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Nil Coalescing
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We are a small company based in New Zealand passionate about creating native apps for Apple platforms.

Website: https://nilcoalescing.com
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The November issue of the Nil Coalescing newsletter has been sent to all the subscribers, and it's now available online: nilcoalescing.com/newsletter/2...

I shared news on my Swift and SwiftUI book updates, Black Friday book deals, recent videos, and my conference plans for next year.
Nil Coalescing - Nil Coalescing Newsletter - November 2025
The festive season is almost here, and it feels like everyone is preparing for the end-of-year break. This month, we've been wrapping up the work we wanted to finish before the holidays and have begun...
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November 29, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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If you are looking to deepen your understanding of SwiftUI, take your Swift code to the next level, or start adopting SwiftUI in existing UIKit projects, don’t miss our Black Friday deal on @natpanferova.bsky.social's books and bundles: books.nilcoalescing.com
#iOSDev #SwiftLang #SwiftUI
Black Friday promotional banner advertising 30% off Natalia Panferova's books: SwiftUI Fundamentals, Swift Gems and Integrating SwiftUI into UIKit apps
November 26, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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I've just released a small update to my book "Swift Gems" with techniques covering features introduced in Swift 6.2, including inline arrays, default values in string interpolation, and some Swift concurrency tips. And it’s currently on sale: 30% off!
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Swift Gems
100+ tips to take your Swift code to the next level
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November 26, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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Extend your app’s functionality to the entire macOS system by implementing services that users can access from the context menu or the Services menu in other apps: nilcoalescing.com/blog/macOSSy...
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Provide macOS system-wide services from your app
Extend your app’s functionality to the entire macOS system by implementing services that users can access from the context menu or the Services menu in other apps.
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November 23, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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UIKit now supports automatic observation tracking, making it easier to share data between UIKit and integrated SwiftUI components. I wrote a post looking into how this works on iOS 26 and iOS 18: nilcoalescing.com/blog/Automat...
#iOSDev
Automatic property observation in UIKit with @Observable
UIKit now has native support for Swift Observation, automatically tracking reads of @Observable properties in update methods, making it easier to share data between UIKit and integrated SwiftUI compon...
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November 21, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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Starting with iOS 18, we can use SwiftUI animations to animate UIKit views, making it easier to bring SwiftUI’s expressive and flexible animations into UIKit projects: nilcoalescing.com/blog/Animate...

#iOSDev #SwiftUI #UIKit
Animate UIKit views with SwiftUI animations in iOS 18
With iOS 18, we can now use SwiftUI animations to animate UIKit views, making it easier to bring SwiftUI’s expressive and flexible animations into UIKit projects.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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I've just released a new version of "Integrating SwiftUI into UIKit Apps", with all the projects updated for iOS 26 and Xcode 26!

And it's currently 30% off as part of my Black Friday book sale: books.nilcoalescing.com/integrating-...

#iOSDev #SwiftUI
Integrating SwiftUI into UIKit Apps
A detailed guide on gradually adopting SwiftUI in UIKit projects
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November 20, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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My Black Friday book sale has started! All of my Swift and SwiftUI books are now 30% off!

Find out more: books.nilcoalescing.com

#iOSDev #SwiftUI #SwiftLang
Black Friday promotional banner advertising 30% off Natalia Panferova's books: SwiftUI Fundamentals, Swift Gems and Integrating SwiftUI into UIKit apps
November 19, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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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...
#iOSDev #SwiftUI
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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November 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Discover easy-to-implement techniques for supporting Dynamic Type with larger text in SwiftUI apps using system and custom fonts, the ScaledMetric property wrapper, dynamic type size environment value, and more: youtu.be/wflWj5l7wlk

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Tips for Supporting Dynamic Type in SwiftUI Apps
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November 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Learn how to add Codable conformance to Swift enums, including automatic synthesis, customizations, and fully manual implementations for complex cases: nilcoalescing.com/blog/Codable...
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Codable conformance for Swift enums
Learn how to add Codable conformance to Swift enums, including automatic synthesis, customizations, and fully manual implementations for complex cases.
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November 9, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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Explore SwiftUI APIs for customizing scroll behavior, including paging and view-aligned snapping, and learn what to watch out for to avoid unexpected results: nilcoalescing.com/blog/ScrollV...
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ScrollView snapping in SwiftUI
Explore SwiftUI APIs for customizing scroll behavior, including paging and view-aligned snapping, and learn what to watch out for to avoid unexpected results.
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November 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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I've published a new video! I shared some tips for implementing Dynamic Type support in SwiftUI apps, covering system and custom fonts, ScaledMetric API, and dynamicTypeSize environment value: youtu.be/wflWj5l7wlk
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Tips for Supporting Dynamic Type in SwiftUI Apps
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November 5, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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Excited to share my recent appearance on the Swift Academy podcast! In this episode, Walid Sassi and I talk about iOS 26, Liquid Glass, SwiftUI, and Accessibility, and explore some of the new APIs along with ways to make apps more inclusive: youtu.be/CEZbwcv60MA
#iOSDev #SwiftUI
iOS26, SwiftUI and Accessibility with Natalia Panferova
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November 2, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Prevent unnecessary text truncation at larger text sizes in SwiftUI apps with the fixedSize(horizontal:vertical:) modifier, forcing the text to expand vertically as needed: nilcoalescing.com/blog/Avoidin...
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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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November 1, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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The October issue of the Nil Coalescing newsletter has gone out to all subscribers 📬

