Welcome to this week's edition of our newsletter.

Too often, accessibility is seen as a “nice-to-have” in software development rather than a foundational value. As members of a community committed to creating better, more inclusive experiences, we believe accessibility should be embedded into our thinking from the start.

In his recent article, Daniel presents a compelling argument for this shift, showing his journey and demonstrating how even small, consistent practices can foster a culture where inclusion becomes an inherent part of everyday workflows.

Fostering An Accessibility Culture — Smashing Magazine

While there’s no definitive playbook for building an accessibility culture, Dani shares lessons from his experience in shaping it through habits rather than mandates.

Smashing MagazineDaniel Devesa Derksen-Staats

To support this shift, we have Make it Accessible, a dedicated page to help developers integrate accessibility into their apps, one thoughtful step at a time.

This Week

This week, we have covered HealthKit and SwiftUI.

Reading data from HealthKit in a SwiftUI app

Matteo explains step by step how developers can request health data by accessing the HealthKit framework.

Reading data from HealthKit in a SwiftUI app

Learn how to access and read data stored in the Health app in a SwiftUI app.

Create with SwiftMatteo Altobello

Using the share sheet to share content in a SwiftUI app

Gabriel and Tiago show practically how to add sharing features in your SwiftUI app using the native iOS share sheet with ShareLink.

Using the share sheet to share content in a SwiftUI app

Enable sharing content from your app using the system share sheet within a SwiftUI app

Create with SwiftGabriel Fernandes Thomaz

Drawing symbols with Canvas

Antonella covers how to use the Canvas view initializer that uses symbols to render graphics within a SwiftUI application.

Drawing symbols with Canvas

Learn how to use the Canvas view to render graphics in the form of symbols within a SwiftUI app.

Create with SwiftAntonella Giugliano

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The Community

Why Conditional View Modifiers are a Bad Idea

Chris explains why using conditional modifiers like applyIf in SwiftUI can cause problems due to SwiftUI’s reliance on value types and its view identity system.

Why Conditional View Modifiers are a Bad Idea

A SwiftUI anti-pattern

What is @MainActor In Swift?

Vera discusses in simple terms how @MainActor works in Swift with helpful visuals and a clear use case.

What is @MainActor In Swift?

Today I want to explain a simple topic: the use of @MainActor when you’re using Swift. I came across this macro while programming async with SwiftUI, so I want to share my findings with you. Let’s start with a scenario so we can understand the problem that this macro solves.

Coding With VeraVera Dias

MapKit: Custom Location Picker - Map Search & Interactions

Kavsoft demonstrates how to build a custom location picker using SwiftUI, enabling users to choose locations by searching or by directly interacting with the map.

Using singletons in Swift 6

Donny provides different strategies for managing singletons in our codebase while ensuring compatibility with Swift 6’s new concurrency model.

Using singletons in Swift 6 – Donny Wals

Singletons generally speaking get a bad rep. People don’t like them, they cause issues, and generally speaking it’s just not great practice to rely on globally accessible mutable state in your apps.

Donny Walsdonnywals

Tapotron

Who would’ve thought that pressing buttons on a screen could become such a fun and satisfying experience?! With its retro UI featuring LED eyes, knobs, and speaker grids, Tapotron caught our eye for its clever blend of retro aesthetics and playful interaction design. Each tap contributes to a shared global counter, creating a sense of collaboration among players. Leaderboards track stats like total taps, taps per minute, and best times, adding a layer of friendly competition.

As players progress, they unlock new visual themes inspired by classical computing and industrial design, all while a command-line robotic assistant issues comments that add personality to the well and meticulously designed experience created by Daniel, it’s a great example of how thoughtful design and a fun concept can turn something simple into something memorable.

‎Tapotron – Input required.

‎>_HELLO HUMAN! The buttons wait for your touch. They are simple and eager, like a calculator with dreams of becoming a piano. You press them. They respond with delightful animation. The sound is satisfying. This is good. >_SYSTEM ANALYSIS. We have eliminated unnecessary complexity. There is only…

App StoreGreat Scott AB

Last week, we hosted the third edition of our Create with Swift Napoli Meetup! Huge thanks to everyone who came, it was amazing to see the community in action. The energy, ideas, and conversations are exactly what makes this community so special!

Whether you joined us in person or are following along from afar, we're glad you're here.

Stay curious, keep building because...

We can’t wait to see what you will Create with Swift.

See you next week!