Step Into Newsletter – August 8, 2025
More on widgets, debugging view frames, and website updates.
Example Code
We have three more posts from the Widget series for you.
Updating widgets using timelines – We can specify an array of times when a widget will update.
Reloading a widget from an app scene – Our apps can trigger widgets to update by reloading all the timelines.
Adapting content to rendering modes – How to support widgetRenderingMode on visionOS.
You can find all examples in the Widget series here.
From the Labs
Lab 075 – Visualizing SwiftUI Frames – Documenting an incredibly useful view extension from WWDC 2025 to debug and visualize spatial layouts.
Meta post: Using the visionOS Simulator to create images for the Resource Library – This post details how we used an visionOS app and the Simulator to create a process for screenshots to use in the Resource Library.
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Community Updates
Blackmagic released DaVinci Resolve 20.1 with support for Apple Immersive workflows. The update is out now and the published a PDF to document the details. We will see a flood of Apple Immersive video later this year?
v1sea wrote a fascinating thread on using ARKit tracking in large outdoor areas.
Apple Released visionOS 26 Beta 5 this week. Did it squash any of your bugs?
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