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r/iOSProgramming on 2026-10-21

  1. 1Saddest email I got todayby u/peachnosweet · first seen 2026-10-19 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 5 captures
  2. 2Apple is still massive, but how come IOS jobs are shrinking and people are devaluing the skill/domain knowledge?I find it interesting how apple just seems to be getting bigger and bigger yet the job and ecosystem surrounding developers is shrinking. It seems like recently companies like shopify (prev react native) are going back to native app…by u/Key-Interaction-2057 · first seen 2026-10-21 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 3 captures
  3. 3Take a deep breath and wait a few hours before answering to 1 star review.There it is! I got my first 1 star review from someone pissed off with my app not offering everything for free. Shall I just tell him to build its own app if mine is so limited? And in the process burn more token than the price asked?…by u/Tahriff · first seen 2026-10-17 · last seen 2026-10-23 · in 5 captures
  4. 4Is IOS App Dev worth it for indie devs anymore?Does anyone find that indie app dev is worth anything ore than a badge of honor that gets you alien looks when you tell people you have an app on the App Store? iOS users are inherently spoiled, lazy and getting even someone to write app…by u/Cause-n-effect11 · first seen 2026-10-19 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 5 captures
  5. 5Xcode Projects for the Command Line and Coding Agentsby u/artemnovichkov · first seen 2026-10-16 · last seen 2026-10-21 · in 6 captures
  6. 6Is anyone still using GameCenter nowadays? Or has that ship sailed?by u/RSPJD · first seen 2026-10-14 · last seen 2026-10-21 · in 8 captures
  7. 7Anyone letting agents drive their app in the Simulator? Looking for feedbackI’ve been working on Argent, an open-source MCP server that lets your agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, etc.) tap through your app in the iOS Simulator, read the view hierarchy and logs, and profile with Instruments. That way it can…by u/blazejkustra · first seen 2026-10-16 · last seen 2026-10-21 · in 6 captures
  8. 8Excited to use Private Cloud Compute!by u/Potential-Carpet9794 · first seen 2026-10-20 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 4 captures
  9. 9How are you locking down Claude Code Desktop to protect sensitive local files (like ~/.ssh)?I’ve found Claude Code Desktop superior to other coding tools right now. Out of the box, it can launch the simulator and interact with the UI directly as an agent. This means the AI can write, run, and test its own code inside the…by u/yccheok · first seen 2026-10-19 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 5 captures
  10. 10[App Saturday] DuoBeat: SwiftUI music-making app for iPhone/iPad/Duo, with multiple layouts (compact, folded split-screen, full studio)Hey r/iOSProgramming ! I'm an indie developer, and I just submitted DuoBeat 1.0 to App Review. While it waits, it's open on TestFlight and I'd love feedback from this crowd. What it is: a beat-making app inspired by Teenage Engineering's…by u/justbustr · first seen 2026-10-18 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 6 captures
  11. 11Others seeing a drastic decrease in app downloads and product page views recently?Others seeing a drastic decrease in app downloads and product page views recently? Not just for one app but all apps. I'd say almost 70% drop in the last 2-3 months.by u/busymom0 · first seen 2026-10-18 · last seen 2026-10-23 · in 5 captures
  12. 12Where do you discover active open-source iOS projects?I’d like to explore more open-source iOS projects—complete apps, Swift/SwiftUI libraries, and tools people are actively maintaining. Where do you find projects that haven’t already become widely known? Do you follow particular developers,…by u/aram-antonyan-hgtg42 · first seen 2026-10-14 · last seen 2026-10-21 · in 8 captures
  13. 13Fitting random daily notifications into iOS's 64 pending-notification limitI'm building an app that sends check-in notifications at random times: you pick a window (say 9 am to 9 pm) and how many a day, and it asks at unpredictable moments inside that window. With a few questions on random schedules, the 64…by u/utkuaytac · first seen 2026-10-16 · last seen 2026-10-21 · in 6 captures
  14. 14what's the biggest thing xcode is hoarding on your mac? deriveddata, simulators, device support?was cleaning up my mac and a surprising chunk of it was xcode stuff i didn't need anymore. the usual suspects for me were ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData which is safe to delete and just rebuilds next time you build, old simulators…by u/ruprechttmb · first seen 2026-10-20 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 4 captures
