How to Preview Live Activities in SwiftUI
Use the #Preview macro to preview your Live Activity views directly in Xcode without running the full app.
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Use the #Preview macro to preview your Live Activity views directly in Xcode without running the full app.
Claude Code can commit changes automatically while it works. Here's how to set that up using hooks, CLAUDE.md instructions, and the right permission configuration.
When SwiftUI previews break, the error messages aren't always helpful. Here's how to debug them, clear caches, and get back to a working state.
Objective-C's nullability annotations tell the compiler which pointers can be nil. They catch bugs at compile time and make your code bridge to Swift cleanly.
Vercel's Skills library lets you add reusable instruction sets to AI coding agents. Here's how to use it to make agents more effective for React Native development.
Learn different ways to set background colors on SwiftUI views, from simple color fills to gradients and materials.
React Navigation v8 is in alpha and I'm genuinely excited. Native bottom tabs, smarter TypeScript inference, and a long-awaited fix for deep linking behind auth screens. This one's going to be good.
Learn what the "some" keyword means in Swift, how opaque return types work, and why SwiftUI uses "some View" everywhere.
React Native projects require running lots of shell commands. Here's how to configure Claude Code's permission system so you're not constantly approving the same operations.
Xcode 26.3 ships with a built-in MCP server that exposes project structure, build actions, and test results to external AI tools. Here's how to set it up.
Objective-C's lightweight generics let you specify element types for collections like NSArray<NSString *>. They catch type mismatches at compile time and improve Swift bridging.
A practical guide to choosing between SwiftUI and UIKit in 2026, based on your project requirements, team experience, and the current state of both frameworks.
Swift offers actors, GCD, and locks for thread safety. Each solves the same problem differently. Here's how to choose.
Actors provide compile-time safety for shared mutable state in Swift. Here's when to use them and how they compare to older approaches.
Grand Central Dispatch remains a practical choice for thread safety in Swift, especially when you need synchronous access or are working with legacy code.
Locks offer the lowest overhead for thread synchronization in Swift. Here's when that matters and how to use them safely.
NavigationStack replaced NavigationView in iOS 16 with a more powerful programmatic navigation model. Here's what changed and how to migrate.
A practical introduction to async/await in Swift, covering the fundamentals you need to write concurrent code that's both safe and readable.
Both async/await and Grand Central Dispatch solve concurrency problems, but they approach them differently. Here's how to choose between them.
Google Play now requires 16KB page size support for Android apps. Here's how to fix alignment errors in your React Native project before your next release gets rejected.
A refactoring mishap with arithmetic expressions led me down the rabbit hole of operator precedence differences between Swift and Objective-C. Here's what to watch for.
Avoid cryptic build failures by setting up nvm to automatically use the right Node version when you cd into a project.
Stop cluttering your Desktop with screenshots. Here's how to save them somewhere else using Terminal or the Screenshot app.
Learn how to access photos from the camera roll in SwiftUI, including required permissions, Info.plist configuration, and using PhotosPicker for iOS 16+ or UIImagePickerController for earlier versions.
Learn how to detect when users take screenshots in your SwiftUI app by observing UIApplication notifications.
Stop macOS from littering .DS_Store files on network shares and USB drives with a simple Terminal command. Keep your external storage clean and your repositories tidy.
Learn how to detect when a user successfully shares content using a share sheet in SwiftUI by wrapping UIActivityViewController.
Learn how to prevent users from dismissing modal sheets by swiping down in SwiftUI using interactiveDismissDisabled.
Make your glass elements respond to touch with scaling, shimmer effects, and touch-point illumination using the interactive() modifier and glass button styles.
The cornerRadius modifier is deprecated in iOS 17. Here's how to use clipShape, RoundedRectangle, and the new ConcentricRectangle to round corners the modern way.