MEET WITH APPLE

Join us for an all-new two-day activity to learn how SwiftUI can help you quickly and easily elevate your apps. You’ll find out how expertise in UIKit and AppKit can help you get comfortable with SwiftUI’s declarative approach, learn best practices for layout, animations, and data flow, and get the chance to meet with Apple engineers for hands-on support. Can't make it to Cupertino? No worries: The activity will be livestreamed too.

February 5-6
Apple Developer Center Cupertino

ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE

The Swift Student Challenge offers student developers the opportunity to showcase their creativity and coding capabilities. By building and submitting projects with Swift Playgrounds, students develop real-world skills they can take into their careers, while being part of a thriving developer community.

Submissions for the Challenge open February 3 for three weeks, which means now is a great time to brainstorm and start building. Winners will receive a special gift and a chance to visit us in Cupertino next summer.

BEHIND THE DESIGN

“The biggest feedback we get is, ‘It’s so simple, there’s nothing complex about it,’” says Vincent Janssen of 2024 Apple Design Award winner Oko, which helps vision-impaired pedestrians safely cross streets and navigate walkways. Find out how the Belgium-based Oko team built their award-winning app — and taught themselves Swift along the way.

PRIVACY AND SECURITY

The new year is a great time to revisit and reinforce your privacy practices. Check out this great privacy-related session and learn best practices for sharpening the security of your apps and games.

Reminder: Keep your developer account information secure and up to date, and do not share your Apple Account password or verification codes with anyone. Apple will never ask for this information to provide support.

GROW YOUR BUSINESS

Reach more people and increase app downloads in 91 markets with Apple Search Ads, now available in Türkiye, along with Armenia, Algeria, Bahrain, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Estonia, Ghana, Iceland, Iraq, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, and Uzbekistan.

NEWS SNIPPETS

Check out these updates across Apple platforms.