More Than Just Code podcast - iOS and Swift development, news and advice

Rescued from the archives - Greg Heo leads the all West Coast show. We begin with a discussion about NSPredicate. #askMtJC covers tips for finding your first job. We follow up on Swift Playgrounds and APFS. We discuss GraphQL and the rumored in-screen Home button on the iPhone 7. Picks: Ultimate Apple IO death chart, Git standup, Detecting Low Power mode, WWDC app. Stealth Pick: Buckethead Episode 141 Show Notes Instagram Creating Predicates KVC (Key Value Coding) NSDateFormatter Linq @Third_Beach Is Swift Playgrounds For Kids? iMessage A ZFS developer’s analysis of the good and bad in Apple’s new APFS file system Why Did Apple Drop ZFS From Snow Leopard? GraphQL for iOS Developers Pattern: Backends For Frontends RESTful GraphQLHub Mac Rumors iPhone 7 iOS 10’s ‘Raise to Wake’ only works on new iPhones Overcast: Podcast Player BlackboxPuzzles Buckethead Episode 141 Picks Pick: The Ultimate Apple I/O death chart Pick: Git standup Pick: Detecting Low Power mode Pick: macOS WWDC app

We follow up on Apple and semiconductors with rumored purchase of chip manufacturers, OLED screen delays and Touch ID issues. We also follow up on MyScript Calculator for handwriting calculations now on iPad. We discuss the Developer Survey Results 2017 from Stack Overflow. Apple has also made iWork, Garage Band and iMovie free for all users. Apple has also acquired a California permit for self-driving cars. Coachella attendees use Find My iPhone to recover 100+ stolen devices. The Mac Pro makes an appearance again. Picks: Analyzing 3rd party libraries, Silicon Valley iOS Developer Meetup, 17 Xcode Tips and Tricks That Every iOS Developer Should Know, Software Library: Macintosh, ABI stability and WWDC Family Episode 140 Show Links: Apple considers bidding for big stake in Toshiba chip business Bloomberg details new iPhone 8 design, says release may be delayed The Life of an Apple Supplier Is Getting Even Tougher MyScript Nebo – Note Taking for Apple Pencil MyScript Calculator - Handwriting calculator Nebo - The best way to take notes Stack Overflow Developer Survey Results 2017 Apple Makes iMovie, GarageBand, and iWork Apps for Mac and iOS Free for All Users Apple’s self-driving car project now has a permit in California Coachella fest-goer who allegedly stole 100 smartphones thwarted by 'Find My iPhone' feature A Software Developer’s Mac Pro Episode 140 Picks: Pick: 17 Xcode Tips and Tricks That Every iOS Developer Should Know  Pick: Software Library: Mac Pick: Analyzing Third Party Libraries Pick: SV iOS Meetup Slides: YmsCoreBluetooth and Deep Core Bluetooth Bluetooth Over-The-Air Firmware Update Pick: ABI stability Pick: WWDC Family

This week Jaime regales us on his experience with Car Play. Tim tells about his disappointing experience with HyperDrive USB-C port expander. We follow up on Marin's Todorov's free chapters from RXSwift - Reactive Programming With Swift. Apple is taking more hardware development in house and effecting their suppliers. We also discuss a patched defect that allowed motion sensors to discover pin codes. Jaime & Tim also discuss their experiences with Apple's Clips app. We discuss Microsoft's ReactXP, Facebook app binary size and fingerprints may not be as secure as you think. Picks: New features in Xcode 8.2 Simulator, What’s New in TestFlight and the Nothing - Smartphone app from the Minimalists. HyperDrive for the OCD Episode 139 Show Notes: Two free chapters from the RxSwift book! Why Trains are so Expensive Apple Reportedly Developing Its Own Power Management Chips For Its 2019 iPhone Lineup After Imagination and Dialog, Synaptics could be the next Apple supplier to lose out – Credit Suisse NYU Student Goes Undercover at Pegatron Factory, Offers Inside Look at iPhone Production Apple patched iOS after researchers showed a website could use motion sensors to detect passcodes Clips by Apple 2017-04-03 CBC: Someone is spying on cellphones in the nation’s capital RCMP can spy on your cellphone, court records reveal Roundabout Episode 62 – Melissa Hutchison Microsoft ReactXP Analysis of the Facebook.app for iOS [v. 87.0] That Fingerprint Sensor on Your Phone Is Not as Safe as You Think Comparing Workflows - Gitflow Episode 139 Picks: New features in Xcode 8.2 Simulator What’s New in TestFlight Nothing - Smartphone App from The Minimalists

