Transitioning to SwiftUI at Airbnb
In 2022, the iOS team at Airbnb decided SwiftUI was sufficiently mature to be adopted for their official app. This required a careful transition, explains Airbnb staff engineer Bryn Bodayle.
Swift 5.9 Brings a Macro System and C++ Interoperability
In addition to an expressive macro system and a limited form of C++ interoperability, Swift 5.9, now officially available, also introduces parameter packs, ownership-based memory management, and more.
How Spotify Transitioned to Bazel to Build their iOS App
After three years experimenting with Bazel, in 2020 Spotify decided to adopt it as their official build system for the Spotify iOS app. Thanks to this, they could reduce build times to a fourth, explains Spotify engineer Patrick Balestra.
Apple Adds Delivery Metrics to Its Push Notification Console
To help developers gauge delivery of notifications in production, the Push Notification Console now includes metrics to get insights into the behavior of an app and its integration with the Apple Push Notification service (APNs).