  15. 15iPhone Duo screenshots - folded or unfolded?I’m preparing my app for the Duo and starting to look at producing the screenshots for it. This may be a bit of a dumb question but Apple doesn’t specify whether or not screenshots should show the folded or unfolded Duo. Does it even…by u/ConduciveMammal · first seen 2026-10-14 · last seen 2026-10-21 · in 8 captures
  16. 16Any iOS developers here who have gotten into embedded systems or hardware integration?I'm about to graduate with a degree in Software Engineering, and I've been thinking a lot about what direction I want to take my career. Throughout school, I've spent a lot of time building iOS apps using Swift and SwiftUI, while also…by u/ajm1212 · first seen 2026-10-19 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 5 captures
  17. 17[App Saturday] Tendlet is on the App Store — shared pet and plant care, built with SwiftUI + CloudKitHi everyone, I'm Quentin, a solo developer in Belgium. Tendlet is now available on the App Store. It brings pets, plants and the people caring for them into one shared household: routines, meal plans, care notes, and a record of who did…by u/alQo_ · first seen 2026-10-18 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 6 captures
  18. 18The State of Mobile Development 2026by u/Patient-Pollution46 · first seen 2026-10-20 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 4 captures
  19. 19How is this animation from Outplayer made?I am building an app for personal use and I really like this animation and would like use something like that in my app. Since I do this just for fun, I use AI to build the app for me. However it could not figure out how to replicate this…by u/craftgeil · first seen 2026-10-19 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 5 captures
  20. 20AutoLog library: One Macro logs all decision points. And more!I was really tired of missing, incomplete and sporadic logging in our apps. So this macro injects structured logging into each decision point and collects all context automatically. See this walkthrough . You can completely map the flow…by u/AncilTech2 · first seen 2026-10-21 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 3 captures
  21. 21Maths, Metal, Mandelbrot, and SwiftUIby u/jacobs-tech-tavern · first seen 2026-10-20 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 4 captures
  22. 22I’m in the fortunate position to have a healthy waiting list for my TestFlight… any tips on how to ensure a smooth launch?I have about 500 emails of people wanting to get on the beta and I probably don’t need that many testers. I wasn’t expecting the kind of response tbh. I haven’t closed the sign up yet but I will put a note saying we are probably full,…by u/0__O0--O0_0 · first seen 2026-10-17 · last seen 2026-10-23 · in 5 captures
  23. 23Adapting your app for iPhone Duoby u/majid8 · first seen 2026-10-16 · last seen 2026-10-21 · in 6 captures
  24. 24Fixes for “TestFlight and Subscription Criteria Not Met” while transferring app to another app store accountI was transferring my app to another app store account and I had these 2 criteria not met blocking me from transferring it, sharing the fixes here in case anyone else get struck 1. TestFlight criteria not met Make sure you remove any…by u/Sea-Individual-6121 · first seen 2026-10-15 · last seen 2026-10-21 · in 7 captures
  25. 255 things my first StoreKit 2 code got wrong (one non-consumable IAP)My game has one non-consumable IAP. Before launch I rewrote the purchase code, because the first version had five problems. None of them crashed, they just quietly did the wrong thing. 1) The purchase result was a Bool. Success, pending…by u/MarkoKrulc · first seen 2026-10-21 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 3 captures
  26. 26Device Hub capturingI had the wild idea to upgrade from MacOS 18 to MacOS 27, since I needed more modern iOS simulators. Great experience, since the Simulator being gone forced an Expo upgrade so that it can handle Device Hub... But there's one thing about…by u/nehalist · first seen 2026-10-20 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 4 captures
  27. 27If your app/game functions on both the ipad and iphone, do you release them as separate products?Apparently, Apple's new automated "spam" system they just rolled out compares the metadata of products and now immediately rejects any app that has more than one version (even saw a guy complain about his mac desktop app and iphone app…by u/SpartanDetermination · first seen 2026-10-20 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 4 captures
  28. 28Can an App Clip share an image to Apple Notes through the share sheet?My App Clip shows an image, and I need that image to end up in Apple Notes as a new note with as few taps as possible. The plan is to present UIActivityViewController with the image, then the user taps Notes, then Save. I know clips can’t…by u/the9ofdiamonds · first seen 2026-10-20 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 4 captures
