz, guy kawasaki, hacking with macos, icloud.com, irs, jazzy, kara swisher, kirk douglas, kristina fox, kyron, last pass, leah culver, lineup, malcolm gladwell, microsoft, multitasking, nora young, notary, open banking, paul hudson, privacy controls, project catalyst, radio flyer, rene richie, river styx, rob napier, serviette, sim jacking, single purchase, smat pawk, social insurance number, social security, spark, splunk, super bowl, swift crypto, swift doc, swiftui, teams, threat model, thunderbolt, timelane, tivo, voice control, w8-ben, webauthn, webkit, women at wwdc, xcode 11.4, xserve, yaml, youtube music

We follow up on the Xserve height, W-8BEN, and the Apple Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter. YouTube Music/Premium has 20 million paying subscribers. Microsoft Teams goes down after Microsoft forgot to renew a certificate. Beyond the Valley book. Apple updates iCloud.com with a proper mobile website for iOS and Android. (Hypothetical) Multitasking fix for iPadOS 14. Apple wants to standardize the format of SMS OTPs (one-time passcodes). Swift.org - Introducing Swift Crypto. Dashlane's Super Bowl Ad Proves Password Managers Have Arrived. Apple adds ability for developers to sell Mac and iOS apps as a single purchase. Picks: Never roll your own crypto, and there's even less reason to do that now while using Swift!. I made a teaser video for my side project Timelane. swift-doc: Generates documentation for Swift projects. APNS now available (as sim) in simulators.

Episode 282: Rack 'Em Up

January 26th, 2020  |  1 hr 14 mins

1 u, airpods, andy bargh, anno domini, app annie, apple archive, apple card, apple ii, apple tv+, blackberry, bric, c++ 20, carlton, cbs all access, children of mars, college, color bump 3d, coronavirus, crossy road, data center, dev degree, dominic monahan, encryption, fortan, freshbooks, gaming, gen z, homepod, icloud, intelligent tracking, iphone x, jet.com, jetbrains, kotlin, lemmings, macbook pro 16, macintosh office, macworld boston, mandalorian, microsoft edge, netflix, nokia, open banking, picard, powerbook g4, quicken, rack mount, rackspace, retail, safari, shopify, short circuit, short treks, spockcast, star trek discovery, subscriptions, swift for tensorflow, swiftui, titanium, touch bar, trouble with edward, tunein radio, university, wal-mart, wealthsimple, wuhan, york u

We follow up on AD and BC, HomePod in use, Dominic Monaghan, MacWorld Boston and Swift Developments by FoS Andy Bargh. Apple’s rack-mounted Mac Pro variant is now available to order. Download New Microsoft Edge Browser. Fun With Charts: A decade of Apple growth. Kids Hack AirPods. App tracking alert in iOS 13 has dramatically cut location data flow to ad industry. Where programming languages are headed in 2020. FORTRAN.io. State of Mobile 2020. Wealthsimple looks to be Canada’s Apple Card, launches metal Visa. Picks: Shopify Dev Degree, The (Unofficial) Apple Archive, How to fix and restart the Touch Bar when it stops working, Apple Card users can now download monthly transactions in a spreadsheet.

Episode 281: The Best of SwiftUI so far...

January 21st, 2020  |  1 hr 23 mins

bindableobject, canvas, catalina, combine in practise, daniel steinberg, data flow in swiftui, declarative represation, gosh darn swiftui, hacking with swift, interface builder, marin todorov, objective c, objectwillchange, observableobject, paul hudson, penbook, pencilkit, polyglot, publishers, raywenderlich.com, rene cacheaux, ruby on rails, smalltalk, swiftui, swiftui kickstart, swiftui lab, uihostingcontroller, uikit, uirepresentable, vstack, yo dawg, zstack

Starting with our initial reactions at WWDC to our latest trials, we re-visit SwiftUI. Apple Swift UI Tutorials. Incorporating SwiftUI's Principles in All Your Code. 3 Steps to Prepare Your Apps for SwiftUI, Combine, iPadOS, Project Catalyst, and Any Other Leaps in the iOS Industry. Understanding @State in SwiftUI. [Fracking*] SwiftUI - Everything you need to know to adopt SwiftUI. SwiftUI Essentials: Creating and Combining Views. The Swift Behind SwiftUI. SwiftUI Changes. Advanced SwiftUI Transitions. Swift Playgrounds for iPad now supports swift 5.1, iOS 23 SDK, SwiftUI & Combine. PenBook built with SwiftUI, PencilKit and iPadOS. A SwiftUI Kickstart . SwiftUI Cheat Sheet. SwiftUI Layout System. Interface builder with SwiftUI properties. SwiftUI Views book. 7 Awesome Open Source SwiftUI Projects To Inspire You. Why I quit using the ObservableObject in SwiftUI. Gosh Darn SwiftUI (updated). Mark on UIRepresentable.

