Vincent Friedrich
@vincefried.bsky.social
👨🏼💻 Experienced developer on platforms.
🎵 Hobby musician.
🎙️ CocoaHeads Hamburg Co-Organizer.
☁️ I‘m trying to make software feel as soft as possible.
My posts reflect my own, personal view.
swift.vincentfriedrich.com
🎵 Hobby musician.
🎙️ CocoaHeads Hamburg Co-Organizer.
☁️ I‘m trying to make software feel as soft as possible.
My posts reflect my own, personal view.
swift.vincentfriedrich.com
CannotWait 2.2 is out!
📸 See a collection of photos of a past event, automatically fetched from you photo library
🔎 Search for event names or dates
Download now: cannotwait.neoxapps.de/
📸 See a collection of photos of a past event, automatically fetched from you photo library
🔎 Search for event names or dates
Download now: cannotwait.neoxapps.de/
November 13, 2025 at 7:15 AM
CannotWait 2.2 is out!
📸 See a collection of photos of a past event, automatically fetched from you photo library
🔎 Search for event names or dates
Download now: cannotwait.neoxapps.de/
📸 See a collection of photos of a past event, automatically fetched from you photo library
🔎 Search for event names or dates
Download now: cannotwait.neoxapps.de/
Look what I got for my birthday today 😍
October 26, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Look what I got for my birthday today 😍
I underestimated all edge cases involved in a photo viewer 😄
But I'm really having a blast playing around with some newer SwiftUI APIs for the new photo feature of my days counting app (navigation transition, scroll transition, matching scroll position of the detail view to the parent list)
But I'm really having a blast playing around with some newer SwiftUI APIs for the new photo feature of my days counting app (navigation transition, scroll transition, matching scroll position of the detail view to the parent list)
September 27, 2025 at 9:02 AM
I underestimated all edge cases involved in a photo viewer 😄
But I'm really having a blast playing around with some newer SwiftUI APIs for the new photo feature of my days counting app (navigation transition, scroll transition, matching scroll position of the detail view to the parent list)
But I'm really having a blast playing around with some newer SwiftUI APIs for the new photo feature of my days counting app (navigation transition, scroll transition, matching scroll position of the detail view to the parent list)
The zoom transition has been broken for me since iOS 26.
If you scroll during dismiss, it's sluggish and if you dismiss too soon, the view is completely removed plus somehow even that navigation items break?!
If you scroll during dismiss, it's sluggish and if you dismiss too soon, the view is completely removed plus somehow even that navigation items break?!
September 23, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The zoom transition has been broken for me since iOS 26.
If you scroll during dismiss, it's sluggish and if you dismiss too soon, the view is completely removed plus somehow even that navigation items break?!
If you scroll during dismiss, it's sluggish and if you dismiss too soon, the view is completely removed plus somehow even that navigation items break?!
Let's see if it goes through before monday 🤞
September 13, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Let's see if it goes through before monday 🤞
I had issues with liquid glass in a VStack. Shadow was always clipping. Then I found out it was because I also used matchedTransitionSource and it seems to interfere with its clip shape. I COULD NOT find a proper fix. In the end, this is the hack I came up with. This cannot be right 🫣
September 9, 2025 at 7:24 AM
I had issues with liquid glass in a VStack. Shadow was always clipping. Then I found out it was because I also used matchedTransitionSource and it seems to interfere with its clip shape. I COULD NOT find a proper fix. In the end, this is the hack I came up with. This cannot be right 🫣
So you're telling me I can configure three!! different layouts in iOS 26 for the tab bar in Safari, but all three collapse when you start scrolling without a way of turning that off? 🥲🥲
August 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
So you're telling me I can configure three!! different layouts in iOS 26 for the tab bar in Safari, but all three collapse when you start scrolling without a way of turning that off? 🥲🥲
The reachability feature has basically become unusable since Apple introduced double tap to Siri. Half of the time it doesn't work at all, half of the time I accidentally interact with the UI. Definitely not something that lets me access the top part of the screen with ease.
August 14, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The reachability feature has basically become unusable since Apple introduced double tap to Siri. Half of the time it doesn't work at all, half of the time I accidentally interact with the UI. Definitely not something that lets me access the top part of the screen with ease.
Well, I nearly lost hope they would actually make it, but Apple made a huge leap forward in iOS 26 b6! Much improved Liquid Glass readability, very nice animation enhancements and a lot better responsiveness overall!
August 11, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Well, I nearly lost hope they would actually make it, but Apple made a huge leap forward in iOS 26 b6! Much improved Liquid Glass readability, very nice animation enhancements and a lot better responsiveness overall!
iOS 26 b5. Can someone at Apple tell the designers they should for god's sake get a grip of theirselves and fix this mess?! 😤 This is like watching an accident happen.
