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  iOS developers: Please for the love of god stop making your own custom tab views, not least they because they all freaking suck on iPhone Duo. Shopify, Facebook, Google, Airbnb, YouTube, and more are all trying, and none of them are succeeding 🤷‍♂️

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  The symbolEffect() modifier adds bounce, pulse, variable color, and rotation animations to SF Symbols with almost no effort. Multi-layer symbols can even animate each layer individually ✨ https://www.hackingwithswift.com/quick-start/swiftui/how-to-animate-sf-symbols

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  I don't think I ever swear on social media, but this one is worth it: holy shit! A JSON-based project format for Xcode! 🤯

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  I know I live in a bubble, but hot damn demand for the iPhone Duo seems off the charts. (I think you’re all wrong, and should not buy one.) (Mostly so that I can buy one.)

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  If you pressed "Upgrade to iOS 27" and are instead getting 26.7, congratulations: you are *not* alone 🙃 #iOS27

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  Want to customize the way links are opened? Tapping a link in SwiftUI opens Safari by default, but a custom OpenURLAction lets you intercept, redirect, or handle the URL yourself. https://www.hackingwithswift.com/quick-start/swiftui/how-to-customize-the-way-links-are-opened

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  New on the Kickstart blog: What kills apps, and why it *isn’t* being Sherlocked. Apple added Dark Noise’s core job to iOS, and the app still earns over $4,700 a month. Sherlocking is a real risk, but it isn’t an automatic death sentence! https://www.kickstart.tools/blog/what-kills-apps-and-why-it-isnt-being-sherlocked

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  New on the Kickstart blog: How to make an app press kit journalists actually open. The exact anatomy of a press kit that gets your app covered – the fact sheet, the images journalists use, and a complete template to copy! https://www.kickstart.tools/blog/how-to-make-an-app-press-kit-journalists-actually-open

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  New on the Kickstart blog: When to call requestReview() – Apple’s rules and the timing that works. Apple limits how often review prompts appear and now gives clear guidance for using them, so here’s how to ask respectfully after a meaningful success. https://www.kickstart.tools/blog/when-to-call-requestreview-apples-rules-and-the-timing-that-works

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  Kickstart had almost 3,000 downloads in week one, reached #2 in the Mac App Store Developer chart, and I’ve shipped three updates since. The mistake? I still haven’t contacted the press about it 🫠 Here’s my launch retrospective – learn from my mistakes! https://www.kickstart.tools/blog/kickstart-launch-retrospective

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  Replacing Bool parameters with two-case enums turns cryptic calls like stopAnimation(false) into self-documenting code like stopAnimation(.performingFinalActions). It's a small change that makes a surprising difference to readability. https://www.hackingwithswift.com/articles/172/using-two-cased-enums-in-place-of-a-boolean

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  @gruber Random, but: Thank you for Markdown. I've never thought to say that before, which is odd in retrospect, but Markdown is such a delightful way to express text, and it has been really transformative for all computer users.

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  There's an open-source SwiftUI agent skill that catches the mistakes AI tools keep making: deprecated modifiers, accessibility gaps, performance pitfalls. One command to install, and your AI-generated SwiftUI gets a serious quality boost. https://www.hackingwithswift.com/articles/282/swiftui-agent-skill-claude-codex-ai

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  Catch the error, *then* what? #expect(throws:) and #require(throws:) in Swift Testing return the error directly, so you can inspect it separately from the throw check itself. https://www.hackingwithswift.com/swift/6.1/swift-testing-errors-expect

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  Today's Hacking with Swift+ live stream starts in four hours – come and build a complete app from scratch! https://www.hackingwithswift.com/plus

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  Sunday Build with HWS+: I mean who *doesn't* love Regex? Create a SwiftUI app that lets you experiment with regular expressions in real time, with pattern matching, group highlighting, and Swift code generation. #SundayBuild https://www.hackingwithswift.com/plus/live-streams/regexcoach

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  First ice cream of the year - living the good life!

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  For HWS+ subscribers: Building a fully scalable, animated clock face with Canvas and TimelineView is a satisfying exercise in precise, relative drawing - and it looks great at any size. 🕰️ https://www.hackingwithswift.com/plus/recreating-ui/remaking-the-clock

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  What if you could build websites the same way you build SwiftUI apps, declaratively in pure Swift with no HTML required? That's the idea behind Ignite, and it works surprisingly well. 🔥 https://www.hackingwithswift.com/articles/266/build-your-next-website-in-swift

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  @rmondello I saw this and thought of you. https://apple.news/AOMs_ZOZTSLuHxkeLRBWq4A

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  I picked up a lovely piece of 3D printing for Apple fans! 🤩

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  RE: https://mastodon.social/@twostraws/116455657942809795 I appreciate all the replies and reposts 🙇‍♂️ Kickstart will be released in exactly three weeks, but you can preorder today here: https://apps.apple.com/app/kickstart-app-accelerator/id6758355178

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  Use scrollTargetLayout() with .viewAligned to snap between individual child views, or .paging to move exactly one screen at a time. https://www.hackingwithswift.com/quick-start/swiftui/how-to-make-a-scrollview-snap-with-paging-or-between-child-views

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  After months of work, my new app is finally available to preorder on the Mac App Store. It's called Kickstart, and it has just one job: to help indie app developers make more money on the App Store. How does it do that? Let me explain…

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  @dvrzan I love the design!

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  @superbetsy@mastodon.social One for your collection, if you don't already have it!

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  Today I'm launching my new app, Hacktivate. It teaches real-world computer science skills through 240 "capture the flag" challenges, and works on iPhone, iPad, and Mac with one purchase. I've poured a ton of love into it, and I'd love to hear what you think 🙌 https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/hacktivate-capture-the-flag/id6748286602

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  Recently I launched four agent skills for Swift developers, but I left the best power up for last. Today I'm finally revealing exactly how to teach your AI to write Swift the Hacking with Swift way! #Boom https://www.hackingwithswift.com/articles/284/teach-your-ai-to-write-swift-the-hacking-with-swift-way

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  Agent skills are lightweight Markdown files that teach AI coding assistants things they don't already know, like deprecated APIs and platform-specific edge cases. They load into context on demand, so nothing gets wasted. https://www.hackingwithswift.com/articles/283/how-to-install-and-use-ai-agent-skills-in-xcode

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  See you in Cupertino! #WWDC26 (If you also won a ticket, you *must* confirm your place!)