  29. 29App update still not live after 48hrsI submitted a recent update for my app, got through review and hit the manual release. It’s showing as “ready for distribution” as per usual, but the App Store listing is still on the old version. After 24hrs I went scouring ASC and saw a…by u/hamhamflan · first seen 2026-10-17 · last seen 2026-10-23 · in 6 captures
  30. 30Organization enrollment stuck at “Unable to Verify Your Identity”, three valid IDs refused. Anyone been through this?I'm enrolling in the Apple Developer Program as an organization (US Delaware corp, DUNS already issued and visible on dnb.com). Everything goes fine until the identity verification step, which fails every time with: "Unable to Verify Your…by u/tand_eyes · first seen 2026-10-17 · last seen 2026-10-23 · in 6 captures
  31. 31Why do apps sometimes stay in review for over a day? My normal reviews usually last an hour or 2. How do we avoid this error state?I just shipped an iOS and Mac app that have the same bundle id. The Mac app was reviewed first and rejected because one of my screenshots had references to price and showed a free trial banner. I made the metadata updates and resubmitted.…by u/Emojinapp · first seen 2026-10-17 · last seen 2026-10-23 · in 5 captures
  32. 32Safari on iOS focused my input without autofocusI wasted far too long debugging this. codex, kept insisting we throw more javascript at it. It didnt think about making a simple example, to test, verify. Only once I pushed back and we dived into it, did we start to peel back the bug,…by u/Human-Cherry-1455 · first seen 2026-10-16 · last seen 2026-10-21 · in 6 captures
  33. 33Xcode keeps connecting to my iPhone over Wi-Fi even though it's plugged in. Anyone else?My iPhone is always connected to my Mac with a USB cable. I never want Xcode to connect over Wi-Fi. Yet Xcode keeps doing it anyway, and there's no setting to stop it. What this costs me: - Slower builds and installs on my iPhone - New…by u/Lexs_07 · first seen 2026-10-14 · last seen 2026-10-21 · in 8 captures
  34. 34Do yall do seasonal updates with specific Ui/features often?Just curious how much of a priority it is for everyone else. New app developer, added a winter/holiday update coming live on certain dates. I added snow for winter that snows in certain app areas, after a while it builds up and some falls…by u/Therical_Lol · first seen 2026-10-20 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 4 captures
  35. 35Enrolling in Apple Developer ProgramIdk what is going on but trying to enroll in the developer program seems to be more difficult than trying to pass my organic chemistry class back in college. I have tried 5 different room with different lighting from natural to lamps, and…by u/imadesomecoffee4u · first seen 2026-10-19 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 5 captures
  36. 36Unsure if I can do this, web app onto iOSA bit of context - I'm a personal trainer that is considering various "app options", I've narrowed my choices down to 2 that currently fit my criteria but one of them is a web app. I was wondering if there was a way for me to pay my own…by u/Invi_TV · first seen 2026-10-17 · last seen 2026-10-23 · in 6 captures
  37. 37My app size is approaching 1gbI’ve always ignored the size of my app. But now that I’m approaching 1gb I’m imagining how many potential users I’m losing at the download phase. Perhaps a metric I’ll never truly have visibility into. How do others view this topic?by u/RSPJD · first seen 2026-10-16 · last seen 2026-10-21 · in 6 captures
  38. 38I have a very specific question about building an appSo basically I’m building an iOS/ipad os app. It’s a video editor. My question is: I want to make some functionality to be downloadable through a server, like presets, new packs, luts etc… Maybe some new features etc… Also handle user…by u/OleksandrN · first seen 2026-10-15 · last seen 2026-10-21 · in 7 captures
  39. 39Stack Smash: a game based on Lagori, the "seven stones" indian street game. Looking for beta testersHi everyone! I'm a solo developer, and I've turned the street game I grew up playing in India, Lagori (Seven Stones / Pithu) , into a chaotic little party game for iPhone and iPad. How it plays: one team throws a ball to knock down a…by u/soumyaranjanmahunt · first seen 2026-10-15 · last seen 2026-10-21 · in 7 captures
  40. 40Duo for developersSince the Duo is a new platform for Apple and all iOS devs, and the backlog for preorders is at least three months long here - can developers get access to loaners or other physical devices when the simulator isn't enough to sanity check…by u/BounceForever · first seen 2026-10-21 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 3 captures
