The Evolution of Becoming an iOS Engineer: 2024 vs. 2014

This is my 10th year as an iOS engineer. Over the past decade, the field of iOS development has transformed dramatically. The journey to becoming an iOS engineer in 2024 presents both greater challenges and opportunities compared to 2014. This article explores the evolving landscape, technological advancements, and the increasing complexity of the skill set required, illustrating how the path to becoming an iOS engineer has become more demanding yet rewarding.

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monobudget is in the Top 20 financial apps on the Ukrainian App Store

On the 24th of January, 2022 monobudget entered the TOP-20 financial apps on the Ukrainian App Store 😎

Moreover, if to remove banking applications from the TOP-20 and leave only personal finance management applications, it turns out that monobudget was the #1 personal finance management application in the Ukrainian App Store.

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I would change the Ratings & Reviews in the App Store

change the Ratings & Reviews System in the App Store

Everyone who publishes their apps in the App Store is familiar with the review system. If I worked at Apple and headed the App Store I would change the Ratings & Reviews and now I’ll tell you why.

This is a small post in the hope that it will be noticed and someday it will happen.

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canOpenURL always returns false

canOpenURL always returns false

Could it be that canOpenURL always returns false? After starting monobudget, I came across an interesting case. The main scenario in the application is user authorization in the monobank during the first launch. This step can, of course, be skipped, but due to the specifics of the application, I refer it to the main scenario.

At first, one user wrote to me and said that by clicking on the authorization button, nothing happens. I thought “very strange” and “what could it be?”

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User reaction to Tracking Authorization Request in iOS 14

Tracking Authorization Request
App Tracking Transparency

In case you missed it, Apple changed the mobile advertising market by introducing the AppTrackingTransparency framework in iOS 14. They say “Use the AppTrackingTransparency framework if your app collects data about end-users and shares it with other companies for purposes of tracking across apps and web sites. The AppTrackingTransparency framework presents an app-tracking authorization request to the user and provides the tracking authorization status.”

Why is this a revolution? I’ll tell you now.

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monobudget for monobank – your finances at the fingertips

monobudget
Monobudget on the App Store

I’ve always loved keeping track of personal finances. How much is spent on food, how much on gasoline, how much I earned, how much I spent, what is the cash flow.

But, it was always difficult to find a suitable application for accounting personal finances.

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My Apple Watch SE was hanging out all night while I was sleeping

apple watch se

Yes, that is precisely what I saw when I woke up early in the morning. Looks like my Apple Watch SE was hanging out all night. There were no exercises there, so they were not visiting the disco party. They were standing for 5 hours. Let me guess. Maybe they were waiting for entering a night club and they were not allowed in because they have not reached the age of majority.

Okay, now seriously.

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LIDAR on the iPhone. Ready Player One.

Have you ever seen how LIDAR works on the iPhone 12 Pro или iPad Pro?

Lidar on the iPhone

Many will say that the thing, of course, is cool, but only a few will need it. Now imagine that #apple will scan the whole world with our iPhones and create a virtual copy of it. And then… They will release #appleglasses and you will be seeing the virtual world through them, physically moving through the real one. How do you like this future!!?

Ready Player One?
Welcome to Oasis.

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Sleep Expert – the next generation sleep management app for Mac

Sleep Expert

Sleep Expert is the next generation sleep management app chosen by thousands of Mac users. Sleep Expert allows

  • to Put your Mac computer to sleep if it doesn’t go to sleep when you expected,
  • to Prevent your display or entire system from entering sleep on your request,
  • to Find out what’s keeping your Mac awake,
  • to Not Disturb your Mac with network access,
  • to Get notified about major changes to your Mac when in sleep mode especially when you are away from your Mac via email

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