Posts tagged with: ActivityKit

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All Development AI Apple Vibe Coding SwiftUI Announcements

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Swift Finally Lets You Put a Memberwise Init Where It Belongs

SE-0546 fixes a Swift limitation nearly a decade old: you couldn't define a struct's memberwise initializer in a same-file extension. Here's why that mattered, with a real example from a Live Activity.

August 22, 2026 6 min read

A hand squeezing the last drips of coffee from a paper filter into a Chemex — the kind of multi-minute brew that's worth glancing at from the Lock Screen instead of standing over.

Swift ActivityKit

Live Activities and the Dynamic Island: A Decision Matrix, Not a Demo

Day 26 of the 30-day iOS series. A real ActivityKit countdown for BrewLog's pour-over timer, the one-function decision matrix that decides which brew methods even get one, and the exact reason it still won't show up on a Lock Screen.

June 27, 2026 10 min read