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SwiftLee Weekly by Antoine van der Lee

SwiftLee Weekly - Issue 338

Published about 2 months ago • 5 min read

This week's SwiftLee Weekly covers:

  • Dynamic Profiles in Apple Foundation Models
  • StateReporter & MetricKit in iOS 27
  • What's new in Swift 6.4

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THIS WEEK'S BLOG POST

​@StateObject vs. @ObservedObject: The differences explained​

The Observable framework makes these obsolete, but many projects still have old code using these property wrappers. Knowing their differences is important and also teaches you more on how SwiftUI works.
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CURATED FROM THE COMMUNITY

​Apple Foundation Models: Hybrid AI with Dynamic Profiles​

Apple's Dynamic Profiles help you switch between on-device and cloude-hosted models. The perfect balance and ideal if you're building for Apple's platforms. Peter Friese explains how it works.
​peterfriese.dev​

​withContinuousObservation in Swift​

The Observation framework remains one I want to explore further, even more so after reading about this new API in Artem Mirzabekian's article.
​livsycode.com​

​Detecting (Evil) Dylibs​

Not many know: I graduated on hacking iOS 4. Finding articles like this one by Patrick Wardle always spark my interest, and it's also highly valuable for those apps that require enhanced security.
​objective-see.org​

​Building adaptive SwiftUI layouts with containerRelativeFrame()​

Shoutout to Natalia Panferova for continously delivering high quality articles with supporting visuals. This one is a great way to better understand the containerRelativeFrame() API in SwiftUI.
​nilcoalescing.com​

​iOS 27: StateReporter​

The MetricKit framework is undervalued: it truly helped us a lot back in my days at WeTransfer. Anton Gubarenkoexplains a new framework that makes MetricKit reports even more valuable.
​antongubarenko.substack.com​

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