Welcome to this week's edition of our newsletter.

Every Apple Design Award carries the same quiet message: the best apps are not just built well, they are felt.

That idea is especially relevant for Swift developers today. With SwiftUI, Apple platforms, and new design systems evolving so quickly, the challenge is no longer only “can we build this?” It is “can we make it feel obvious, elegant, and alive?”

That is also the spirit behind the "Indie App of the Week" section of this newsletter. Every week, we like to highlight apps that show what thoughtful app development means: a clear idea, careful design, native details, and the kind of polish users may never consciously notice but absolutely feel.

This week’s inspiration comes from Apple’s Developer story about Moonlitt, form Flipping Hues, a beautiful indie app that just won an Apple Design Award. It is a great read, and a perfect example of why indie apps deserve our attention.

ADA Q&A: What a little Moonlitt can do - Discover - Apple Developer

It’s been a big couple of months for the moon, and if this spring’s Artemis mission piqued your interest in all things lunar, this brilliantly conceived app can keep it going.

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The Community

SwiftUI's New .prominent Tab in iOS 27 Is Not a Floating Action Button

Sagar shares why SwiftUI’s new .prominent tab role should be used to highlight important destinations, not as a replacement for floating action buttons, toolbar actions, or “add” buttons.

SwiftUI’s New .prominent Tab in iOS 27 Is Not a Floating Action Button

The new .prominent tab role in iOS 27 helps highlight important destinations in your app. Learn why it shouldn’t replace floating action buttons, toolbar actions, or navigation bar buttons.

Sagar UnagarSagar Unagar

New SwiftUI APIs for reordering and drag and drop on iOS 27

Natalia explores how iOS 27’s new SwiftUI reordering and drag container APIs bring native drag interactions to stacks, grids, and custom layouts.

New SwiftUI APIs for reordering and drag and drop on iOS 27

Reorder items within and between custom SwiftUI containers, and build selection-aware multi-item drag and drop interactions with the new APIs in iOS 27.

Nil CoalescingNatalia Panferova

Adaptive TabView Layouts with .tabViewStyle(.sidebarAdaptable) in SwiftUI

Artem shows how `.tabViewStyle(.sidebarAdaptable) helps SwiftUI apps adapt navigation across iPhone and iPad, switching from a bottom tab bar to a sidebar-style layout without building separate navigation structures.

Adaptive TabView Layouts with .tabViewStyle(.sidebarAdaptable) in SwiftUI → Livsy Code

Greetings, traveler! SwiftUI tabs used to be simple on iPhone and more awkward on iPad. On iPhone, TabView naturally mapped to a bottom tab bar. On iPad, many apps needed something closer to a sidebar: more space, grouped destinations, and a layout that feels better on a large display. The usual answer was to build

Livsy Code → Learn Swift the smart wayLivsy

iOS 27, Your App, and Siri

Jordan explains how iOS 27’s new Siri intelligence can work with your app’s data, covering AppEntity, app schemas, and APIs that help Siri understand and act on what’s currently on screen.

iOS 27, Your App, and Siri

How do we think about Siri AI with iOS 27? Here’s how to make the most of new APIs.

Jordan MorganJordan Morgan

Unwind

Few people consider their breathing habits, let alone the possibility of different techniques for various situations like focusing, calming down, or falling asleep. Most of us have relied on a single approach.

Unwind, developed by Kushagra, pairs each guided breathing exercise with hand-illustrated scenes and ambient sounds that animate in sync with your breath, making the whole thing feel less like a routine and more like a small escape. It covers the full arc of the day with exercises for waking up, staying focused, and falling asleep. It supports voice cues, haptics, and Apple Watch, so you can follow along with your eyes closed, Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets keep your daily progress visible at a glance, and sessions sync to Apple Health as Mindful Minutes.

Unwind: Breathing Exercises App - App Store

Download Unwind: Breathing Exercises by Mystical Bits, LLC on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps like Unwind:…

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That's all for this week!

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