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New Wisdom On Configuring Xcode Projects for Different Environments

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It seems like it would be simple and/or obvious how to configure your app to point to different environments (dev, QA, prod, etc.). But alas, it is neither simple nor obvious.

Here is some easy, practical wisdom that breaks down five different ways to configure different environments in an Xcode project. Spoiler: it finally lands on Script Phases. 🤷🏻‍♂️

👉 How to configure Xcode projects for different environments

First of all, ❗️ do not use targets for environmental configuration purposes

Via iOS Dev Weekly.

Software Dev

The Elm Architecture

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I’ve been trying to understand the Elm Architecture for a new iOS project. I kept reading over this article and thinking, “Wait a minute…. What’s the catch here? This seems too simple.” 🧐

👉 The Elm Architecture: Simple, yet powerful – An overview by example

I like that this architecture can be explained in a very short post with examples.

The beauty of The Elm Architecture lies in its simplicity.

That article is simple but assumes a web UI and explicit mentions HTML 🙄. Here is a funnier and more useful article about Elm for iOS. 😂

👉 Elm architecture in iOS: Why you don’t need shit like RxSwift or MVVM

Elm architecture can be described as follows

msg -> Model -> View -> msg

I even made my own diagram just to make sure I “got” it. The devil is in the details, but I think this is right. 🤷🏻‍♂️ It definitely seems simpler than VIPER.

Software Dev

From Nothing to App Store in an Hour

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Building, validating, and uploading your iOS app to Apple’s App Store Connect is a surprisingly arduous process. The next time I make an app on my own, I’m totally going to automate the heck out of the process where I can.

This video show how to do it in an hour. 🤯

The lead maintainer of fastlane demonstrates how easy it is to set up fastlane to automate the process of building, signing and uploading your app to the App Store

Via iOS Dev Weekly.

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How (The Heck) To Test Push Notifications

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You know those notifications you get on your phone from Medium, Nextdoor, or NPR? They’re surprisingly hard to develop and test. A lot happens to get that message onto your phone.

And testing them quickly and thoroughly without impacting people you don’t want to impact can be a challenge. So here’s a little guide to the latest way to test push notifications on iOS.

👉 How to test push notifications in simulator and production iOS apps

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Via iOS Dev Weekly.