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Lickability @lickability.com · 15h

And finally, a Three.js reverse engineer of Apple’s thermal logo effect: x.com/samhenrigold...

Love from all of us! 🫶

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Lickability @lickability.com · 15h

Bluesky × Twitter API v1:
bsky.app/profile/samh...

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Lickability @lickability.com · 15h

Here’s a few fun things he’s built, or projects he’s shared, that really highlight his creativity and attention to detail when designing and developing. ⤵️

MacBook hinge sensor API experiments:
bsky.app/profile/samh...

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Lickability @lickability.com · 15h

We wanted to shout out our friend and Lickability alum, @samhenri.gold, and spotlight a couple things he’s written, been working on, or brought to our attention lately!

First: an in-depth look at how he finds and crushes bugs in iOS apps he’s developed.

samhenri.gold/blog/2025092...

How I QA iOS Apps · Sam Henri Gold

Sam Henri Gold is a product design engineer building playful, useful software.

samhenri.gold

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Lickability @lickability.com · 1d

Proud to share a recent 5-star review from a satisfied client!
clutch.co/profile/lick...

If you’re interested in our team working with you, don’t hesitate to reach out. 😉
lickability.com/contact/

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Lickability @lickability.com · 3d

Learn more about RevenueCat or download the update here: apple.co/4guqAfm

‎RevenueCat Mobile

‎Stay on top of your subscription business, wherever you are. The official RevenueCat companion app lets you easily track in-app purchases, monitor key metrics, and test your paywalls. And with handy…

apple.co

Lickability @lickability.com · 3d

Tables, tables, tables! (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

@revenuecat.com 1.7 re-introduces the Prediction and Cohort Explorer charts that were missing from the mobile version.

This required us to build tables, so… all charts have table versions now too!
┬─┬ノ( º _ ºノ)

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Lickability @lickability.com · 7d

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Wow, we got shout-outs from @iosdevweekly.com and @fatbobman.com about this article! Thanks to you both 😌

iosdevweekly.com/issues/728/
fatbobman.com/en/weekly/is...

Lickability (@lickability.com)

During our summer retreat, one of our engineers sought to streamline opening pull requests and writing good descriptions for them. His solution? Equal parts Markdown and the Shortcuts app! Read all…

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Lickability @lickability.com · 8d

Oura Ring / Whoop: With the introduction of Apple Watch Series 11, Apple’s Sleep Score feature means relying on one less wearable to track the data you want.

Have any other examples you’ve noticed? We’d love to hear about them!

Whoop and Oura Ring sleep tracker vs Apple Watch sleep tracker.

Lickability @lickability.com · 8d

Raycast: While lacking some of the depth, Spotlight’s new features allow for a similar workflow to what Raycast provides.

Bartender: New Control Center features have rendered apps like Bartender less essential for those seeking menu bar customization.

MacOS Tahoe's Spotlight vs Raycast search. MacOS Tahoe's Control Center customization vs Bartender.

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Lickability @lickability.com · 8d

Flighty: Apple refreshed boarding passes for Wallet with Live Activity functionality, but Flighty’s robustness gives you the power to track real-time data and delays.

Partiful: Apple’s Invites app bears a striking resemblance to a propriety, iOS-only version of Partiful.

Apple boarding pass integration vs Flighty screenshots. Apple Invites vs Partiful screenshots.

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Lickability @lickability.com · 8d

Sherlocking: a term first described after Mac OS X 10.2’s “Sherlock” folded in features and functionality from the popular 3rd-party app “Watson.”

It’s become commonplace with subsequent OS releases, and we noticed a few lesser examples in iOS, MacOS, and watchOS 26.

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Lickability @lickability.com · 9d

Don’t forget: if you want to participate during our upcoming “Software Sommelier,” you need to RSVP! 🙇

Learn more about the event and sign up here: luma.com/i9koyhb3 ☕

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Lickability @lickability.com · 13d

During our summer retreat, one of our engineers sought to streamline opening pull requests and writing good descriptions for them.