(Btw I also love that the background says "AI apps we love". I can't do this anymore 🫠)
(Btw I also love that the background says "AI apps we love". I can't do this anymore 🫠)
August 6, 2025 at 9:45 PM
iOS 26 b5. Can someone at Apple tell the designers they should for god's sake get a grip of theirselves and fix this mess?! 😤 This is like watching an accident happen.
(Btw I also love that the background says "AI apps we love". I can't do this anymore 🫠)
(Btw I also love that the background says "AI apps we love". I can't do this anymore 🫠)
Supporting another device orientation just for a single screen in SwiftUI is disproportionately hard.
I tried all the view modifiers I could find on the web and none worked for me.
Interestingly, the most common one resulted in the same view being shown twice?! Didn't know this is even possible 💀
I tried all the view modifiers I could find on the web and none worked for me.
Interestingly, the most common one resulted in the same view being shown twice?! Didn't know this is even possible 💀
August 5, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Supporting another device orientation just for a single screen in SwiftUI is disproportionately hard.
I tried all the view modifiers I could find on the web and none worked for me.
Interestingly, the most common one resulted in the same view being shown twice?! Didn't know this is even possible 💀
I tried all the view modifiers I could find on the web and none worked for me.
Interestingly, the most common one resulted in the same view being shown twice?! Didn't know this is even possible 💀
I'm not a UX designer. But every elevated button I've implemented in the past years bounced back when pressing it. Now that Apple finally has elevated system buttons in iOS 26, I'm really wondering why they chose to make them bigger on tap instead.
July 15, 2025 at 6:03 AM
I'm not a UX designer. But every elevated button I've implemented in the past years bounced back when pressing it. Now that Apple finally has elevated system buttons in iOS 26, I'm really wondering why they chose to make them bigger on tap instead.
They REALLY gotta do something with improving readability in the next betas. It's the default background! And I can barely read anything.
June 10, 2025 at 5:06 AM
They REALLY gotta do something with improving readability in the next betas. It's the default background! And I can barely read anything.
I needed a Tinder-like card stack for a personal project I'm working on, but none of the SwiftUI libs I found served my needs or worked the way I expected, so I built it my own. I'm actually a little proud of the outcome ☺️
May 11, 2025 at 6:45 AM
I needed a Tinder-like card stack for a personal project I'm working on, but none of the SwiftUI libs I found served my needs or worked the way I expected, so I built it my own. I'm actually a little proud of the outcome ☺️
I've missed that global close your rings thing on thursday and just checked for fun if I would've been eligible to get a pin. Sad story 😂
April 26, 2025 at 7:01 AM
I've missed that global close your rings thing on thursday and just checked for fun if I would've been eligible to get a pin. Sad story 😂
Two people with iOS 19 already visited my swift blog 👀
April 13, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Two people with iOS 19 already visited my swift blog 👀
It’s CocoaHeads tiiiiiime in Hamburg today 🥳
March 6, 2025 at 7:28 AM
It’s CocoaHeads tiiiiiime in Hamburg today 🥳
Look what arrived in mail today 😍 @basicappleguy.com
March 1, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Look what arrived in mail today 😍 @basicappleguy.com
1,65K updates for CannotWait on one day! I totally underestimated the number of users my app has 🤯 Especially since it's just a very minimalistic, free hobby app and I never did any big marketing for it before.
Really hope the update brings you joy! 🙌
Really hope the update brings you joy! 🙌
February 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
1,65K updates for CannotWait on one day! I totally underestimated the number of users my app has 🤯 Especially since it's just a very minimalistic, free hobby app and I never did any big marketing for it before.
Really hope the update brings you joy! 🙌
Really hope the update brings you joy! 🙌
It's finally out 🥳 My free days counting app "Delta" is now called "CannotWait" and received its biggest update yet!
✨ Complete redesign with focus on the most recent event
🌎 Share a snapshot of an event
📱 New widget types
🖌️ Customizable appearance
✨ Complete redesign with focus on the most recent event
🌎 Share a snapshot of an event
📱 New widget types
🖌️ Customizable appearance
February 16, 2025 at 9:19 AM
It's finally out 🥳 My free days counting app "Delta" is now called "CannotWait" and received its biggest update yet!
✨ Complete redesign with focus on the most recent event
🌎 Share a snapshot of an event
📱 New widget types
🖌️ Customizable appearance
✨ Complete redesign with focus on the most recent event
🌎 Share a snapshot of an event
📱 New widget types
🖌️ Customizable appearance
Approved on first try 🥳 Looking forward to prepare the release this weekend 🤞 And then it will finally have a new name as well!
February 12, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Approved on first try 🥳 Looking forward to prepare the release this weekend 🤞 And then it will finally have a new name as well!