I've shared news on my SwiftUI Fundamentals book update, and my recent technical learnings on supporting iOS 26 and 26.1.

You can also read the issue online: nilcoalescing.com/newsletter/2...
Nil Coalescing - Nil Coalescing Newsletter - October 2025
I hope you've had a productive October! This month I've started updating my books for iOS 26, released an update for my app Breve with a special Halloween event, and recorded a Swift Academy podcast e...
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October 31, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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It's almost Halloween 👻 👻👻 Time to brew something spooky!

Find your perfect coffee recipe in Breve and get into the Halloween spirit: apps.apple.com/us/app/breve...

#Coffee #Halloween #iOSApp
Screenshots of Halloween coffee recipes in Breve: Witchfire Latte and Haunted Veil
October 31, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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Learn how to use NWPathMonitor as an async sequence for real-time network status updates in your SwiftUI views: nilcoalescing.com/blog/ReactTo...
#iOSDev #SwiftUI
React to network status updates in SwiftUI
Learn how to use NWPathMonitor as an async sequence for real-time network status updates in your SwiftUI views.
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October 30, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Starting with iOS 26, SwiftUI shows both title and icon in swipe action buttons by default, but the previous icon-only appearance can be restored using the labelStyle() modifier: nilcoalescing.com/blog/ShowIco...
#iOSDev #SwiftUI
Show icons only in SwiftUI swipe actions on iOS 26
Starting with iOS 26, SwiftUI shows both title and icon in swipe action buttons by default, but the previous icon-only appearance can be restored using the labelStyle() modifier.
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October 23, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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"SwiftUI Fundamentals" by @natpanferova.bsky.social has been updated for iOS 26 with refreshed visuals and examples reflecting the new Liquid Glass design: nilcoalescing.com/blog/SwiftUI...
#SwiftUI #iOSDev
"SwiftUI Fundamentals" book update: refreshed for iOS 26 and the Liquid Glass design
'SwiftUI Fundamentals' by Natalia Panferova has been updated for iOS 26 with refreshed visuals and examples reflecting the new Liquid Glass design.
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October 22, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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SwiftUI makes it easy to show a “no results” state for search with ContentUnavailableView.search. And it even automatically includes the search text in the message, as long as it’s used within the scope of the searchable() modifier.
#iOSDev #SwiftUI
Screenshot showing SwiftUI code using ContentUnavailableView.search alongside an iPhone simulator displaying a No Results for “Example input” message
October 22, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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In iOS 26, SwiftUI introduces a new close button role for dismissing informational views, automatically showing a standard close icon without needing a custom label: nilcoalescing.com/blog/AddAClo...
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Add a Close button to SwiftUI modals on iOS 26
In iOS 26, SwiftUI introduces a new close button role for dismissing informational views, automatically showing a standard close icon without needing a custom label.
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October 21, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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I’ve just published an update for my SwiftUI Fundamentals book! It’s now refreshed for iOS 26 and the new Liquid Glass design, with updated examples and screenshots throughout.

You can check it out and get the new version here: books.nilcoalescing.com/swiftui-fund...

#iOSDev #SwiftUI
SwiftUI Fundamentals
The essential guide to SwiftUI core concepts and APIs
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October 20, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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Buttons inside a SwiftUI List row can cause the entire row to become tappable and trigger multiple buttons at once, but applying a specific button style ensures each button works independently: nilcoalescing.com/blog/Multipl...
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Multiple buttons in SwiftUI List rows
Buttons inside a List row can cause the entire row to become tappable and trigger multiple buttons at once, but applying a specific button style ensures each button works independently.
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October 18, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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On iOS 26 we have a new `close` button role in SwiftUI to dismiss a view without losing the user's progress, unlike a cancel action. A convenient way to add a dismiss button for modals without the need to define a custom button label!
#SwiftUI #iOSDev
iPhone showing a SwiftUI sheet with a fantail bird description and a small X close button at the top right corner of the sheet. Code beside it shows using Button(role: .close) in iOS 26 to dismiss the view.
October 18, 2025 at 8:22 AM