Xojo is an extremely useful, fast and fun development environment for building your first (or next) iOS app. In this article, I offer a series of practical steps to guide you from idea to app.
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The Keychain is a system-wide feature on macOS that securely stores account passwords for applications. Until Xojo 2025r1, updating the password for an existing KeychainItem—that is, for a given Service Name—required first removing the item from the Keychain and then recreating it from scratch. Not exactly the most efficient process. But with the introduction of the KeychainItem.UpdatePassword method in 2025r1, things have gotten much easier. Read on to see how you can take advantage of this new functionality.
Comments closedStarting with Xojo 2025r1, you’ll find a new control in the iOS Library panel: MobileColorPicker. This control brings a native color-picking experience to your projects, allowing users to choose from a wide range of colors, save their favorites, or use a ‘loupe‘ to select a color directly from the screen.
Comments closedStarting with Xojo 2025r1, a new Property List Editor is available for both Desktop (macOS) and iOS projects under Build Settings > macOS and Build Settings > iOS. This editor simplifies the process of adding custom entries that your app may require, beyond those automatically included by Xojo.
Comments closedPerformance can be a make-or-break feature for any application, especially when users expect smooth interactions and quick results. Luckily, Xojo provides tools and techniques you…
Comments closedAs Senior Engineer Paul Lefebvre wrote back in 2022, Xojo added the ability to create Code Assistants starting with Xojo 2022r1. Code Assistants are functions…
Comments closedIf you are learning Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) or are curious about software development, you have probably heard the term Interfaces. This article explains the concept of…
Comments closedA new feature of the Xojo Code Editor is Selection Matching. When this feature is turned on, selected text is highlighted everywhere it appears in…
Comments closedIn Xojo 2024r3.1 we introduced the highly requested preemptive threads feature. This new thread type enables true independent execution of code, separate from the main…
Comments closedLogging is an essential part of software development. Whether you’re debugging issues during development or monitoring application performance in production, a robust logging solution is…
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