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Feb 17

SF Symbols Changes in iOS 16.4

Introduction When examining the iOS 16.4 simulator in Xcode 14.3 beta 1, I noticed that there had been a few small changes to SF Symbols. There are now twelve different sets of symbols to consider: SF Symbols v1.0 available in iOS 13.0, watchOS 6.0 and macOS 11.0 SF Symbols v1.1 available…

Sf Symbols

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SF Symbols Changes in iOS 16.4
SF Symbols Changes in iOS 16.4
Sf Symbols

7 min read


Sep 29, 2022

SF Symbols Changes in iOS 16.1

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 …

Sf Symbols

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SF Symbols Changes in iOS 16.1
SF Symbols Changes in iOS 16.1
Sf Symbols

10 min read


Sep 22, 2022

External Display Support versus Stage Manager on iPadOS 16

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…

IPad

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External Display Support versus Stage Manager on iPadOS 16
External Display Support versus Stage Manager on iPadOS 16
IPad

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Sep 12, 2022

How iOS Apps Adapt to the various iPhone 14 Screen Sizes

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…

IPhone

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How iOS Apps Adapt to the various iPhone 14 Screen Sizes
How iOS Apps Adapt to the various iPhone 14 Screen Sizes
IPhone

8 min read


Aug 14, 2022

View Controller Presentation Changes in iOS and iPadOS 16

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…

IPad

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View Controller Presentation Changes in iOS and iPadOS 16
View Controller Presentation Changes in iOS and iPadOS 16
IPad

25 min read


Jun 27, 2022

SF Symbol Changes in iOS 16.0

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…

Sf Symbols

14 min read

SF Symbol Changes in iOS 16.0
SF Symbol Changes in iOS 16.0
Sf Symbols

14 min read


Jan 29, 2022

SF Symbol Changes in iOS 15.4

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…

Sf Symbols

6 min read

SF Symbol Changes in iOS 15.4
SF Symbol Changes in iOS 15.4
Sf Symbols

6 min read


Dec 29, 2021

Xcode Build Times with Custom SF Symbols

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…

Sf Symbols

11 min read

Xcode Build Times with Custom SF Symbols
Xcode Build Times with Custom SF Symbols
Sf Symbols

11 min read


Nov 17, 2021

SF Symbol Changes in iOS 15.2

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…

Sf Symbols

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SF Symbol Changes in iOS 15.2
SF Symbol Changes in iOS 15.2
Sf Symbols

5 min read


Oct 28, 2021

SF Symbol Changes in iOS 15.1

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…

Sf Symbols

7 min read

SF Symbol Changes in iOS 15.1
SF Symbol Changes in iOS 15.1
Sf Symbols

7 min read

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Geoff Hackworth

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