This week Tammy Coron joins Mark & Tim, as we discuss iOS 10.3 issues from #askMTJC. We follow up on Swift access control, RWDevcon 2017 and the pending Mac Pro refresh. We also talk about the effects of Apple's upcoming GPU and its impact on suppliers and Metal's future. Picks: TED Talk - "Please, please, people. Let's put the 'awe' back in 'awesome'", MultiTimer and "RXSwift - Reactive Programming in Swift" book. Sponsored by: Buddy Build Mark Twain actually said, "I can understand perfectly how the report of my illness got about, I have even heard on good authority that I was dead. [A cousin] was ill in London two or three weeks ago, but is well now. The report of my illness great out of his illness,. The report of my death was an exaggeration." Episode 138 Show Notes askMTJC: https://twitter.com/WarningZ_iOSApp/status/848858040380137472 Thoughts on Swift Access Control RWDevCon 2017 Post-Mortem Ash Furrow - Building Swift Playground Books The Mac Pro Lives The best hardware to build with Swift is not what you might think Imagination Technologies' shares plunge 70 percent after Apple ditches firm Apple is building its own GPU for the iPhone and iPad 360iDev 2015 Conference Highlights Yes - Roundabout You Are So Much More Than Just A Label Episode 138 Picks TED TALK by Jill Shargaa: Please, please, people. Let's put the 'awe' back in 'awesome' MultiTimer: Advanced Timer for Multiple Timing RxSwift: Reactive Programming with Swift

We follow up with the iPhone and Mac merging as Apple patents a dock-able iPhone. We also follow up on guard vs if. We discuss writing high-performance Swift code and the ability of developers to respond to app reviews is now live. Apple's WWDC website also include a code of conduct and info on child care services during the conference. The WWDC site also lists concurrent conferences happening nearby including Alt-Conf and CocoaConf Around the Corner. Picks: Xcode keyboard shortcuts for testing and TunnelBear. Episode 137 Show Notes: Apple Patent Describes Dumb Laptop Powered By iPhone Swift: When to use guard vs if Writing High-Performance Swift Code Responding to Reviews on the App Store - Apple Developer WWDC - Code of Conduct and Child Care Option Beyond WWDC Episode 137 Picks: Xcode keyboard shortcuts for testing TunnelBear

We start the follow up with a brief history of CAD, which brought Tim to computing. We follow with gaming apps continuing to hold top the revenue spot, choosing between Google, Amazon and iCloud online photo storage, as well as improving Swift compile times. We discuss the products announced by Apple on Tuesday; 9.7 inch iPad, Product(RED) iPhone 7 models, updated iPhone SE, new Spring watch bands and new app Clips. We chat about Github's new balanced employee IP agreement. Also as a late addition we discuss Apple's acquisition of the award winning Workflow app. Picks: the 8-bit Guy - Basic episode, Audible Xcode Breakpoints. The 8-Bit Guy's name is David Murray. Episode 136 Show Notes: Brief History of CAD Choosing between Google, Amazon and iCloud Photos Gaming Apps Maintain Revenue Stronghold Improving Swift compile times (via Swift Developments Issue 80) Apple replaces iPad Air 2 with cheaper 9.7-inch iPad Apple launches red iPhone 7 ColorWare’s retro-styled iPhone 7 Plus is beautiful and expensive Apple doubles iPhone SE storage to 32GB and 128GB Apple releases spring Watch bands in cheery colors Apple’s new Clips app makes social videos for other social networks github/balanced-employee-ip-agreement Linus Torvalds Apple has acquired Workflow, a powerful automation tool for iPad and iPhone Apple Training Series: AppleScript 1-2-3 Sal Soghoian Episode 136 Picks: the 8-bit Guy - Basic episode Pick: Audible Xcode Breakpoints

