WWDC20 Daily Digest: Wednesday
June 24, 2020
Welcome back to day three of WWDC20. We hope you’re staying fresh, focused, and keeping limber — don’t forget those Stand or Roll rings! Our Wednesday sessions are here. In the meantime, catch up on the week so far and learn what’s up next.
It’s time for Day 3
Sessions are now available — go check them out.
Blink and you’ll miss Day 2
We introduced our first WWDC20 sessions of the week, learned about widgets and app clips, and so much more. Our recap series continues as we cover the Tuesday highlights in just two minutes.
Tuesday@WWDC
Request a 1-on-1 lab appointment
Have questions about the latest updates to Mac Catalyst, Siri, Metal, or our other frameworks and technologies? Throughout the week of the conference, you can request an appointment with an Apple engineer for personal technical help. Get in-depth details on how to implement new features — directly from the engineers who helped build the latest advances in Apple platforms.
Note: Requests are accepted 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. PDT the day before the lab. You can make requests if you’re a member of the Apple Developer Program or Apple Developer Enterprise Program as of June 11, 2020 at 9 a.m. PDT, or a Swift Student Challenge winner.
That’s a copy
If you’re watching sessions in the Developer app on iPhone, iPad, or Mac, you may have noticed a small addition to your viewing experience for WWDC20: Copy Code. We’ve provided a quick and easy way for you to instantly copy over any on-screen code as well as check out the session’s code at a glance.
When you’re watching a video that supports Copy Code, you can tap or click on the “Copy” button whenever active to instantly copy code to your clipboard. You can also browse all code within a session by tapping or clicking on Code, and jump instantly to that point in the session by clicking on its associated timecode.
Tip: Browsing in the main view? Try long-pressing or right-clicking on code to copy that snippet.
Find your groove
Music plays a pivotal role in the developer and creative community, providing an inspiring setting to help you bring your ideas and app experiences to life. Sam Rosenthal, creator of The Game Band’s Where Cards Fall on Apple Arcade, told us that his company name pays homage to the groups he listened to growing up. “A lot of the bands that I really loved… They didn't stick with one sound,” he said. Rosenthal has carried that philosophy into his work: “Every time we make something, it should be different from the last. It should surprise people.”
Learn more about the role music plays in the lives of developers around the world, and check out Apple Music’s custom WWDC20 playlists to help you find the right groove to power through this week (and those weeks of coding and designing to come).
Swan’s Quest: Chapter 2
Welcome back to our WWDC20 Swift Playgrounds challenge, Questers. Today, our Hero needs your help decoding the Swan’s scroll. This challenge will test your audio abilities, and along the way you’ll learn how to convert Swift Playgrounds into a tone generator.
Swan’s Quest was created for Swift Playgrounds on iPad and Mac, combining frameworks and resources which power the educational experiences in many of our playgrounds, including Sonic Workshop, Sensor Arcade, and Augmented Reality.
Swan's Quest, Chapter 2: A time for tones
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Meet the developers
This week, the App Store is sharing stories of developers across the world as they adapt their businesses and help their communities. Read on for an excerpt:
What do you do when your company’s app helps people book restaurant reservations—but most dining rooms have been shuttered?
Sameer Mahmood, OpenTable’s head of product for mobile apps, broached the subject in the company’s tech leads Slack channel. His message began, “I’ve got a crazy idea.”
What if, he asked, instead of reservations at restaurants, the OpenTable app helped people secure spots at a place they needed to go most: grocery stores.
Conversations at WWDC
Apple Vice President Lisa Jackson and former Attorney General Eric Holder
You won’t want to miss this: On Wednesday at 1 p.m. PDT, Lisa hosts a discussion with former US Attorney General Eric Holder on the fight for equal justice, how technology can empower people to change the world for the better, and ways to help in this moment.
A conversation with Lisa Jackson and former Attorney General Eric Holder
Enjoy day three of WWDC! Sessions are available on the WWDC tab in the Apple Developer app as well as on Apple.com. And if you have questions about a session or want to chat with the community, don’t forget to check out the Developer Forums.