I'm working on the localisations for my App. It's not a pleasant experience doing this with Xcode. Considering that Apple Apps are generally localised, it's hard to understand how Apple engineers tolerate the buggy, awkward mess which Xcode presents.
#xcode #iosdev

I've spent the first week of the new year migrating from my trusty 2020 Intel MacBook Air to a new M4 version, and in so doing moved from macOS Sequoia to Tahoe. The M4 MacBook is a nice machine, but I find it very difficult to say anything complimentary about Tahoe. I'll stick with it, but I'm not enjoying it.

Even though I don't currently use AI much for code generation, I nevertheless found Paul Hudson's article https://www.hackingwithswift.com/articles/281/what-to-fix-in-ai-generated-swift-code very useful to make me aware of areas where I'm still thinking with deprecated and less efficient APIs.

... sorting out simulators and run destinations in my newly installed Xcode 26. I wasted far too much time this morning before I realised there is a mismatch between the available iOS 17.5 Simulator and the choice of 17.6 in the Minimum deployment target drop-down menu. The solution is to manually override the minimum deployment in build settings. #iosdev

I've spent the day porting the contents of the hamburger menu in A–440 to SwiftUI, as a first step in re-working, re-thinking and extending it. Needed some time to get my brain back into the SwiftUI groove. Very satisfying. #iosdev #swiftui

Inspired by Paul Hudson's excellent new Book "Everything but the Code", I've started overhauling A–440.
Working today on App Store screenshots, I discovered that Pixelmator Pro has built-in templates for App Store Connect Screenshots, complete with device bezels. Excellent! #iosdev