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Natalia Panferova @natpanferova.bsky.social · Feb 18

I released a new book 🎉

SwiftUI Fundamentals combines my knowledge and experience from using SwiftUI since its release and working on its source code at Apple to give you a solid understanding of the most important aspects of the framework: books.nilcoalescing.com/swiftui-fund...

#SwiftUI #iOSDev

SwiftUI Fundamentals

The essential guide to SwiftUI core concepts and APIs

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Natalia Panferova @natpanferova.bsky.social · 19m

Exciting to see @brevecoffeeapp.bsky.social included in the latest issue of Those Who Swift newsletter 🤩

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Nil Coalescing @nilcoalescing.com · 2d

Explore different ways to work with the SwiftUI environment, including reading and setting values, creating custom environment keys, and using it to pass down actions and observable classes: nilcoalescing.com/blog/SwiftUI...
#SwiftUI #iOSDev #SwiftLang

SwiftUI Environment

Explore different ways to work with SwiftUI environment, including reading and setting values, creating custom environment keys, and using the environment to pass down actions and observable classes.

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Natalia Panferova @natpanferova.bsky.social · 3d

When testing Dynamic Type support in @brevecoffeeapp.bsky.social I noticed that text would get truncated at larger text sizes for no real reason. I had to apply fixedSize(horizontal:vertical:) as a workaround to force the text to wrap instead: nilcoalescing.com/blog/Avoidin...
#SwiftUI #iOSDev

Avoiding text truncation in SwiftUI with Dynamic Type

Prevent unnecessary text truncation at larger text sizes with the fixedSize(horizontal:vertical:) modifier, forcing the text to expand vertically as needed.

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Nil Coalescing @nilcoalescing.com · 3d

Format interpolated values like arrays of strings, measurements, and dates directly inside SwiftUI Text views using FormatStyle, and display dynamic dates using Text.DateStyle: nilcoalescing.com/blog/Formatt...
#SwiftUI #iOSDev #SwiftLang

Formatting data inside SwiftUI Text views

Format interpolated values like arrays of strings, measurements, and dates directly inside SwiftUI Text views using FormatStyle, and display dynamic dates using Text.DateStyle.

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Nil Coalescing @nilcoalescing.com · 4d

Discover how to use a shared Core Spotlight search index to make content discoverable in system Spotlight and support internal search within your iOS app: nilcoalescing.com/blog/CoreSpo...
#iOSDev #SwiftLang

Core Spotlight integration for Spotlight and internal app search

Use a shared Core Spotlight search index to make content discoverable in system Spotlight and support internal search within the app.

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Natalia Panferova @natpanferova.bsky.social · 5d

I wrote a blog post taking a closer look at my new app @brevecoffeeapp.bsky.social from a technical perspective, sharing what I learned while building it for iOS 26 with Liquid Glass design, new SwiftUI APIs, and system integrations: nilcoalescing.com/blog/Introdu...
#iOSDev #SwiftUI #IndieDev

Introducing Breve: an arty coffee app built for iOS 26

Take a closer look at my new app Breve, exploring the technical insights around Liquid Glass design, iOS 26 SwiftUI APIs, and system integrations.

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Nil Coalescing @nilcoalescing.com · 5d

Swift 6.2 is here with iOS 26 and Xcode 26, and while most of the focus is on concurrency, there are other noteworthy changes and improvements too. Get up to speed with the non-concurrency updates in Swift 6.2: youtu.be/0hI_4OWN31o
#SwiftLang

What’s New in Swift 6.2 (Beyond Concurrency Updates)

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Natalia Panferova @natpanferova.bsky.social · 7d

The September issue of the Nil Coalescing newsletter is now out! I've shared some technical insights from building my new app @brevecoffeeapp.bsky.social for iOS 26, and it also includes a picture of a cat 😁

Find it in your inbox or read online: nilcoalescing.com/newsletter/2...

#iOSDev #SwiftUI

Nil Coalescing - Nil Coalescing Newsletter - September 2025

September was a really eventful month with iPhone 17 launch, iOS 26 release, and many great events running in the iOS developer community. The newsletter got slightly delayed this time, I was focusing...

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Natalia Panferova @natpanferova.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you 🙌 Happy that you are enjoying it!

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Nil Coalescing @nilcoalescing.com · 7d

Learn how to leverage the new glass appearance for partial sheets in iOS 26, and set up morphing transitions for sheets presented from toolbar buttons using SwiftUI APIs: nilcoalescing.com/blog/Present...
#iOSDev #SwiftUI

Presenting Liquid Glass sheets in SwiftUI on iOS 26

Learn how to leverage the new glass appearance for partial sheets in iOS 26, and set up morphing transitions for sheets presented from toolbar buttons using SwiftUI APIs.

