{Update}: Apple releases Swift Playground 4 with support for Creating Apps on an iPad
On Wednesday, Apple released Swift Playgrounds 4, an update to the Swift Playgrounds app that’s been in the works for some time. The newest version of the app allows iPhone and iPad apps to be created directly on an iPad without the need for a Mac.
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Yes, you read that right – now you can build Swift Apps right on the iPad.
Here’s an overview of what one can do with the app:
Swift Playgrounds 4.0 features:
– Build iPhone and iPad apps with SwiftUI right on your iPad (requires iPadOS 15.2 or later)
– App Store Connect integration lets you upload your finished app to the App Store
– App Preview shows live updates as you make changes to your app
– Full-screen preview lets you see your app edge-to-edge
– Smart, inline code suggestions help you write code quickly and accurately
– App Projects make it easy to move projects to Xcode and back
– Project-wide search finds results across multiple files
– Snippets Library provides hundreds of SwiftUI controls, symbols, and colors
– Swift Package support lets you include publicly-available code to enhance your apps
Its available now in the iOS App Store.
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