WWDC23
General
- Swift Macro
- SwiftData
- WidgetKit → Interactivity. Also possible to trigger some code when the button is clicked. Can it be used as a "refresh" button?
- App Intents → Can be used as Shortcuts and Siri commands
- TipKit → Displays some Tooltips
- AirDrop improvements for in-app contents
- Game Porting Toolkit → automatic HLSL conversion
- AVCapture is faster and better → volume button availability. Hinting iPhone action button?
- Video Conferencing → ScreenCaptureKit
watchOS
- NavigationStack → NavigationSplitView. a renewed focus on pagination, using the digital crown
- containerBackground modifier using gradient fills, giving spatial cognition
- ToolbarItem → Using corners of Apple Watch
- using app intent will push a widget to the top of the new Smart Stack.
- Custom Workout API → Will show up on the Workouts app
- CoreMotion API → higher fidelity data
Accessibility
- Paused Animated Images → Stop motions in animated GIFs by user settings.
- Dim Flashing Lights for Photosensitive users (AVFoundation includes by default, but there are also APIs for everything)
Privacy
- Calendar Permissions: Calendar Add-only permission.
- Limit Access for Photos. New photo picker component
- Privacy Manifest that automatically aggregates third-party analytics SDKs privacy manifests
- Privacy Supply Chains. Signature for third-party SDKs.
- Sensitive Content Analysis Framework. On-device nudity detection & Sensitive Content Warning Blurring
App Store
- StoreKit → Now provides a general Interface for In-app purchases for merchandising experience.
- SKAdNetwork. App Store's more in-depth analytics: Re-engagement detection.
Xcode
- Source Editor: Better code suggestion
PreviewProvideris now Swift Macro, one-word#Preview.- Git Staging now supported in-line, with a better source change view
- Testing: Test Report Result Overview page (Error Heat Map)
- Test Live Replay (Timeline)
- Accessibility Frames (HTML-like component descriptions within app scene)
- Xcode Cloud. 2x faster workflows. Share Tester Notes. macOS notarization (check malicious components)
- Speed & Size improvements on Xcode Binaries