Apple has updated its Human Interface Guidelines for HealthKit with new resources like a Works With Apple Health badge.
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Apple Extends App Store Deadlines Like Sign In with Apple
Apple published an announcement for developers saying deadlines for certain App Store requirements have been extended to June 30, 2020.
Universal App Purchases Roll Out For Apple’s Platforms Today
Apple is giving developers the option to distribute their apps as universal purchases starting today, so users only have to buy an app once.
Musician and Programmer John Nastos - TMO BGM Interview
John Nastos is a multi-instrumentalist, music composer and improvisor, saxophonist, an iOS app developer, book author and is currently on faculty at Portland State University as a Jazz Saxophone Instructor.
John is one of those special people who is an accomplished jazz musician, iOS developer and author. He tells a fascinating story about how he got started as a jazz musician and the people who mentored him. Along the way, he also fondly adopted the Mac, and that stood him well when it came time to develop some very popular, technical music apps that had never existed before. As an instructor, John teaches his students the principles behind music improvisation. His first book, The Mechanism lays out those core concepts. John is a gifted speaker and educator, so don’t miss this show.
Blocs 3 Website Builder for Mac: $39.99
We have a deal on Blocs 3 Website Builder for Mac a fast, easy-to-use, and powerful visual web design software that lets you create responsive websites without writing code. This app works on the concept of stacking pre-defined sections to build fully-coded web pages. The promo video shows Blocs in action. Blocs 3 is $39.99 through our deal.
Apple Updates App Store Review Guidelines to Cover Spam, Crime, and More
Apple updated its App Store review guidelines with some new rules to restrict certain types of app behavior.
Kelly and Brent Simmons – TMO Daily Observations 2020-02-26
Kelly sits down (on a sunny day) to chat with Brent Simmons about the history of NetNewsWire, his approach to the design of the app, and why he *really* writes software.
This Startup Wants to Build a “GitHub for Data”
A startup called Gretel wants to build a “GitHub for data” so developers can safely access sensitive data.
Often, developers don’t need full access to a bank of user data — they just need a portion or a sample to work with. In many cases, developers could suffice with data that looks like real user data.
This so-called “synthetic data” is essentially artificial data that looks and works just like regular sensitive user data. Gretel uses machine learning to categorize the data — like names, addresses and other customer identifiers — and classify as many labels to the data as possible. Once that data is labeled, it can be applied access policies. Then, the platform applies differential privacy — a technique used to anonymize vast amounts of data — so that it’s no longer tied to customer information.
Darkroom Photo Editor Latest to Go Subscription
Darkroom is the latest app to move to a subscription model. It affects new users only, and current users won’t lose their premium features they paid for.
For new users, Darkroom will cost $3.99 per month or $19.99 per year. And there is still a one-time purchase option at $49.99. Darkroom hopes that a switch to a subscription business model will increase its revenue and thus expand development of the app.
Subscriptions are annoying, but I don’t blame developers so much as Apple. This is exactly what they wanted because it means more money for them. I don’t Apple will ever add upgrade pricing to the App Store. That doesn’t benefit them. Subscriptions are part of Apple’s new Services business, whether the apps are Apple’s own or not.
iOS 13 and Swift 5 Programming eBook: $9
We have a deal on the iOS 13 & Swift 5 Programming eBook, which is designed to be the ultimate beginner programming guide. Covering Swift programming basics, object-oriented programming, model view controller, iOS 13 development, and other frameworks, this book will have you build multiple apps on your own and publish it to the Apple App Store. It’s $9 through our deal.
Stay Up-to-Date with Apple's Newest Developments with 4 Courses on SwiftUI, Swift5 & iOS 13: $19
We have a deal on the Complete iOS 13 and SwiftUI Developer Bundle, a package of tutorials and training material for developers. It includes the Complete iOS 13 Developer Course & SwiftUI, SwiftUI: Build Beautiful, Robust Apps, Swift 5 Programming for Beginners, and SwiftUI: Build Amazing Apps, Fast & Easy, with hundreds of lectures and 49 hours of content. This bundle is just $19 through our deal.
Restrictions for Kids Apps, HTML5 Apps Go Into Effect March 3
Apple is reminding developers that new restrictions for kids apps and HTML5 apps go into effect on March 3, 2020.
Apple Releases Xcode 11.3.1 With Improvements, Bug Fixes
Apple has released Xcode 11.3.1 for developers with improvements and bug fixes but also with a known issue involving file imports.
Apple Brings Reality Converter AR App to macOS
Apple is releasing a beta version of an app called Reality Converter. It helps developers work with USDZ files, an AR file format.
Mac Apps Have to be Notarized by February 2020
Apple says that Mac apps distributed outside of the Mac App Store have to be notarized by February 3, 2020, an attempt to increase security.
Apple Made its HomeKit Accessory Development Kit Open Source
Apple recently released an open source version of its HomeKit Accessory Development Kit. That means anyone can make HomeKit accessories.
iOS Developers Get Detailed Subscription Notifications
iOS developers get detailed subscription notifications that would let them send customers notifications with billing issues.
SF Symbols 1.1 Update Brings Even More Symbols
Apple has released an SF Symbols 1.1 update today, giving developers over 1,500 symbols to use in their apps.
After iOS 13 Disaster Apple Plans to Change its Testing for iOS 14
Software chief Craig Federighi plans to change the company’s development process for iOS 14 due to the disaster that is iOS 13.
Apple Rebrands WWDC App to ‘Apple Developer App’
Apple has taken the old WWDC app and turned it into the Apple Developer app. It will still have the same developer news, videos, and more.
We're Still Waiting for Sign In with Apple to Take Off
Sign In with Apple is a private, convenient way for Apple customers to create accounts with apps and websites. But so far only a smaller number of developers have implemented it. Apple says that if apps include other single sign-on options like Facebook and Google, they have to include Sign In with Apple. April 2020 is the deadline and it can’t come soon enough.
While other companies such as Facebook and Google already offer their own sign in buttons, those options allow app makers to access more of users’ personal information…By comparison, Sign in with Apple only shares your name and an email address with the app maker, and using your real email address is optional.
Apple Releases iOS 13.3 Developer Beta 1
Today Apple has released iOS 13.3 developer beta 1, as well as betas of iPadOS 13.3, watchOS 6.1.1, and tvOS 13.3.
New iOS Security Suite Helps Developers Protect Apps
The iOS Security Suite is a brand new platform for developers. It helps them detect if their apps are running on a secure iOS device. What ISS detects:
Jailbreak (even the iOS 11+ with brand new indicators!)
Attached debugger
If an app was run in emulator
Common reverse engineering tools running on the device
Apple Schedules 8 Hour Downtime for App Store Connect on October 20th
The company said the service would be down from 6:00 AM PDT on October 20th, for “up to 8 hours.”