watchOS Posts

• The Xcode 11 and Swift Package Combo Platter

  September 12, 2019

  Since the Swift Package Manager (Swift PM or SPM) was introduced in late 2015 it has seemed like a natural fit for Xcode and SPM packages to work well together at some point in the future. At WWDC 2019, Apple announced that future was arriving in Xcode 11.

• Xcode: Who’s to Blame?

  October 17, 2017

  A recent tweet from Dave DeLong reminded me of something that’s been on my mind for a long while.

• New Xcode Build System and BuildSettingExtractor

  June 13, 2017

  Last week at WWDC 2017, Apple announced a new build system for Xcode, with an opt-in preview in Xcode 9. The new system is written in Swift and promises to be a significant advance in a number of areas including performance and dependency management. The new system is built on top of the open source llbuild project and lays the foundation for integrating the Xcode build system with the Swift Package Manager.

• tvOS and watchOS Device Summary: April Edition

  April 1, 2016

  After updating the popular iOS Device Summary in March, it seemed the beginning of April would be a good time to introduce summaries for devices running the most recently introduced Apple operating systems: tvOS and watchOS.