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We‘re hitting the ground running in 2026 with a special SwiftUI activity in Cupertino, more ways to connect with us about Liquid Glass, and a snappy video recap of Apple design resources.

JANUARY 2026

Happy New Year,
Developer

We‘re hitting the ground running in 2026 with a special SwiftUI activity in Cupertino, even more ways to connect with us about the new design, and a snappy reintroduction of Apple design resources.

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MEET WITH APPLE

Explore the foundations of SwiftUI

Join us on February 10 for a special day of foundational SwiftUI sessions that’ll help you sharpen your understanding of core concepts and write powerful, performant code.

A collage of Apple design elements, tilted diagonally against a dark gray background.

APPLE DESIGN RESOURCES

Allow us to reintroduce ourselves

Get a fresh view of all the design resources Apple has to offer.

A top-down view of several people working at a table assembling colorful objects that evoke the new design and Liquid Glass.

LET’S TALK LIQUID GLASS

Sign up for a design activity near you

Our worldwide series of design activities continues through March with all-new opportunities to bring the new design to your app with the help of Apple experts.

A series of screenshots from an app called Grateful Moments, each featuring elements from Swift, including buttons and badges.

THE LEARNING SECTION

Dive into new Develop in Swift Tutorials

Let us guide you through how to design elegant apps with Liquid Glass, incorporate the Image Playground and Foundation Models frameworks, and test and distribute the final product.

The Swift Student Challenge is almost here! Sharpen your skills with free sessions designed to help you get ready.

The foundation models logo, a series of interlocking lines and small circles against a blue-green square background with rounded corners.

PROMPT ENGINEERING

Make the most of foundation models

We’ve heard your requests for more information about foundation models, and are happy to share this new article about crafting prompts that take full advantage of on-device foundation models to create new intelligent features in your app.

JANUARY 2026

Happy New Year,
Developer

We‘re hitting the ground running in 2026 with a special SwiftUI activity in Cupertino, even more ways to connect with us about the new design, and a snappy reintroduction of Apple design resources.

A woman wearing a gray sweater stands on stage in front of a large screen showing lines of code.

MEET WITH APPLE

Explore the foundations
of SwiftUI

Join us on February 10 for a special day of foundational SwiftUI sessions that’ll help you sharpen your understanding of core concepts and write powerful, performant code.

Request to join us in Cupertino
Sign up for the livestream
A collage of Apple design elements, tilted diagonally against a dark gray background.

APPLE DESIGN RESOURCES

Allow us to reintroduce ourselves

Get a fresh view of all the design resources Apple has to offer.

Watch now
A top-down view of several people working at a table assembling colorful objects that evoke the new design and Liquid Glass.

LET’S TALK LIQUID GLASS

Sign up for a design activity near you

Our worldwide series of design activities continues through March with all-new opportunities to bring the new design to your app with the help of Apple experts.

Browse new design activities
A series of screenshots from an app called Grateful Moments, each featuring elements from Swift, including buttons and badges.

THE LEARNING SECTION

Dive into new Develop in Swift Tutorials

Let us guide you through how to design elegant apps with Liquid Glass, incorporate the Image Playground and Foundation Models frameworks, and test and distribute the final product.

Browse new tutorials

The Swift Student Challenge is almost here! Sharpen your skills with free sessions designed to help you get ready.

Get ready for the Swift Student Challenge (January 15)
Experiment with coding intelligence in Xcode 26 (February 5)
The foundation models logo, a series of interlocking lines and small circles against a blue-green square background with rounded corners.

PROMPT ENGINEERING

Make the most of foundation models

We’ve heard your requests for more information about foundation models, and are happy to share this new article about crafting prompts that take full advantage of on-device foundation models to create new intelligent features in your app.

Read more
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NEW DOCUMENTATION

Configure the Xcode project window
Present ads in your app
New enumerations in the Foundation framework
New structure in the AdAttributionKit framework
New function in the Dispatch framework
View all Apple Developer Documentation updates
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please let us know.

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