Episode 280: This Is Not Your Mother's Star Wars

January 11th, 2020  |  1 hr 40 mins

alphabet, american graffiti 2, apple card, asimov, azure, billie lorde, build phase scripts, bullfrog, business chat, carrie fisher, combine, corellium, cvv, dynamic dispatch, facebook, foundation, gen z, goldman sacks, google, goshdarnswiftui, greg grenburg, heros, hines auditorium, indesign, ipados, iphone 11 pro, jj abrams, joe cieplinski, k2, mac app store, mac osx beta, mandalorian, multitasking, nightmode, notarization, o365, observableobject, offerup, oura ring, pi day countdown, pimp my ride, po dameron, prudential center, renewable, rian johnson, scene delegate, september 1752, snapchat, sourcerer, star wars, static dispatch, steve hayman, swiftui, tech support, terawatt, tik tok, uiviewrepresentable, uiwebview, vault, venmo, waterfield designs, wkwebview, xzibit, year zero, yo dawg, zstack

We're back with fact check on Mac OS X Lion and Adobe InDesign. We chat about the Oura ring and the No Year Zero debate. In the Follow Up; 50+ iPadOS 13 features, Update to Notarization Prerequisites, Updating Apps that Use Web Views and Wallet by Waterfield Designs. Why I quit using the ObservableObject in SwiftUI. Write a build phase script. How Are You Prioritizing Gen Z? 'Completely unsustainable': How streaming and other data demands take a toll on the environment. iPhone 11 Pro’s Night Mode Isn’t What You Might Think. Apple targets jailbreaking in lawsuit against iOS virtualization company. Starbucks Devs Leave API Key in GitHub Public Repo. Understanding method dispatch in Swift. How the Tech Giants Make Their Billions. Picks: Sourcerer.io, Swift 5.1 Cheat Sheet and Quick Reference, Gosh Darn SwiftUI, Every Time Zone. After Show: HomePod, Star Wars - The Rise of Skywalker (Spoilers).

Episode 279: The Trough of Disillusionment

December 21st, 2019  |  1 hr 54 mins

1password, 64-bit a7, air pods, air power, amiga, angela arehns, apfs, apple card, apple music, apple news, apple park, apple pay, apple pencil, apple store, apple tv, apple watch series 5, appletv apps, arkit, atari 800, atp, basic, bbedit, beats, brian cox, butterfly switch, c++, carekit, cdev, christmas story, classroom kit, commodore pet, continuity, coreml, cupertino, disktop, eaton centre apple store, et, faceid, fork, gremlins, home pod, homekit, hype cycle, ibm, imac pro, inits, ios 13.3, ios 7, ios in the car, ipad mini, ipad pro, ipados, iphone 11, iphone 11 pro, iphone 4, iphone 5c, iphone 6 plus, iphone se, iphone x, keyboard, kitura, lifelabs, lightening, mac mini, mac osx lion, mac pro, macbook, macbook air, macbook pro 16, macbook pro retina, macintosh ii, macos, maps, mavericks, movies that made us, multi finder, national lampoon, new zealand herald, nfc, picard, plateau of productivity, powermac 7100, privacy, rene richie, rf modulator, rick and morty, ring camera, rocky horror picture show, router, scott forestall, server side swift, short trek, shortcuts, simon syneck, siri, slope of enlightenment, star wars, steve jobs theater, swift for good, swift playgrounds, swift.org, swiftui, tcc, the goonies, the trough of disillusionment, today at apple, totp, toys that made us, transparency consent control, uwb, voice control, walt mossburg, watchos, webauthn, wwdc, xeon, yubikey

As the 2010's end, we debate when the decade ends. We fact check iOS 13.3's fix on UWB bug and ATP increments. We follow up on TCC, and the $100K Mac Pro. iDevices get key-based protection, webAuthn, IBM Workgroup Updates on Swift.org, Hype Cycles, and a cheaper Apple Arcade cost are also covered. We look back at the last 10 years of Apple innovation, news and changes. Amazon, Google, Apple and the Zigbee Alliance to develop connectivity standard. Picks: Swift For Good, Fork - a fast and friendly git client for Mac and Windows.