Welcome to this week's edition of our newsletter.

This week Apple rolled out a series of announcements, introducing new devices aimed at both the premium and more affordable segments of its ecosystem. Among them there is the iPhone 17e, a mid-range iPhone powered by the A19 chip and with Apple Intelligence capabilities. Apple also refreshed the iPad Air, now powered by the M4 chip for improved performance and AI features.

On the Mac side, the company updated the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro lines with the new M5 family of chips and introduced refreshed Studio Displays. The biggest surprise, however, was the debut of the latest addition to the MacBook line-up, the MacBook Neo. Powerd by the A18 Pro chip, it is the perfect entry point into Apple's laptop category.

This Week

This week we have covered MapKit.

Creating overlays on a map in a SwiftUI app in iOS 26

Tiago shows how to draw map overlays in SwiftUI with MapKit using shapes that conform to MapContent, includingMapPolygon, MapPolyline, and MapCircle.

Creating overlays on a map in a SwiftUI app in iOS 26

Learn how to overlay shapes on top of maps using MapKit in a modern iOS application.

Create with SwiftTiago Gomes Pereira

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The Community

MVVM and the Cost of Carrying Old Patterns Forward

Azam explores how continuing to apply the MVVM pattern in SwiftUI can add unnecessary complexity and overhead, arguing that developers should rethink older architectural habits and instead leverage SwiftUI’s built-in state management and simpler design principles.

Mvvm And Cost Of Old Patterns

Blog about iOS development and musings on technology

AzamSharpMohammad Azam

Implementing Passkeys in iOS with AuthenticationServices

Natascha introduces how to implement passkey-based authentication in iOS, explaining how passkeys work and how to integrate registration and login flows using the AuthenticationServices framework.

Implementing Passkeys in iOS with AuthenticationServices

Learn how passkeys work on iOS and how to implement passwordless authentication in your app using AuthenticationServices and the WebAuthn standard.

NSCache in Swift: A Practical Guide

Artem practical guide to using NSCache in Swift, explaining how it works, when it’s preferable to dictionaries for in-memory caching, and how to use it safely to improve performance.

NSCache in Swift: A Practical Guide → Livsy Code

Greetings, traveler! Caching rarely looks like a hard problem—until an app starts rendering heavy feeds, repeatedly mapping rich text, or decoding the same assets on every scroll. At that point, the difference between “working” and “smooth” is often a cache layer placed in the right spot. On iOS, NSCache is a great fit for this

Livsy Code → Learn Swift the smart wayLivsy

Binge

Keeping track of movies and shows has never been simple. Between scattered watchlists, forgotten release dates, and the endless question of where something is actually streaming, it's easy to lose the thread entirely.

Binge, developed by Shihab, brings everything together in one beautifully crafted place. With Liquid Glass UI, it surfaces detailed insights for any movie or show. Your watchlist, library, and custom collections stay in sync across all your devices via iCloud, while push notifications and Live Activities make sure you never miss a premiere or the next episode in a series you're following.

Binge: Movies and Shows App - App Store

Download Binge: Movies and Shows by Shihab Mehboob on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps like Binge: Movies and Shows…

App StoreShihab Mehboob

Last week also marked the official close of submissions for the Swift Student Challenge. As always, we can’t wait to see what you’ve built, your creative Swift projects could inspire the next generation of developers.

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

See you next week!