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A SwiftUI WidgetKit Deep Link Tutorial
WidgetKit deep links allow the individual views that make up the widget entry view to open different screens within the companion app when tapped. In addition to the main home screen, the WidgetDemo …
Supporting WidgetKit Size Families in SwiftUI
In the chapter titled “Building Widgets with SwiftUI and WidgetKit”, we learned that a widget is able to appear in small, medium and large sizes. The project created in the previous chapter included …
A SwiftUI WidgetKit Tutorial
From the previous chapter we now understand the elements that make up a widget and the steps involved in creating one. In this, the first of a series of tutorial chapters dedicated to WidgetKit, we …
Building Widgets with SwiftUI and WidgetKit
Introduced in iOS 14, widgets allow small amounts of app content to be displayed alongside the app icons that appear on the device home screen pages, the Today view and the macOS Notification. …
Operating Systems
Configuring an Ubuntu 20.04 Postfix Email Server
Along with acting as a web server, email is one of the primary uses of an Ubuntu system, particularly in business environments. Given both the importance and popularity of email it is surprising to …
Setting Up an Ubuntu 20.04 Web Server
Among the many packages that make up the Ubuntu operating system is the Apache web server. In fact the scalability and resilience of Ubuntu makes it an ideal platform for hosting even the most …
Working with Containers on Ubuntu 20.04
Now that the basics of Linux Containers have been covered in the previous chapter, this chapter will demonstrate how to create and manage containers using the Podman, Skopeo and Buildah tools on …
An Introduction to Ubuntu 20.04 Containers
The preceding chapters covered the concept of virtualization with a particular emphasis on creating and managing virtual machines using KVM. This chapter will introduce a related technology in the …