Weekly Newsletter Issue 13
Weekly newsletter summing up our publications and showcasing app developers and their amazing creations.
Welcome to this week's edition of our newsletter.
Yesterday was the Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), a day dedicated to promoting digital accessibility and inclusion for all users. At Create with Swift, we are deeply committed to accessibility and ensuring that everyone can enjoy the best that technology has to offer.
You can read more about GAAD and our dedication to accessibility here:
Pasquale Vittoriosi
In celebration of GAAD, Apple has announced a series of new accessibility features, including eye-tracking technology, to make their devices even more inclusive. These innovations highlight Apple's ongoing commitment to creating products that are accessible to everyone.
Published this week
This week we have covered SwiftUI and widgets.
Using materials with SwiftUI
This article by Tiago and Matteo explains how to use materials to improve readability and content separation while also making your app aesthetic appealing.
Tiago Gomes Pereira
Understanding typography in visionOS
Emanuele shows how to use typography in visionOS and how font size, weight, contrast, and vibrancy can be used to ensure legibility across varying distances and contexts.
Emanuele Agosta
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From the community
Here are our highlights of articles and resources created by the app developer community.
How to decide between a Set and Array in Swift?
Donny explains how to choose between using a Set and an Array in Swift, focusing on their key characteristics, performance considerations, and appropriate use cases.
donnywalsDiscovering app features with TipKit. Basics.
In this first article of a series, Majid provides an introduction to using the new TipKit framework including configuration and customization options.
Refactoring to TipKit from AppStorage and Custom Views in SwiftUI
Jordan discusses how to replace custom solutions with Apple's TipKit's more intuitive and maintainable API.
Jordan MorganIndie App of the Week
Classifier
If you're a collector looking to manage your collection, Roddy's app is the perfect tool for you. It helps you organize and keep track of all your collectibles, letting you know which items you still need. Additionally, the app generates comprehensive statistics about your collections.
With its native look and feel, the app is focused, easy to use, and designed to enhance your collecting experience.
Wrapping up, we're excited to share two awesome App Store stories Apple created for the Global Accessibility Awareness Day. These stories highlight some amazing accessible apps and games you should check out.
Collection of both apps and games designed with accessibility as a core value
Collection of games supporting accessibility features
We're excited to celebrate these apps and the developers behind them. Technology is bringing us all closer, and it's thrilling to see.
Let's innovate, inspire, and make accessibility an integral part of the development process.
We can’t wait to see what you will Create with Swift.
See you next week!