2017

1. Apple’s use of Swift in iOS 11.1 and macOS 10.13.1

   Posted Nov 15, 2017

   A year ago I analyzed how many built-in apps in iOS 10.1 and macOS 10.12 were using Swift: Apple’s use of Swift in iOS 10.1 and macOS 10.12. How many built-in apps are using Swift in iOS 11.1 and macOS 10.13.1? Let’s find it out!
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2. Swift: Banning force unwrapping optionals

   Posted Jun 28, 2017

   In this article, I discuss the dangers of force unwrapping and how to avoid forced unwraps.
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3. Facebook.app for iOS [v. 88.0] cleans up duplicates

   Posted Apr 15, 2017

   This post follows up the Analysis of the Facebook.app for iOS [v. 87.0].
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4. Analysis of the Facebook.app for iOS [v. 87.0]

   Posted Apr 10, 2017

   In this article, I analyze the version 87.0 of the Facebook.app for iOS.
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5. Deobfuscating libMobileGestalt keys

   Posted Jan 24, 2017

   /usr/lib/libMobileGestalt.dylib is a private library which provides an API to retrieve the capabilities of the iOS device, as well as some runtime information: system version, build version, device type, current status of the airplane mode, …
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