Weekly Newsletter Issue 103

Weekly Newsletter Issue 103

Weekly newsletter summing up our publications and showcasing app developers and their amazing creations.

Welcome to this week's edition of our newsletter.

Apple has updated the Analytics section in App Store Connect with over 100 new metrics, bringing deeper insights into monetization and subscription performance, new cohort capabilities, and expanded peer group benchmarks to help developers better understand how their app is performing on the App Store.

App Analytics - App Store Connect - Apple Developer
Learn about using App Analytics in App Store Connect to get app related data that only Apple can provide.
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From

The Community

Indicating Selection in macOS Menus Using SwiftUI

Gabriel explores how to reflect selection state in macOS menu items using SwiftUI, allowing menus to visually communicate which option is currently active.

Indicating Selection in macOS Menus Using SwiftUI – SerialCoder.dev

Building List replacement in SwiftUI

Majid explores when List is not the right tool for the job and how to build a custom scrollable container in SwiftUI with full control over its look and feel.

Building List replacement in SwiftUI
Whenever you consider creating a scrollable screen in SwiftUI, you might think of using a List. However, it’s not always the best choice. Lists are great for displaying uniform data. For anything else, a ScrollView with a lazy stack is almost always the best option. This week, we will learn how to build a custom scrollable container in SwiftUI with precise control of look and feel.

How to test in-app purchases locally using StoreKit

Natascha walks you through how to set up StoreKit's local testing environment in Xcode to simulate in-app purchases and subscriptions without connecting to App Store Connect.

How to test in-app purchases locally using StoreKit
Learn how to test in-app purchases locally using StoreKit configuration files in Xcode. Simulate purchases, subscriptions, and edge cases without relying on the App Store sandbox.





Indie App of the Week

OneStamp

Postage stamps have always been small windows onto the world. Their compact frames highlight a single subject, a landmark, a portrait, a flower, stripping everything else away and turning ordinary images into collectible objects worthy of close attention.

OneStamp, developed by Sanster, brings that same sensibility to your photo library. The app was inspired by a Figmatelia interactive prototype created by Matteo Salvati, and the idea is as simple as it is effective: crop any photo into a stamp-shaped frame and something shifts. Its minimalist aesthetic is elevated by smooth, well-crafted animations and transitions that make the experience feel especially polished. A fragment of a landscape, a plant, or an unremarkable corner of daily life becomes its own quiet composition, and details you never paid attention to finally get their moment.

OneStamp App - App Store
Download OneStamp by 尉卿 褚 on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps like OneStamp.

With WWDC26 just around the corner, Apple has added two new tutorials to its Develop in Swift series, “Meet Xcode” and “Discover Coding Intelligence”, highlighting the new coding intelligence features in Xcode 26.

Develop in Swift | Apple Developer Documentation
Develop in Swift Tutorials introduce app development with Swift and Xcode to anyone learning to build apps for Apple platforms.

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