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Breve @brevecoffeeapp.bsky.social · 9d

Breve has a new home on the web! Take a peek: breve.coffee
#Coffee #CoffeeTime #iOSDev #AppLaunch

Breve

Breve is a beautifully designed iPhone and iPad app that brings the café experience to your kitchen with easy to follow coffee recipes and guides.

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Natalia Panferova @natpanferova.bsky.social · 8d

Started working on the September newsletter. It will be a bit late this time, got delayed by @brevecoffeeapp.bsky.social launch and #shipaton2025 submission 😅 You can still sign up here to get it in your inbox: nilcoalescing.com/newsletter

Nil Coalescing - Newsletter

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Natalia Panferova @natpanferova.bsky.social · 9d

Submitted @brevecoffeeapp.bsky.social to #shipaton! And made a demo video: youtu.be/MTmp_qpXYTs

Breve iOS App Launch Demo | Coffee Recipes, Brewing, and More

YouTube video by Nil Coalescing

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Natalia Panferova @natpanferova.bsky.social · 10d

Made a landing page for @brevecoffeeapp.bsky.social: breve.coffee

#IndieDev #iOSDev #Coffee

Breve

Breve is a beautifully designed iPhone and iPad app that brings the café experience to your kitchen with easy to follow coffee recipes and guides.

breve.coffee

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Nil Coalescing @nilcoalescing.com · 11d

Make your views and controls fit perfectly within their containers using new SwiftUI APIs in iOS 26 such as the ConcentricRectangle shape and the containerShape() view modifier: nilcoalescing.com/blog/Concent...
#SwiftUI #iOSDev

Corner concentricity in SwiftUI on iOS 26

Make your views and controls fit perfectly within their containers using new SwiftUI APIs in iOS 26 such as the ConcentricRectangle shape and the containerShape() view modifier.

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gallaugher @gallaugher.bsky.social · 11d

SwiftUI Students: @natpanferova.bsky.social is a recommended follow. Her insights are great & she writes a wonderful book on Swift. 👇👇🏿👇🏽👇🏻

Natalia Panferova @natpanferova.bsky.social · 11d

Here’s my custom stretchy() SwiftUI modifier built with visualEffect(), powering the stretchy header in @brevecoffeeapp.bsky.social ☕️

I shared the code for it earlier in my blog post: nilcoalescing.com/blog/Stretch...

#iOSDev #SwiftUI

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Natalia Panferova @natpanferova.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you for your support!

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Breve @brevecoffeeapp.bsky.social · 13d

Breve is now available on the App Store!

Make cappuccinos, lattes, mochas, iced drinks, and more with easy recipes that adapt to your equipment.

Choose from professional or casual espresso brewing and milk frothing methods to make every cup your own.

apps.apple.com/app/id674730...

#Coffee

Screenshots of Breve showing an iPad with a recipe library of classic coffee drinks and an iPhone with a cortado recipe on screen

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Natalia Panferova @natpanferova.bsky.social · 12d

Haha thank you 😃 glad you like it!

Natalia Panferova @natpanferova.bsky.social · 13d

Thank you 🙌

Natalia Panferova @natpanferova.bsky.social · 13d

Thank you so much 🥳

Natalia Panferova @natpanferova.bsky.social · 13d

Very excited to share that my new app @brevecoffeeapp.bsky.social is now available on the App Store!

Built for iOS 26 with Liquid Glass design, Breve offers handcrafted recipes and guides for making coffee drinks at home that adapt to your equipment.

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Promotional banner for Breve featuring the app icon, tagline "Make café-style drinks at home" and two iPhones showing recipes for cortado and macchiato on watercolor backgrounds

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Tim Condon @0xtim.bsky.social · 14d

Wrote a thing. Can you believe it's been nearly a decade!

Swift Language @swift.org · 15d

Ahead of next week's ServerSide.swift conference in London, organizer and Swift server workgroup member @0xtim.bsky.social looks back at the growth of Swift as a platform for building server apps: www.swift.org/blog/swift-o...

The Growth of the Swift Server Ecosystem

Nearly ten years ago, Swift was open sourced and an official runtime for Linux was released. I’ve been involved with Swift on the server since almost the very beginning, originally picking it up as a ...

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Nil Coalescing @nilcoalescing.com · 20d

Step through the essential setup for AlarmKit timers in iOS 26, from requesting authorization and scheduling a countdown to presenting the Live Activity and an in-app list of active timers: nilcoalescing.com/blog/Countdo...
#iOSDev

Schedule a countdown timer with AlarmKit

Step through the essential setup for AlarmKit timers in iOS 26, from requesting authorization and scheduling a countdown to presenting the Live Activity and an in-app list of active timers.

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