This week were joined by Greg Heo as we follow up on the rise of Mac and iOS adoption in the Enterprise. We also follow up on Grace Hopper's talk on Wasting Nanoseconds and Rollout.io's open letter to Apple. We revisit TIOBE's stats as Swift hits #10 in usage. We discuss the use of git force and git force-with-lease. We chat about the rumored loss of all 32-bit apps with iOS 11. We are all surprised by a study on the best hardware for compiling Swift projects. Picks: SwiftDoc.org, TwoFactorAuth.org & MacPowerUsers Podcast, Promotion app. Episode 135 Show Notes: Apple’s enterprise success: Mac and iOS usage is climbing fast Jamf: Mac, iPad, iPhone, and Apple TV management Fire Tablet with Alexa, 7" Display, 8 GB, Black - with Special Offers Amazon Dash Button Grace Hopper - Nanoseconds An Open Letter to Apple from Rollout.io – Proposing a SECURE JavaScript Injection Approval Process Microsoft’s Code Push Jaime's Tweet "Future Lawyer or Engineer" TIOBE update re: Swift Apple's Swift Programming Language Surging in Popularity --force considered harmful; understanding git's --force-with-lease - Atlassian Developers IBM BlueMix Kitura Apple could kill almost 200,000 apps with iOS 11, report says The best hardware to build with Swift is not what you might think Evan Dekhayser Blog Episode 135 Picks: SwiftDoc.org TwoFactorAuth.org MacPowerUsers podcast, #368: Living in a Tin Foil Hat World Promotion

This week we are joined by Tammy Coron, host of Roundabout Creative Chaos, and jump right into the lack of HiSpeed Internet in rural areas. We also discuss physical media vs digital online media. On #askMTJC we cover remote working and displays for oversize iOS Simulators. We cover the latest wikileaks about privacy exploits. We follow up on the Amazon S3 outage as well as the upcoming Apple's Spring 2017 announcement. We discuss starting into development as a senior citizen. We discuss Apple's rejection of apps built with frameworks that allow code modification after App Review. We examine Uber's MonoRepo post. Picks: Trip to New Zealand for Job Interviews, Moho, Creolabs' Creo IDE and Kite prototyping app. Episode 134 Show Notes: OpenMedia CRTC declares broadband internet a basic service Redbox Adam Armstrong's #askMTJC Tim Richardson's #askMTJC Summary of the Amazon S3 Service Disruption in the Northern Virginia (US-EAST-1) Region Wikileaks CIA documents raise hacking fears — should we worry about our devices? Apple says it's already patched 'many' Wikileaks iOS exploits iPad Pro 2: 7 Expected Specs Of Apple's 2017 Tablet And Expected Release Date What to expect at Apple's spring 2017 event… 81-year-old woman makes iPhone app after only starting to use computers at 60 Mississauga Ballet “Message from Apple Review... | Apple Developer Forums” - Rollout.io Rollout’s Statement on Apple Guidelines Pi Day Countdown Day of the Indie Uber Engineering’s iOS Monorepo Nintendo Switch Episode 134 Picks: Pick: New Zealand Will Give You a Free Trip If You Agree to a Job Interview Pick: Moho (Anime Studio) Pro 12 Pick: Creo Pick: Kite

This week we discuss Blackbox's update and T-shirts. We follow up on top 10 articles on Swift and Apple's commitment to Pro computing. We discuss the outrage on Amazon's web service S3. We discuss the Department of Defense's entry into open source software. Google vs Otto and Uber is covered as well as more rumored features in the iPhone 8. Picks: Convolutional Neural Networks, Google Cloud Next and Twitter Image Pipeline iOS. Sponsored by: Buddy Build Blackbox - think outside the box BlackBox - TShirt Swift Top 10 Articles For The Past Year (v.2017) Tim Cook Affirms Apple’s Commitment to Pro Users in Annual Shareholder Meeting The Amazon S3 Outage Is What Happens When One Site Hosts Too Much of the Internet Microsoft’s Azure Outage Post Mortem Nokia 3310 - The Icon is Back DoD Announces the Launch of “Code.mil,” an Experiment in Open Source What is ITAR? (& EAR) A note on our lawsuit against Otto and Uber I am an Uber survivor Former Uber engineer says company ignored repeated reports of sexual harassment Apple Loop: New iPhone 8 Leak, Making A Transparent iPhone, Apple's Expensive Obsessions Mobee Technology Louis CK Everything Is Amazing And Nobody Is Happy Pick: Google Cloud Next Pick: An Intuitive Explanation of Convolutional Neural Networks Pick: Introducing Twitter Image Pipeline iOS framework for open source The World's Only Metallic Hydrogen Sample Has Disappeared The Dark Path

