Evan Stone

Evan Stone

@evankstone.bsky.social

iOS developer based in Sonoma County, CA. Host of the iOS Dev Break podcast. Creator of the Swift Remote Studio virtual coworking community for Swift/iOS/Mac developers and designers (swiftremotestudio.com).

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Evan Stone
@evankstone.bsky.social

Anyone else experiencing crashes on iOS 27 beta when instantiating CABTMIDICentralViewController in SwiftUI with a UIViewRepresentable? In the end, I gave up and let Claude Agent roll our own solution. It works on 26 and 27 and is pretty solid. #CoreMIDI #iOSDev

Evan Stone
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Let's GO MIDI 1.2 has launched in the App Store! The key feature for this release is InstaTone! ✨ Let's GO MIDI randomly selects from over 1200 tones on your Roland GO:KEYS 3/5 and automatically sends the patch change. It makes sound discovery fun! 🤩 #Roland #GoKeys

Evan Stone
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I just found out I got another subscriber for Let's GO MIDI (for #Roland #GoKeys keyboards), which doesn't sound like much, but I'm very grateful to those who are finding it useful enough to subscribe. ❤️ I use it too—and it's a super fun tool for live keyboard work with my GO:KEYS 3. 🎹

Evan Stone
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You could count on him to be there for the weekly coffee and goals meetings, and you could rely on him to encourage others to keep going even when things were tough. He inspired all of us by never giving up. Steve will be missed, and he will be remembered. 💐❤️ 2/2

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Apple Raises Prices Across Most of Its Product Lines https://www.macstories.net/news/apple-raises-prices-across-most-of-its-product-lines/

macstories.netApple Raises Prices Across Most of Its Product LinesApple raised the prices of Macs and other products across the board today. For entry-level Macs, the increases are mostly $100–$200. However, if you want a MacBook Pro or Mac Studio with lots of memory and storage, it's going to cost you dearly. Prices were also raised on the iPad, Vision Pro, Apple TV, HomePods,
Evan Stone
@evankstone.bsky.social

Let's Go MIDI passed review today and officially launched! 🎉 🎹 It's a Tone/Patch librarian for the Roland GO:KEYS 3 & 5 keyboards, and hopefully this will help make organizing patches (especially for live play) fun again! 😄 #Roland #GoKeys apps.apple.com/us/app/lets-...

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Evan Stone
@evankstone.bsky.social

Hey! Let's Go MIDI is finally in review! 🎉 That said, I expect it to be rejected on the first time around, and that's OK. I’m ready for it, because the app has constraints with a hardware dependency. So we'll see. I'm cautiously optimistic. 😊 #iOSDev #AppStoreConnect #LetsGoMIDI #Roland #GoKeys

Evan Stone
@evankstone.bsky.social

I'm looking for beta testers for an iOS app that manages your tone library for #Roland #GoKeys 3 and 5 keyboards. I'd like to launch very soon so if you're interested, please reach out and I'll send you the TestFlight link. Designed for live use. #MIDI #Synthesizers #Keyboards cc #Casio #Yamaha

Evan Stone
@evankstone.bsky.social

I’m attempting to set up Gemini in Xcode 26.6 RC but since this is a corporate setup I have a Google Cloud Project ID, not an API key. So it seems like the configuration file route is the right path? #WWDC26 #WWDC #CodingIntelligence #Xcode27 #Xcode

Evan Stone
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After consulting Gemini and filling out the .env file and settings.json files, it’s complaining about needing to be authenticated and I can’t seem to see how to trigger the auth, like in Gemini CLI. Suggestions & advice appreciated at this point. 😊 #WWDC26 #WWDC #CodingIntelligence #Xcode #Xcode27

Evan Stone
@evankstone.bsky.social

I got a little choked up at the Vision Pro section with eye tracking for wheelchair control. Amazing stuff. #Apple Newsroom: Apple unveils new #accessibility features, and updates powered by Apple Intelligence #AppleNews #a11y #VisionPro #visionOS www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/0...

apple.comApple unveils new accessibility features, and updates with Apple IntelligenceApple announced major accessibility updates powered by Apple Intelligence, including new capabilities for VoiceOver, Magnifier, and Voice Control.
Evan Stone
@evankstone.bsky.social

Nice list of devices in an Xcode Multiplatform app template! 😄 I'm happy to see that VisionOS (Apple Vision) is in there as well. 🥽 #VisionPro #AppleVisionPro #Xcode #Xcode26

Evan Stone
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TIL we can manually force Universal Control with another Mac. On the Mac that UC is not working: 1. Click the Control Center icon in the #macOS menu bar 2. Click the ">" on the Display section 3. Click the name of your other Mac under "Link keyboard and mouse to:" #macOSTips

Evan Stone
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Discover the Apple Design Resources | Apple Developer youtu.be/CVMO61kLAM8?si=FMpyv...

youtu.beDiscover the Apple Design ResourcesLearn to bring your ideas to life with the Apple Design Resources. In this overview, we’ll explore the resources Apple has to offer, show you how to access them, and share quick and helpful tips for new designers. Check out the Apple Design Resources: https://apple.co/AppleDesignResources Explore the Human Interface Guidelines: https://apple.co/HIG More Apple Developer resources: Video sessions: https://apple.co/VideoSessions Documentation: https://apple.co/DeveloperDocs Forums: https://apple.co/DeveloperForums App: https://apple.co/DeveloperApp
Evan Stone
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Looks like macOS 26 Tahoe made my #Arturia MiniFuse 4 inoperable until Arturia comes out with an update (it's Arturia's fault for not keeping up, though). Therefore, does anyone have an audio interface that currently works with macOS 26? support.arturia.com/hc/en-us/...

support.arturia.comCompatibility - macOS TahoeArticle created on September 15th 2025. Dear users,Please hold off upgrading for now.As with all significant operating system releases, we strongly recommend you do not upgrade to macOS Tahoe just ...
Evan Stone
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Anyone else see the window for the Music app on #macOS26Tahoe not remembering its position or size after quitting and restarting the app? It's a ridiculous bug and is a really awful #UX. 100% reproducible for me on macOS 26.1. Anyone know if macOS 26.2 fixes it? FB21303212 #macOS26 #UXFail

Evan Stone
@evankstone.bsky.social

So #macOS26 ruined the interface for Apple Music. The player at the bottom is… awful. You know it's bad when you consider writing a Music player app to replace/use instead of the one that comes with your OS. #macOS26Tahoe #AppleMusic #UX #Usability

Evan Stone
@evankstone.bsky.social

Hey! 👋🏻 We're doing an online watch party for the #AppleDeveloper event, "Optimize your app's speed and efficiency" Today, from 10am-12pm PT You watch on your system, chat about it in our virtual meeting room. It's a great #iOSDev community experience!

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Swift Remote Studio
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Hey! 👋🏻 We're doing an online watch party for the #AppleDeveloper event, "Optimize your app's speed and efficiency" Today, from 10am-12pm PT You watch on your system, chat about it in our virtual meeting room. It's a great #iOSDev community experience!