Testing iOS push notifications has always been a bit of a pain in the 🥜, but simctl now makes it so much easier. Thanks for this explanation via iOS Dev Weekly.
👉 Testing push notifications on the iOS simulator
Cool-looking German restaurant for next time I’m in New York City.
A former engineer gives us “a checklist of performance tips that would hopefully give you the biggest bang for your buck.”
I have noticed that there was a pattern of low-hanging fruits, where you could make 80% of the performance gains in 20% of the time.
👉 iOS Performance tips you probably didn’t know (from an ex-Apple engineer)
Cheat sheet:
UILabel costs more than than you thinkdispatch_semaphore_t to wait for asynchronous workUIView tags
Via iOS Dev Weekly.
This post runs through the mysteries and complexities of Swift closure variable capturing. It’s a tricky topic: implicit capturing, capture lists, weak references, capturing values, unowned references… 🤯 all well-covered here.
👉 Swift’s closure capturing mechanics
Via iOS Dev Weekly.
Mental Break Town 