  41. 41Looking for an iOS developer with a Mac to help with NFC card reading in my React Native appI’m working on a personal Card Vault app using React Native, which I’m planning to support on Android, iOS, and Windows. I want to add a feature that lets me read EMV data from my own bank cards using NFC, rather than having to enter…by u/Necessary-Foot64 · first seen 2026-10-16 · last seen 2026-10-21 · in 6 captures
  42. 42How I localize String Catalogs with an LLM without breaking placeholders (script logic + prompt inside)I ship a few small apps on my own, and localization was always the task I put off. Pasting strings into a chat window "works" until a translation drops a %@ or turns %1$@ … %2$@ into something String(format:) doesn't like, and you find…by u/Glittering-Cup9298 · first seen 2026-10-15 · last seen 2026-10-21 · in 7 captures
  43. 43Claude is using Combine in the code base but it forgets to import it.Can someone explain why the Ai is like this?by u/alanskimp · first seen 2026-10-21 · last seen 2026-10-21 · in 1 capture
  44. 44Follow-up: I posted AppFoyer here a month ago and got torn apart (fairly). Here's what I built from the feedbackA month ago I posted AppFoyer here, a tool that drafts and hosts the store-required pages for mobile apps (privacy policy, terms, support, account deletion, app-ads.txt): https://www.reddit.com/r/SideProject/comments/1wkr46f/ The thread…by u/hasanaga123 · first seen 2026-10-20 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 4 captures
  45. 45Catch-22 with App Review: rejected under 2.1(b) for not submitting IAPs, but ASC won’t let me submit more than one (FIRST_NON_CONSUMABLE_MUST_BE_SUBMITTED_ON_VERSION)Has anyone hit this and found a way out? I’ve shipped several apps with IAPs and never seen it before. Setup A new app with its first version, 1.0. 41 non-consumable IAPs: individual items plus a few bundles, one of which unlocks all…by u/pottypotsworth · first seen 2026-10-20 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 4 captures
  46. 46I planned an AI importer for my old gym notebooks, then shipped an MCP server and let the agents do itFor years I logged my body measurements in a paper notebook. Gym on and off, then running, then CrossFit, which is less a sport and more a subscription to soreness. Weight, biceps, shoulders, a page every few weeks. Every so often I'd…by u/sergeytyo · first seen 2026-10-18 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 6 captures
  47. 47I hooked an AI up to App Store Connect, Meta Ads, and Firebase via official APIs. It is a marketing monster, but does this violate Apple's TOS?Today I witnessed the real power of AI beyond just writing code. I am using it as a super marketer to drive up my app business, and the results are incredible. This is what I have set up. I provided read access to the AI using their…by u/yccheok · first seen 2026-10-18 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 6 captures
  48. 48What broke when my SwiftUI app went two-pane on iPhone DuoI make Basic Intake, a supplement and med tracker for iPhone with an AI assistant built in. Last week's update added an iPhone Duo layout, and the layout itself turned out to be the small part of the job. **The layout** Closed, the Duo is…by u/Greysawpark · first seen 2026-10-14 · last seen 2026-10-21 · in 8 captures
  49. 49iphone duo simulator is only in xcode 27.1 (not 27.0)spent way too long this week figuring out why I couldnt find the Duo in the simulator list. turns out 27.0 just doesnt have it, you need 27.1 which came out on the 15th. 27.1 also wants macOS 26.6 or newer fwiw posting what worked in case…by u/newtablecloth · first seen 2026-10-18 · last seen 2026-10-23 · in 5 captures
  50. 50Built this iPhone Duo UI transition using ArrangementView, matchedGeometryEffect, and a bit of custom layout logicby u/CookieThatCode · first seen 2026-10-15 · last seen 2026-10-21 · in 7 captures
  51. 51Got my first 1-star review on my app because there's no free trial. How do you handle this?by u/MartinTale · first seen 2026-10-18 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 6 captures
  52. 52Apple should charge $100 per published app, not per developer account.We really do not need another generic habit tracker or expense tracker on the App Store. Right now, paying $99 a year gives people a free pass to flood the store with unlimited low effort clones. If Apple charged $100 per published app…by u/LostStrategy1050 · first seen 2026-10-17 · last seen 2026-10-23 · in 5 captures
  53. 53I Have To Buy Mac Mini For This?For the past year, I’ve been heavily relying on Claude to generate and develop web apps, which I then wrapped/converted into mobile apps using Codemagic. While this workflow was great for quick MVPs, the apps lack the responsiveness,…by u/Mother-Breakfast521 · first seen 2026-10-19 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 5 captures