Welcome to another issue of Weekly Resources where I will be compiling all the articles that I have read, the videos I have watched, and the articles I have written alongside any other thoughts and ideas each week, released on Fridays.
I also launched a series on my blog called SwiftUI Modifiers Deep Dive, releasing an article every Wednesday about a new SwiftUI Modifier, be sure to check it out!
Articles Read
Mastering TipKit
Fatbobman
I was curious about TipKit this week after just happening upon some Apple documentation, so I looked into it a bit more, it’s handy for providing tips to your users, but I will say it’s quite a different API. Fairly different from any other of Apple’s APIs. Feels like it’s a siloed team that made some funky decisions.
Articles Written
Handling Empty Results Using ContentUnavailableView
A nice built in view that can be used to show empty content, for example in an empty search results view or similar.
SwiftUI Modifiers Deep Dive: safeAreaInset
Another modifier deep dive here where I go through how safeAreaInset
can be use to show views floating on top of your main content but inset to the safe area guidelines.
Thoughts
Juno Remove from the App Store
Developer Christian Selig, creator Apollo for Reddit, has hit 2 for 2 now on wonderfully created apps being removed because of giant corporations knocking down the indie developer. Hopefully third time’s the charm, I think Christian is an awesome dev that produces high quality content.