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Contingent pricing for in-app subscriptions
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MainActor usage in Swift explained to dispatch to the main thread
MainActor is a new attribute introduced in Swift 5.5 as a global actor providing an executor that performs its tasks ...
How to Use URLSession with Async/Await for Network Requests in Swift
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MainActor usage in Swift explained to dispatch to the main thread
MainActor is a new attribute introduced in Swift 5.5 as a global actor providing an executor that performs its tasks ...
Security-scoped bookmarks for URL access
Security-scoped bookmarks allow you to store access to a given user-selected URL. They are commonly used on macOS to store ...
JSON Parsing in Swift explained with code examples
JSON parsing in Swift is a common thing to do. Almost every app decodes JSON to show data in a ...
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@Entry macro: Creating custom environment values in SwiftUI
The @Entry macro in SwiftUI allows you to define custom environment values without writing boilerplate code. While introduced in Xcode ...
Memory consumption when loading UIImage from disk
Memory consumption can quickly increase if you load many images from the disk using UIImage. You'll generally load images from ...
Why macOS Development is Perfect for Indie Developers
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@Published risks and usage explained with code examples
@Published is one of the property wrappers in SwiftUI that allows us to trigger a view redraw whenever changes occur ...
RunLoop.main vs DispatchQueue.main: The differences explained
RunLoop.main and DispatchQueue.main are often used as schedulers within Combine. During code reviews, I often encounter inconsistency in using one ...
PassthroughSubject vs. CurrentValueSubject explained
PassthroughSubject and CurrentValueSubject are two types from the Combine framework that conforms to the Subject protocol. Both are very similar ...
Master Test Distribution & App Releases Amid App Center’s ShutdownBitrise hosts a webinar on navigating the sunsetting of Microsoft’s Visual Studio App Center. Learn how to transition smoothly to alternative platforms, optimize test and store distributions, and prepare for the future of mobile app releases. The session also includes a sneak peek of Bitrise’s new tool designed to simplify distribution workflows. Watch it now for free.
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How to observe NSManagedObject changes in Core Data using Combine
Observing changes in Core Data NSManagedObject instances with Combine publishers can be a great solution to keep your user interface ...
Data validation on insertion, update, and deletion in Core Data
Data validation in apps is important to make sure we save data conforming to the business rules. A name should ...
Derived Attributes to improve Core Data Fetch Performance
Derived attributes are available since iOS 13 and aim to improve fetch performance in many different scenarios. Although we have ...
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Inspect network traffic using the Xcode Simulator
Inspecting network traffic is an essential skill for app developers. Several tools allow you to monitor requests going in and ...
Xcode Build Insights: Keep track of project compilation times
Xcode Build Insights lets you keep track of compilation times to ensure your project doesn't suddenly become slow to build ...
Solve Missing API declaration using required reason (ITMS-91053)
Apps submitted to the App Store must define API declarations using the required reasons. Apps that don't will be rejected ...
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Memory consumption when loading UIImage from disk
Memory consumption can quickly increase if you load many images from the disk using UIImage. You'll generally load images from ...
Debugging SwiftUI views: what caused that change?
Debugging SwiftUI views is an essential skill when writing dynamic views with several redrawing triggers. Property wrappers like @State and ...
OSLog and Unified logging as recommended by Apple
OSLog is a replacement for print, and NSLog and Apple's recommended way of logging. It has different logging levels, like ...
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Designing Apps: 5 Methods to improve your workflow
Designing apps can be challenging if you don't have a design background. Many of you who read my blog are ...
Test-Driven Development (TDD) for bug fixes in Swift
Test-driven development (TDD) is a technique that requires you first to write a failing test before you start implementing a ...
Third-party libraries acknowledgments using a Settings bundle
Third-party libraries help developers build apps faster but often come with a license. The MIT license is likely the most ...
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Contingent pricing for in-app subscriptions
Contingent pricing for in-app subscriptions creates a new way to retain and attract customers by providing discounted subscription prices to ...
App onboarding funnel optimization to increase conversions
An app onboarding can be seen as a funnel full of steps toward the key action of your application. A ...
App design: 5 benefits of using system components
Building custom elements and ignoring the sometimes boring system components during app design can be appealing. However, these boring elements ...
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