WWDC24 wishlist
Jun 9, 2024
& just like that, another WWDC is right around the corner! Sharing these is always just in pure-fun! I know it’s not feasible to do anything actionable within such a short period of time, so without further ado, my WWDC24 wishlist:
Swift/APIs
“Jet” Electron-like framework (Apple Music)
Improved performance for Swift Macros.
Observation 2.0 (A given, but what will we see)?
More advanced SwiftUI stuff, for making super customized UIs
.relativeContentSize can accept floating values, instead of solid integers
Improvements for Apple Watch’s Haptics
ScrollView Improvements, namely getting the offset of a certain view. //How are we going on year 6 & this still isn’t fixed?
SwiftUI Navigation Stack improvements with more customization
Massive VisionOS Improvements.
Persistent SharePlay Sessions
SharePlay &/or another 1st party, real-time connection (I’m talking sub 100 milliseconds)
Massive SwiftData Improvements
Perf improvements
Better handling of a CloudKit entitlement, but local-only persistence.
Better debugging tooling
Get last sync state, sync progress, etc.
ScrollViews W/ performance improvements.
Xcode
Multiple OS Previews (Mac, iOS, Watch) on one Preview
Swift-Format lands in Xcode, with more linting?
LLM / AI stuff
Xcode, probably ~$10-$50/mo (Apple applied for official documents to sell Xcode as a subscription, many years back. They did the same with Final Cut & Logic Pro, which as we know, is a subscription on iOS/iPadOS)
Xcode Cloud:
Easier What to Test flow, for TestFlight builds
“What To Test” Markdown support
Design
Zenith Typeface
New SwiftUI Progressive Blur (Glur)
Advanced Bottom Bar API/Customization (Floating bars, etc)
Texture APIs for SwiftUI (Noise, gradients (Sports app), etc).
SplitScreen API? (Come on Apple, you know people want to multitask)!
macOS
Frankly a far more stable macOS release. Last year was a disaster.
App Shortcuts for macOS
Health app for macOS
Finder remembers size (Like yester-year, ugh!)
Feedback App
Redesigned App/Feedback flow. I know people have been begging for this one, for years.
TestFlight Feedback is HARD to find/navigate, & there should be a toggle to force interactions, that must include an email for back & forth support.
App Store Connect
App Store Connect is embarrassingly slow.
Don’t log me out of ASC every few hours
Misc.
Apple invests more into the AAA gaming space.
Home API (Get Temp/Humidity sensor data, etc).
Allow other people (Home Admins) to manage the home (Add devices, etc).
Easier Apple Business Chat
(Better business Email hosting)
AI Email Spam filter
New Mac Pro Jade-2C die (Exclusive Mac Pro chip, giving it an edge, on the ultra-high end)
TB5
AV1/C Encoders
I’m sure I missed something… Let me know what you’re most excited for @SENTINELITE on all socials, I’m super responsive! :p