His solution? Equal parts Markdown and the Shortcuts app!

Read all about it here, and learn how to use them for yourself: lickability.com/blog/github-...

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Lickability @lickability.com · 15d

Last week, we rolled out our iOS 26 refresh for @revenuecat.com that takes advantage of Apple’s Liquid Glass 😋

Learn more about RevenueCat, and download the update here: apps.apple.com/us/app/reven...

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Lickability @lickability.com · 16d

Our good friends at @revenuecat.com are hosting “New York App Week” October 13-16!

Join us Weds, 10/15 for “Software Sommelier,” where we’re providing feedback on your projects in a cozy and casual setting ☕

RSVP: luma.com/i9koyhb3

Learn more: www.appweek.events/schedule

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Lickability @lickability.com · 21d

Our engineer Ashli is back with another 🚨 #iOS26 Bug Report 🚨:

If a preferred button in an alert starts in a disabled state and is subsequently enabled, the button’s background will remain greyed out. This occurs in both SwiftUI and UIKit.

Filed: FB20286751

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Lickability @lickability.com · 22d

Photo credits:

Glass - apps.apple.com/us/app/glass...
Flighty - apps.apple.com/us/app/fligh...
Roam Virtual Office - apps.apple.com/us/app/roam-...

‎Glass — Photography Community

‎Fall in Love with Photography Again Welcome to Glass — A vibrant, ad-free community built for photographers, by photographers. Glass gives you a pure, focused platform to share, discover, and…

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Lickability @lickability.com · 22d

People still seem divided on iOS 26 overall, but we’ve noticed most are impressed with the creative and elegant things developers have been doing in-app with this new toolkit!

We’d love to hear from you: What are your favorite app redesigns, Liquid Glass implementations, etc.? ⬇️

Glass Photo iOS 26 redesign. Credit: glass.photo

Flighty iOS 26 redesign. Credit: flighty.com

Roam Virtual Office iOS 26 Liquid Glass redesign and render. Credit: ro.am

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Lickability @lickability.com · 24d

😓 Is this you every year on iOS release day?
🏇 Keeping up with Apple updates doesn’t have to be a wild ride.
🥇 Let us rein things in and help you cross the finish line on time!

🎫 Your winning ticket:
lickability.com

Screenshot of an iOS 26 Update notice from the game Umamusume: Pretty Derby.

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Lickability @lickability.com · 29d

However, she also noticed a concerning caveat when compiling and running an app with this modifier on Xcode 26: if a device is still running iOS 18, that app will crash.

…but because she’s awesome, Apple is now aware. 😜 Thanks Ashli!

Filed: FB20196754

Lickability @lickability.com · 29d

One of our engineers came across a very useful and little-known modifier to control navigation link indicator visibility, and she wanted to let others know about it:

.navigationLinkIndicatorVisibility(.hidden)

developer.apple.com/documentatio...

Illustrated example of the code in action.

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Lickability @lickability.com · Sep 9

Some really nice tips in here for sheets on iOS 26, especially on hiding the navigation container background. 👍

Natalia Panferova @natpanferova.bsky.social · Sep 9

If we want to take advantage of the new iOS 26 Liquid Glass appearance for sheets that include forms or push views onto a navigation stack in SwiftUI, we have do some extra setup. I've just published a post showing how this can be done: nilcoalescing.com/blog/LiquidG...
#iOSDev #SwiftUI

SwiftUI Liquid Glass sheets with NavigationStack and Form

Configure the NavigationStack and Form background in SwiftUI so partial height sheets keep the translucent Liquid Glass appearance on iOS 26.

nilcoalescing.com

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Lickability @lickability.com · Sep 9

It’s officially Release Candidate time 👀

iOS 26 / Xcode 26 RC (release candidate)

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Lickability @lickability.com · Sep 9

Truly lickable UI design 😝

Vidit Bhargava @viditb.bsky.social · Sep 8

UI that you’ll want to lick.

Been working on this redesign for LookUp for sometime now. Releasing soon.

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