This week we follow up on rumored OLED screens on the iPhone 8 as well as new iPhone storage options and iPad Pro sizes. We discuss the new campus, Apple Park opening in April, 2017. iOS 10 adoption is covered and well as the end of Swift as Apple's premier language. We chat about the future of Swift and whether Apple would kill off Swift. WWDC 2017 will be moved to San Jose's McEnery Convention Center and the ticket lottery moves up one month. Jaime recaps the Swift Cloud Workshop & Hack Day he attended in Seattle. Problems may arise with iOS Keychain clean up. Picks: iPad Pro TV Ads, Two Useful Log Messages - Thomas Hanning. Alternate title - The Death of Swift Episode 132 Show Notes: Apple Orders OLED 160 Million iPhone OLED screens Apple will reportedly launch 4 new iPads in March, including a 7.9-inch iPad Pro Apple to launch its huge spaceship campus in April This Old House Bob Villa Steve Jobs’s office remains untouched at Apple HQ iOS 10 Now Installed on Nearly 80% of Active iOS Devices Whither Swift? ABI Compatibility: Whoopdty Do, What Does It All Mean? WWDC 2017 June 5–9, 2017 in San Jose Swift Cloud Workshop & Hack Day Kitura LINQ SwifyKuery IBM BlueMix EchoSIM Alexa Testing Tool OpenWisk Google Cloud Platform Reinstall cheaters and iOS Keychain Episode 132 Picks: Pick: Two Useful Log Messages Pick: Hi, I'm an iPad Pro! — 'We hear you' brings classic feel to new ads

This week we recorded LIVE from Mark's car and we travelled from San Francisco to Cupertino. Responding to listener feedback we follow up on Linea app and listening to podcasts while mowing lawns or walking dogs. We discuss Apple's stock price reaching and all-time high as well as Apple's position on Augmented Reality. We discuss our recent trip to the Realm World Tour in San Francisco. Picks: Locating the source of a memory leak and Bowmor Bowling in Cupertino. Episode 131 Show Notes Dennis Major's Comment on Linea on #129 The English Lawn Mower's Comment on #130 February 15 is National Flag of Canada Day O Canada Apple’s Stock Just Hit an All-Time High Warren Buffett Nearly Quadruples Stake In Apple Apple And AR: Took Cook Endorses Augmented Reality, Which May Appear In iPhone 8 Apple Store One Infinity Loop - formerly Apple Company Store Augmented Reality iOS Tutorial: Location Based Vuforia | Augmented Reality String AR Bringing the Platform Experience to You: Announcing the Realm World Tour (AES) Advanced Encryption Standard Cryptographic Services Guide RealmPop RealmTasks Five-pin bowling Designed by Apple in California Episode 131 Picks Pick: Locating the source of a memory leak Pick: Bowlmor Cupertino Keep in touch Join Our Mailing List Please Rate Us on iTunes

This week are joined by Greg Heo as we wade into RxSwift. We follow up on upgrading to 64-bit apps. We discuss the possibility of an OLED screen coming to the 8th iPhone model. Greg brings up the preferred software languages of weekend developers. We discuss where to define a notification? We watch Greg dance around as we quiz him on RxSwift*. Picks: Editing your macOS Dictionary, Apple’s deep learning frameworks: BNNS vs. Metal CNN, Swift Summit 2016 videos are being released! and what goes into an advance iOS/Swift course. Sponsored by: Buddy Build Episode 130 Show Notes: Comment on Episode 129 – Dangling Participles cocos2D Cocoa (API) Carbon (API) Apple OLED 'iPhone 8' Chases Samsung Galaxy S8: Hard Facts From A Display Expert What Programming Languages Are Used Most on Weekends? Yelling NotificationCenter.post(name:object:) in a crowded theatre RxSwift Primer RxSwift @ NSMeetup by Greg Heo When to NOT use RxJava What the 55 Swift Standard Library Protocols Taught Me iOS Test-Driven Development Fundamentals Search outside the box with new Pinterest visual discovery tools Unsafe Swift Exploring Swift Memory Layout Alexis Gallagher - Protocols with Associated Types Mac OS X Release History Episode 130 Picks: Pick: Clearing accidentally learned words from macOS dictionary Pick: Apple’s deep learning frameworks: BNNS vs. Metal CNN Pick: Swift Summit 2016 videos are being released!

