Hello everyone, I'm a 2nd-year Computer Science student who's excited to dive into iOS development, and I'd really appreciate some guidance from the experienced developers in this community. MY CURRENT BACKGROUND I have a solid foundation in programming fundamentals through my university coursework (data structures, algorithms, OOP concepts), and I'm familiar with general software development principles. However, iOS development is entirely new territory for me, and I want to make sure I start on the right foot. WHAT I'M LOOKING TO UNDERSTAND Learning Path & Technologies Should I start with UIKit or SwiftUI? I've heard conflicting opinions about this How important is it to learn Objective-C in 2025, or should I focus solely on Swift? Are there any foundational Apple frameworks I should prioritize learning early on? Roadmap & Structured Learning Is there a recommended roadmap or learning sequence I should follow? What skills/topics should I master before moving to more advanced concepts? Should I learn iOS development in a linear fashion, or is it better to learn as I build projects? Are there any official Apple learning paths or certifications worth pursuing? Common Mistakes to Avoid What are the most common pitfalls beginners face when starting iOS development? Are there any bad habits or patterns I should consciously avoid from day one? What misconceptions did you have as a beginner that you wish someone had corrected earlier? Project-Based Learning What types of projects would you recommend for someone at my level? Should I build several small apps or focus on one comprehensive project? At what point should I start contributing to open-source iOS projects? Best Practices & Design Patterns Which iOS-specific design patterns (MVC, MVVM, etc.) should I learn first? How can I develop good habits around memory management and app architecture from the beginning? What resources do you recommend for learning iOS best practices, not just syntax? Apple Ecosystem & Tools Beyond Xcode, what tools should be in my toolkit? How important is it to learn about TestFlight, Instruments, and other Apple developer tools early on? Should I get comfortable with CocoaPods/SPM from the start, or wait until I'm more experienced? MY GOALS My goal is to build a solid foundation over the next 6-8 months, create a few portfolio-worthy apps and pursuing iOS development as a career path after graduation. SPECIFIC QUESTIONS How many hours per week would you recommend dedicating to learning iOS development while managing university coursework? What's the best way to stay updated with Apple's annual changes and new frameworks? When should I start thinking about publishing apps to the App Store? Are there any mentorship programs or communities specifically for beginner iOS developers you'd recommend? I know this is a lot of questions, but I genuinely want to learn the right way rather than picking up bad habits I'll have to unlearn later. Any advice, resources, or personal experiences you're willing to share would be incredibly valuable to me. Thank you in advance for taking the time to help a beginner. I'm committed to putting in the work and learning properly!

While the new system presents several advantages, I have encountered some issues with my iPhone. Specifically, I have noticed instances where the device becomes unresponsive when I open or close an application rapidly. Although the design of the system is commendable, it appears that the devices are not fully optimized to handle the increased demands of the new system.

When on a call and when pressing the speaker button during a call iPads come up as an option. I went in to settings->apps->phone, but “calls on other devices” isn’t an option. I’d like to eliminate the option of transferring calls to an iPad but can’t find an option to do it.

MacBook Pro M1: OS 26.1 open Pages, nothing happens. Documents won't open after reboot and re-installing Pages. Force Quit shows Pages in red (not responding). Numbers and Keynote work fine. Cheers - Dave

Hello Apple Arcade Team, My partner and I are indie developers building premium spatial games for Apple platforms. We’ve created Cup Pong Galaxy, a 100% spatial game written specifically for Apple Vision Pro and we’d love to have it considered for Apple Arcade. ***** At-a-glance ***** Title: Cup Pong Galaxy Platform: Designed from the ground up for Vision Pro (spatial gameplay) Status: Approved for distribution on the App Store (release on hold pending Arcade interest) TestFlight: https://testflight.apple.com/join/aCBcUUJb (fully functional build) Game Footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGoJTfUwTdg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPExWW94ZvQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJOKXVhRShA ***** Why it stands out for Apple Arcade ***** Original spatial mechanics: Natural throwing using custom hand gestures and a physics-accurate ping pong system built for Vision Pro. Innovative collision system: Each animated alien has per-body-part collision objects that follow the armature's animation, allowing ping pong balls to bounce realistically off arms, legs, and heads. Epic scale: 10 unique worlds with over 50 animated 3D alien characters, 150+ unique 3D obstacles, and 100 total levels. Boss fights: Defeat bosses by hitting specific body parts with ping pong balls in full 3D space — we haven’t seen this implemented elsewhere on the App Store. Cinematic world progression: Animated 3D level maps and victory scenes as players conquer worlds. ***** Business/fit ***** No ads or in-app purchases; prepared to align with Apple Arcade guidelines. Actively adding Game Center integration. We’ve started work on a second VisionOS game and would love to understand what makes a game a great fit for Arcade. We’d be grateful if you could review Cup Pong Galaxy and let us know if there’s interest or point us to the correct person/process for Apple Arcade submissions. Any feedback is welcome — it will help us improve our next VisionOS game as well. Thank you for your time and consideration.

We have not received ANY revenue payments from December 2023 through October 2024. App Store Connect shows no error messages or problem notifications. Despite submitting multiple support inquiries over several weeks, We have received ZERO responses. Not even an acknowledgment. Absolutely remarkable operations, Apple. RIP Apple.

