Introduction When examining the iOS 16.1 simulator in Xcode 14.1 beta 3, I noticed that there had been changes to SF Symbols. A lot of changes! 311 symbols have been added and 22 symbols have been renamed. iOS 16.1 …

Introduction Apple have provided support for connecting external displays to iOS devices for many years with their Lightning Digital AV Adapter and, for modern iPads with a USB-C connector, USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter. A full-screen non-interactive view controller can be displayed on an external display whenever the app is running…

Over the last few years I have written several articles showing how iOS apps built with different versions of Xcode would appear when run on iOS devices that didn’t exist when the apps were built. As a general rule, apps must build with the latest version of Xcode to opt…

Introduction At the time of writing (14th August 2022), iOS and iPadOS 16.0 are still in beta with the most recent release being beta 5. Beta 6 was released on 15th August 2022. Other than introducing new device sizes, there have been relatively few changes in view controller presentations since the…

Introduction In WWDC 2022: What’s New in SF Symbols 4, Apple announced the latest updates to SF Symbols. There are now over 4000 symbols, the default render mode will use hierarchical for some symbols, and a new Variable Color feature progressively colors parts of some symbols to highlight changing state. There…

Introduction When examining the iOS 15.4 simulator in the Xcode 13.3 betas, I noticed that there had been a few changes to SF Symbols. Firstly, seven new symbols have been added (unfortunately, the Face ID logo with a mask is not one of them). More interestingly, Apple have retroactively changed the…

Introduction In WWDC 2019: 206, Introducing SF Symbols Apple announced a great new resource for iOS developers: SF Symbols introduces a comprehensive library of vector-based symbols that you can incorporate into your app to simplify the layout of user interface elements through automatic alignment with surrounding text, and support for multiple…

Introduction When examining the iOS 15.2 simulator in Xcode 13.2 beta 2, I noticed that there had been a few changes to SF Symbols. [EDIT: Xcode 13.2 Release Candidate has now been released and there have been no additional changes since beta 2.] There are now seven different sets of symbols…

Introduction When examining the iOS 15.2 simulators in Xcode 13.2 beta 1, I noticed that there had been a few changes to SF Symbols since iOS 15.0. After testing on real devices I discovered that these had been added in iOS 15.1. There was no Xcode release that included an iOS…