Ralf Ebert

Independent Software Engineer and Interaction Designer
#iosdev, #swiftlang, #swiftui

[Ralf Ebert @RalfEbert]

I've been working on version 7 of the geotrainer app the last months.

The flag quiz got a big update with two new quiz modes, and there is much more to discover!

App Store: https://t.co/6VMBr4EeYp
Tour: https://t.co/vDnwnbTgHH

#iOSApps #iOS18

[Tomas Camin @tomascamin]

First few minutes with Xcode 14 and I have tears of joy for how fast the debugger is. The app starts in a breeze, breakpoint hit and you can start printing variables as if we were in 2022. Amazing.

[Cal Stephens @calstephens98]

🎉

[Ralf Ebert @RalfEbert]

🔥 Looking forward to the collaboration API, scribbling in Freeform, using the iPhone as a webcam.

[Ralf Ebert @RalfEbert]

Here's a quick tour through the geotrainer app and what's new in version 2.1.

https://t.co/praj591r05

[Ralf Ebert @RalfEbert]

🎉 geotrainer 2.1 is available in the App Store!

→ https://t.co/NEf60D2dKq

[Ralf Ebert @RalfEbert]

@EvanSpielberg Configuring the input device via system preferences » sound to the built-in microphone (and not the bluetooth device) might help here.

[Ralf Ebert @RalfEbert]

WWDC'22 wishlist:

* Code completion always working
* Debugger working without long delays
* No more "compiler is unable to type-check this expression in reasonable time"
* No more "Making Apple Watch ready"
* No new features that could break any of those.

Please. Pleeeaaase.

[Ralf Ebert @RalfEbert]

@Jeehut I meant something different - this error often appears for somewhat complex SwiftUI views if you make trivial errors that the compiler usually can point out easily.

[Ralf Ebert @RalfEbert]

Also asked here: https://t.co/Ohwy9jU5Fi

[Ralf Ebert @RalfEbert]

In case you ever wondered, both CurrentValueSubject and a ObservableObject property Publisher immediately send a notification with the current value when a new subscriber is added.

Now, tricky question: Is there a way to require this behaviour with a protocol?

[Ralf Ebert @RalfEbert]

@KSlazinski I stumbled upon it when browsing the app store. I think there are monitoring services for this kind of thing, but I am not using one of them...

[Ralf Ebert @RalfEbert]

🎉 My geography quiz https://t.co/dfK9aUROUM got mentioned on the German app store. This is a good motivational boost for the upcoming release I'm currently working on.

[Ralf Ebert @RalfEbert]

What format do you like best for getting training materials after a developer training course?

[Peter Steinberger 🦞 @steipete]

Setting a random background color is a great way to detect an accidental SwiftUI loop. The tricky part is understanding what triggers the loop tho.

[Antoine v.d. SwiftLee  @twannl]

With a simple extension you can make it really easy to add #SwiftUI views as a subview to your UIView. @WeTransfer we always consider writing new features in SwiftUI to speed up our transition.

https://t.co/TvGdDGBb2j

#swiftlang #iosdev

[Ralf Ebert @RalfEbert]

@ricobeck Also, FB9966021 and https://t.co/7yWLpJvmak

[Ralf Ebert @RalfEbert]

Has anyone seen TestFlight demand to accept new "Apple Media Services Terms" when testing to buy an in-app-purchase which then always results in an error "no connection"?

This one is really spoiling the mood here right now.

https://t.co/IoesYgVlrM

[Ralf Ebert @RalfEbert]

@ricobeck Thanks; this didn't work for me...

4 other developers confirmed having the same issue for weeks now.

I submitted a TSI on this.

[Ralf Ebert @RalfEbert]

I hope we get something like AsyncView in the next version of SwiftUI. Like AsyncImage but for data.

Would be so cool to be able to load data and have a default mechanism for progress indication and error handling.

For now, here is package for that:

https://t.co/fgMhQseyVu