This week we follow up on Apple's record quarterly results. We also follow up on MacBook Pro Touch Bar models being banned in exams, 32-bit iOS apps and replacing Air Play. We discuss Apple possibly adding Arm chips to Intel based Macs. Gitlab's data loss is explored. Picks: Linea, Google Chrome iOS browser opensourced and Google Translate. Episode 129 Show Notes: Apple returns to growth mode, mostly, as iPhone sales top 78M units Touch Bar MacBook Pros are being banned from bar exams over predictive text iOS 10.3 Beta Says 32-Bit Legacy Apps Will Not Work With Future Versions of iOS TI-86 Should you look for an alternative to Apple’s AirPlay? Apple Said to Work on Mac Chip That Would Lessen Intel Role GitLab suffers major backup failure after data deletion incident drobo The Crown - trailer Victoria - trailer An Adventure in Space and Time Episode 129 Picks: Pick: Linea Pick: Chrome open sourced Pick: Google Translate now provides live translation of Japanese text

This week follow up on replacements to Fabric and iAd, as well as ColorSync Manager and CarPlay & Android Auto delays in auto manufacturing. We also touch on Find My Air Pods and Apple Pay. We delve into the upcoming ability to respond to reviews and the SKStoreReviewController. We examine the case for deprecating UITableView replacing it with UICollectionView. Picks: Realm Word Tour, Limited Edition Super Bowl Tostitos, Apple UI Design Resources, using vector graphics in apps, 33 iOS open source libraries that will dominate 2017 Episode 128 Show Notes: Shawn Marston #askMTJC Tweet Pi Day Countdown CircleCI: Continuous Integration and Delivery ZenHub - Agile GitHub Project Management Software HockeyApp Mixpanel | Product analytics for mobile, web, and beyond ColorSync Manager Why the Pace of Infotainment is Slow Lose Your AirPods? Apple Reveals 'Find My' Solution For Missing Wireless Headphones With iOS Update Apple Pay usage grew 50% last year, says analytics report, as it shows most popular retailers Apple will let developers reply to reviews in the App Store soon, for iOS and Mac apps SKStoreReviewController Apptentive The Case for Deprecating UITableView Pick: Realm World Tour JP Simard Tweet: Casualties of the Great Swiftening Episode 128 Picks: Pick: This limited edition bag of Tostitos can tell how drunk you are and get you $10 off Uber on Super Bowl Sunday Pick: Apple UI Design Resources Pick: How to Use Vectors in Xcode 7 Pick: 33 iOS open source libraries that will dominate 2017

This week Tammy Coron, Jaime Lopez Jr and Tim Mitra follow up on What the iPhone Means to Me as well as Consumer Reports turnaround on recommending the new MacBook Pro. We also follow up on rumors of Apple taking of Netflix and Spotify by creating it's own content. We discuss Google's acquisition of the Fabric set of tools. We delve into the world of digital color discussing Instagram's adoption of Wide Color. We also examine Ash Furrow's post on Naming Things in Swift. Our Picks this week are; Affinity Designer, Universal Principles of Design, The History of Paper Money and Zepelin. Episode 127 Show Notes: How Apple plans to take a bite out of Netflix and Spotify Jimmy Iovine Says Apple Music Will Be 'An Entire Pop Cultural Experience' With New TV Shows Not Exactly a Netflix Tax: Where Canada Stands on a Digital Sales Tax Release Notes - #192: Manton Reece Apple Pay begins rolling out across the web Consumer Reports recommends new MacBook Pro after retesting Twitter sells Fabric mobile developer platform to Google Bringing Wide Color to Instagram ICC profile transformation using PIL Acorn 5 Calibrate your Mac’s monitor to ensure proper color representation 2life - Your Relationship App Roundabout: Creative Chaos - Episode 73 – Betsy Bauer (4 minutes in) The Official raywenderlich.com Swift Style Guide Naming Things in Swift  Episode 127 Picks: Pick: Affinity Designer Pick: Universal Principles of Design Pick: Zeplin Pick: History of Paper Money