Step Into Newsletter – August 1, 2025
Widgets, clocks, and popovers on gravestones.
Example Code
This week I kicked off a series of examples to explore Widgets on visionOS. Coming soon in visionOS 26, widgets are a simple but powerful way for users to customize their space.
Getting started with visionOS Widgets – Create your first widget and learn four key concepts that make widgets so compelling on visionOS.
Adding content and options for configuration – Building widget content and adding user configuration options.
Simple Interactions – Widgets can be interactive, but not in the same way as our SwiftUI windows. This example takes you through to steps to create interactive elements and animate changes.
Other Work
Lab 074 – Mocking up a clock using Radial Layout – I used this mock up a simple animated clock. I used the Radial layout that we say in Lab 067. I might try to bring this to a widget next. It could be interesting to get an animation like this working with the constraints of Widgets.
Project Graveyard – Devlog 003 – I managed to grab some time to work on my side project. I started revamping the toolbar and app settings.
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From the Community
Bring some beauty to your day. Paolo Villanueva announced the release of LALÒ Immersive showcasing some incredible Filipino-American choral music and performances.
Just today John Haney created a new LinkedIn group called Apps You Can Make. John is an incredibly generous member of the visionOS community. If he invites to a new group, you should join!
I should have mentioned this months ago! Pieter Montoulieu is building a visionOS Bluesky app called Nimbus.
Rich Fallat just launched a TestFlight for an awesome new game called Gravitas Dark Matter.
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