Native iOS Development Blog

Our take on native iOS development: accessibility (EAA), Apple Intelligence, Swift architecture and every WWDC. Plus what happens outside the editor: events, meetups, training and AtalayaSoft's milestones. We share what we learn, what we build, and what we achieve.

The EAA already applies to your iOS app: what to decide before it's too late

The EAA already applies to your iOS app: what to decide before it's too late

Accessibility in your iOS app stopped being a UX matter: since June 2025 it's a legal obligation with penalties attached. And just like with GDPR, the...

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25 Years Writing Code: From an Amstrad to the App Store

25 Years Writing Code: From an Amstrad to the App Store

From selling pirated CDs in high school to building apps with 218 million users. From studying with 800-page programming bibles on the bus to learning...

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Does Your iOS Contractor Have Professional Insurance? (They Should.)

Does Your iOS Contractor Have Professional Insurance? (They Should.)

When a CTO evaluates an iOS contractor, the conversation usually revolves around technical capabilities: SwiftUI experience, architecture patterns, Sw...

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We Attended the STRV Mobile Lightning Talks in Prague: 7 Talks, Zero Fear of AI

We Attended the STRV Mobile Lightning Talks in Prague: 7 Talks, Zero Fear of AI

On March 10th, Francisco and I attended the STRV Mobile Lightning Talks in Prague. STRV is a Czech digital product company with 200+ engineers that ha...

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WWDC 2025: Liquid Glass, Swift 6.2 and an LLM Inside Your App

WWDC 2025: Liquid Glass, Swift 6.2 and an LLM Inside Your App

Apple has just done something it hasn't done since iOS 7 in 2013: a top-to-bottom redesign of the interface across its entire ecosystem. It's called L...

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Goodbye CocoaPods: It’s Time to Migrate to Swift Package Manager

Goodbye CocoaPods: It’s Time to Migrate to Swift Package Manager

After more than a decade as the standard tool for dependency management in iOS, CocoaPods has entered maintenance mode and, by 2026, its specification...

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My First Women in Tech Breakfast in Prague: Entrepreneurship Means Learning Everything at Once

My First Women in Tech Breakfast in Prague: Entrepreneurship Means Learning Everything at Once

Last November 28th, I sat down for breakfast at WeWork in Prague surrounded by women who are building businesses, seeking funding, scaling their compa...

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Our First iOS Meetup in Prague: Vision Framework & In-App Purchases

Our First iOS Meetup in Prague: Vision Framework & In-App Purchases

Last week Francisco and I attended our first iOS Meetup in Prague, hosted by STRV at their offices. The event, "Crafting iOS with Vision Framework & I...

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