InfoQ Homepage Apple Content on InfoQ
-
Swift 5.9 Brings a Macro System and C++ Interoperability
In addition to an expressive macro system and a limited form of C++ interoperability, Swift 5.9, now officially available, also introduces parameter packs, ownership-based memory management, and more.
-
Apple Extends Core ML, Create ML, and Vision Frameworks for iOS 17
At its recent WWDC 2023 developer conference, Apple presented a number of extensions and updates to its machine learning and vision ecosystem, including updates to its Core ML framework, new features for the Create ML modeling tool, and new vision APIs for image segmentation, animal body pose detection, and 3D human body pose.
-
Swift 5.9 Brings Macro Expansion Power to the Language
Introduced at WWDC 2023, Swift 5.9, now available in beta, brings a major extension to the language capabilities through support for generating code at compile-time using macros.
-
Apple Releases visionOS SDK to Developers Along with Reality Composer Pro
Developers can now download the software development kit required to create apps for its forthcoming Vision Pro mixed reality headset, Apple announced. Besides making the SDK available, Apple also unveiled a program to bring physical devices to selected labs around the world and more initiatives for developers to test their apps.
-
SwiftUI 5 Leaves Combine behind, Extends Animations, and More
At WWDC 2023, Apple presented the latest iteration of its declarative framework for UI programming. SwiftUI 5 completely overhauls its reactive foundations by replacing Combine with the new Observation framework. Additionally, it adds support for phased animations, improves ScrollView, new gestures, and more.
-
Swift OpenAPI Generator Aims at Streamlining HTTP Client/Server Communication
Apple has introduced a new open source package, the Swift OpenAPI Generator, aimed at generating the code required to handle client/server communication through an HTTP API based on its OpenAPI document.
-
Apple Introduces SwiftData, a SwiftUI-Ready Core Data Replacement
At WWDC 2023, Apple introduced SwiftData, a new framework that provides a declarative, Swift-first API enabling to work with data persistence in iOS apps. SwiftData can easily make a Swift class into a persistent model and is especially suited to be used with SwiftUI.
-
How Big Tech Lost Its Way - Regulation and Freedom
Technology plays an ever increasing part in our lives, yet big tech seems to be running out of control, showing behavior that is at odds with its principles. Regulation is starting to develop, but laws are rarely applied. The leaders of big tech companies should realise their job is culture. At QCon London 2023, Andy Walker gave a talk about how big tech lost its way.
-
Swift 5.8 Adds Function Back-Deployment and Upcoming Feature Support
The latest release of Swift introduces support for piecemeal adoption of upcoming features, which allows developers to start using new features that will become stable in Swift 6. Additionally, it opens the way for making new features retroactively available in earlier OSes.
-
The Swift Package Index Now Backed by Apple
The Swift Package Index was created about three years ago by Dave Verwer and Sven A. Schmidt, with the aim of making it easier for Swift developers to search and discover Swift packages. The project is now officially sponsored by Apple, thus making it the official place to go for anything related to Swift packages
-
Apple Brings Comparative Group Analytics to App Store Connect
Peer group benchmarks is a new App Store Connect feature aimed to help developers track the performance of their apps relative to other similar apps.
-
Asahi Linux Gets Alpha GPU Drivers on Apple Silicon
After two years of work to reverse engineer Apple Silicon GPU instruction set and to implement the kernel driver, Asahi Linux has finally got an alpha-quality release of its GPU driver that is already good enough to run a smooth desktop experience and some games, Asahi developers Alyssa Rosenzweig and Asahi Lina say.
-
Apple Adds Core ML Support for Stable Diffusion on Apple Silicon
Apple released a set of optimizations to Core ML to enable running the Stable Diffusion text-to-image model on Apple Silicon-powered devices running the latest iOS or macOS versions, respectively iOS 16.2 and macOS 13.1.
-
Swift 5.7 Brings New Generics Implementation and Reference Counting Improvements
Announced at WWDC 2022, Swift 5.7 is now officially available. It includes major improvements to the compiler internals, and many syntax and standard library additions, including String regex, concurrency updates, and more.
-
New Asahi Linux Release Brings Support for Apple M1 Ultra and M2 CPUs
When Apple adopted their new ARM-based CPUs collectively dubbed Apple Silicon, it made all existing Linux distributions incompatible with its most recent hardware. This is changing thanks to the hard work of the Asahi Linux team, that recently introduced preliminary support for Apple M1 Ultra and M2 CPUs.