We're sending the spcData payload to our fairplay key server (version 5.1) with the base64 encoded string of our fairPlay.cer that was downloaded from our developer portal and we're getting a spcVersionErr (-42580) for the spc version. The value that is being received by the key server seems to be 813827283 when it should be either 1 (base_constants.SPCVersion.v1.rawValue) or 2 (base_constant.SPCVersion.v2.rawValue). We're assuming we're encoding the fairplay.cer incorrectly. Any insight from anybody would be appreciated.

I don’t remember my answer to security questions on Apple ID

I don't like the ios 26 phone book because sometimes, I just want to look up contanct info. Now, I have to go into edit to see the contact info. Then, I cannot even see the whole phone number at once. When I click on it, I still cannot see tha whole number. Please make it the way it was! Note: I tried to find a place to report this as an iphone user and couldn't, so I put it here. Please making finding a place like this available and easy to find for ios users.

Has anyone else had any issued with their CarPlay with the new phone? My screen gets distorted and you cannot make up anything that shows up on it, it's specific to the new phone since I have also tried it with an iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 13. I have updated my car's firmware, reset it, reset my phone settings (per Apple's request) and nothing seems to be working, and unfortunately since I'm on the beta they are limited with the assistance they are able to provide to me.

This is my first time installing the developer beta, and i found Calls, Contacts, Messages App keep no response for most of the time, only can run sometime after i have reboot my iphone 16 pro… I forgot to back up my phone before installing the 26.1beta, what can i do now as it is a big problem for cant receiving calls and messages most of the time…

Hi developers, The iOS 18 has been unsigned since 09/23, which is much earlier than Apple usually does. In addition, the new features in IOS26 are tough to get used to; therefore, the sign for IOS18.7 is urgently needed by a large number of Apple users! Please see discussions on every social media across various languages.

9.30日上午11点按拒审信息，修改了“APP描述”的内容，不需要提审新包。现在显示“等待审核中”，请问有经验的开发者，国庆节期间，苹果会继续审核吗？按经验，如果不是国庆节，今天（星期三），应该是审核通过的。

The SecurityPrivacyExtension crashes after 5-10 seconds. The tccd process also crashes frequently. Anyone else have this issue? My Mac is managed.

Zoom is crashing when clicking the chat button. I am using iOS 26.1. I have already powered down and reinstalled the app.

I have been trying to make phone calls using the Phone app on my MacBook Air. The calls will go through with absolutely no problem. If it's a service that needs touch-tone phone prompts, the tones do not register with the automated system. I have also just noticed that when a call rings on my computer (and it IS ringing), there is no way to answer it. I am running Tahoe Beta 26.1 Any thoughts?

您好，我们于2025年9月29日提交了应用程序评论。应用程序名称：招标快讯，我们收到一封电子邮件，说我们违反了Apple Developer 3.2（f）规定，并且突然无法进入开发者管理中心。虽然我们不知道具体原因，但我们已尽一切努力验证我们的帐户和应用程序的内容是否存在任何违规行为。我们的APP是一个名为招标快讯的软件。应用程序内容没有欺骗用户，应用程序没有伪造他人的产品。我们一直遵守苹果的相关法规，并致力于为用户提供有用的体育信息产品。我希望你能及时回复，并与我们合作解决这个问题，对产品和用户负责。谢谢！

HAVE ANY ONE EXPERIENCE PASS KEY DEVICE PROMPTS RANDOMLY ON BETA IOS SOFTWARE >?

Hi, I have been using external NVMe disk since March 2025 with my Mac M1 1TB until recently couple of days agao I updated Mac OS to Tahoe from Sequpoia 15.6. Now Mac OS Tahoe is disconnecting my NVMe automatically saying please eject the disc before disconnecting and suddenly after an hour it reconnects. Right now I have reinstall Mac OS Sequoia and My external NVMe disk is working again. This post is for Mac OS developers to check for APFS drivers on Mac Tahoe as they are messing up with external NVMe SSD. I dont know about others brand of NVMe I am using Transcend inclosure with transcend NVMe 2TB SSD hard disk. Kindly please check as its not NVMe issue its and OS issue. If it was NVMe issue my SSD should also not work with Sequoia but as it is working with Sequoia so it has to be something with Tahoe OS. Kindly review your code about APFS drivers or thunderbold USB C drivers or may be something else linked to APFS file system. I hope this post reaches you and you guys can consider it as help ful. Kind regards

Hey everyone, I'm beyond excited to share that I've been selected as a Distinguished Winner in this year's Swift Student Challenge! 🎉 It all started last summer, in the middle of a Western Culture class. I was zoning out , and my attention drifted to the Apple Pencil in my hand. And then ,it hit me — this thing is literally a next-level game controller. Think about it: pixel-perfect precision, haptic feedback, multiple built-in sensors... Why aren't we using this for gaming? And that got me thinking — why have we spent the last 500 years treating the "pencil" as just a tool for creation, and not for play? Since graphite pencils were invented in 1564, we've had this incredibly natural way to interact with 2D and 3D space... and nobody's fully tapped into it for games. So, I did something about it. I built a game that's 100% controlled by the Apple Pencil yep, just the Pencil. I know what you're thinking: "How does that even work??" And honestly, I'd love to tell you... but I'm in the final stages of getting it onto the App Store, and it should be live within the next couple of weeks. So for now... 🤐😄 In the meantime, I've set up a Discord server for anyone who's curious about the gameplay, the design, or just wants to brainstorm ideas with me. If you're into creative controls, game design, or just want to hang — come join the conversation! [Join the Discord here!] https://discord.gg/5Rm8WKbekf Can't wait to share more soon!