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Here's a summary of what's new from the recent WWDC sessions:
SwiftUI
- SwiftUI has introduced a range of new features to enhance app development, including a more flexible sidebar in iOS 18, new tab views, mesh gradients, and snappy controls. There are also improvements to foundational building blocks and new tools for crafting immersive experiences. Notably, you can now create custom container views and iterate over subviews with new APIs.
UIKit
- UIKit has seen enhancements in iOS 18, including a redesigned document launch experience, major updates to tabs and sidebars, and support for new fluid transitions. There are also more integrations between UIKit and SwiftUI, along with various API additions.
AppKit
- AppKit improvements in macOS Sequoia include new system-wide features like advanced writing tools, better SwiftUI integration, and API refinements. These updates aim to enhance the user experience and provide more sophisticated writing assistance.
StoreKit and In-App Purchase
- StoreKit has introduced new features and enhancements, including updates to transaction history APIs and improvements in testing experiences with Xcode. These changes aim to streamline the in-app purchase process and improve app monetization strategies.
Xcode 16
- Xcode 16 brings new features for editing Swift code, including improved code completion with an on-device coding model. Swift 6 introduces a new language mode with concurrency safety guarantees, turning data races into compile-time issues. There are also updates in builds, debugging, and testing.
App Store Connect
- New features in App Store Connect include ways to help apps get discovered, enhancements in TestFlight, and new tools to reach customers. Featuring nominations allow developers to connect with editorial opportunities on the App Store.
watchOS 11
- watchOS 11 introduces new options for widgets, enhancements in HealthKit and WorkoutKit, and new navigation and action capabilities with double tap gestures.
These updates reflect Apple's ongoing efforts to enhance developer tools and frameworks, making it easier to create innovative and high-quality apps across all Apple platforms.
What’s new in App Store Connect
Explore new features for discovery, testing, and marketing. Find out how to nominate your apps for featuring on the App Store, share exciting moments (like a version launch) with marketing assets generated for you, deep link to specific content in your app from custom product pages, use the latest enhancements to TestFlight, and more.
What’s new in watchOS 11
Explore new opportunities on Apple Watch, including bringing Double Tap support to your watchOS app, making your Smart Stack widgets even more relevant and interactive, and displaying your iOS Live Activities in the Smart Stack.
What’s new in UIKit
Explore everything new in UIKit, including tab and document launch experiences, transitions, and text and input changes. We’ll also discuss better-than-ever interoperability between UIKit and SwiftUI animations and gestures, as well as general improvements throughout UIKit.
What’s new in SwiftUI
Learn how you can use SwiftUI to build great apps for any Apple platform. Explore a fresh new look and feel for tabs and documents on iPadOS. Improve your window management with new windowing APIs, and gain more control over immersive spaces and volumes in your visionOS apps. We’ll also take you through other exciting refinements that help you make expressive charts, customize and layout text, and so much more.
What’s new in AppKit
Discover the latest advances in Mac app development. Get an overview of the new features in macOS Sequoia, and how to adopt them in your app. Explore new ways to integrate your existing code with SwiftUI. Learn about the improvements made to numerous AppKit controls, like toolbars, menus, text input, and more.
What’s new in StoreKit and In-App Purchase
Learn how to build and deliver even better purchase experiences using the App Store In-App Purchase system. We’ll demo new StoreKit views control styles and new APIs to improve your subscription customization, discuss new fields for transaction-level information, and explore new testability in Xcode. We’ll also review an important StoreKit deprecation.
What’s new in Xcode 16
Discover the latest productivity and performance improvements in Xcode 16. Learn about enhancements to code completion, diagnostics, and Xcode Previews. Find out more about updates in builds and explore improvements in debugging and Instruments.