watchOS 6 Beta 8 Release

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watchOS 6 Beta 8 Release

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Overview
The watchOS 6 SDK provides support for developing
watchOS apps for Apple Watch devices running watchOS 6.
The SDK comes bundled with Xcode 11 beta available from
Beta Software Downloads. For information on the
compatibility requirements for Xcode 11, see Xcode 11 Beta
6 Release Notes.
Warning
You must update your watch to watchOS 6 beta 2 or later
before updating to iOS 13 beta 7 otherwise your watch will
no longer be able to connect to your phone. (52854192)
Networking
New Features
• To enhance security, URLSession no longer sniffs the
MIME type when the server sends Content-Type:
application/octet-stream. (7820658)
• NSURLRequest.CachePolicy.reloadRevalidatingCache
Data and
NSURLRequest.CachePolicy.reloadIgnoringLocalAndR
emoteCacheData APIs are now available. (49660334)
• URLSessionWebSocketTask and
URLSessionStreamTask are now available for use in
watchOS apps. (49779789)
Known Issues
• The urlSession(_:taskIsWaitingForConnectivity:)
delegate callback might not function as expected.
(54309264)

Deprecations
• The URLSession and NSURLConnection APIs no
longer support SPDY. Servers should use HTTP 2 or
HTTP 1.1. (43391641)
Notifications
New Features
• To send a UserNotifications push to a watchOS device,
a new apns-push-type key is now required as part of
the APNs request header. Depending on the type of
notification, this key can be set to alert or background
and is supported across all Apple platforms. (47099534)
Podcasts
Known Issues
• Asking Siri to play a podcast on Apple Watch might
result in an error message. (50392036)
SwiftUI
New Features
• You can now create a Color from a UIColor or NSColor.
(49833933)
• NSManagedObject now conforms to ObservableObject.
The new @FetchRequest property wrapper can drive
views from the results of a fetch request, and
managedObjectContext is now included in the
environment. (50280673)
• Gesture modifiers are renamed for consistency. For
example, tapAction(count:_:) is renamed
onTapGesture(count:perform:), and
longPressAction(minimumDuration:maximumDistance:_
 :pressing:) is renamed
onLongPressGesture(minimumDuration:maximumDista
nce:pressing:perform:). (50395282)
• Text now has a default line limit of nil so that it wraps by
default. (51147116)
• ContentSizeCategory and several other enumerations
are now CaseIterable. (51168712)
• SegmentedControl is now a style of Picker. (51769046)
• BindableObject is replaced by the ObservableObject
protocol from the Combine framework. (50800624)

You can manually conform to ObservableObject by
defining an objectWillChange publisher that emits
before the object changes. However, by default,
ObservableObject automatically synthesizes
objectWillChange and emits before any @Published
properties change.

// RoomStore.swift
• import Foundation
•
• class RoomStore: ObservableObject {
• @Published var rooms: [Room] = []
• }
•
• struct Room: Identifiable {
• var id: UUID
• var name: String
• var capacity: Int
• var hasVideo: Bool
• }
•
• // ContentView.swift
• import SwiftUI
•
• struct ContentView: View {
• @ObservedObject var store: RoomStore
•
• var body: some View {
• NavigationView {
• List(store.rooms) { room in
• RoomCell(room: room)
• }
• .navigationBarTitle("Rooms")
• }
• }
• }
• 







@ObjectBinding is replaced by @ObservedObject.
• The EnvironmentValues structure has four new
properties for reading accessibility values from the
environment: accessibilityDifferentiateWithoutColor,
accessibilityReduceTransparency,
accessibilityReduceMotion, and
accessibilityInvertColors. (51712481)
• The color(_:) modifier for Text is renamed
foregroundColor(_:) for consistency with the more
general foregroundColor(_:) view modifier. (50391847)
• The BindableObject protocol’s requirement is now
willChange instead of didChange, and should now be
sent before the object changes rather than after it
changes. This change allows for improved coalescing
of change notifications. (51580731)
• The RangeReplaceableCollection protocol is extended
to include a remove(atOffsets:) method and the
 MutableCollection protocol is extended to include a
move(fromOffsets:toOffset:) method. Each new method
takes IndexSet instances that you use with the
onMove(perform:) and onDelete(perform:) modifiers on
ForEach views. (51991601)
• Added improved presentation modifiers:
sheet(isPresented:onDismiss:content:),
actionSheet(isPresented:content:), and
alert(isPresented:content:) — along with isPresented in
the environment — replace the existing
presentation(_:), Sheet, Modal, and PresentationLink
types. (52075730)
• Updated the APIs for creating animations. The basic
animations are now named after the curve type — such
as linear and easeInOut. The interpolation-based
spring(mass:stiffness:damping:initialVelocity:) animation
is now
interpolatingSpring(mass:stiffness:damping:initialVelocit
y:), and
fluidSpring(stiffness:dampingFraction:blendDuration:tim
estep:idleThreshold:) is now
spring(response:dampingFraction:blendDuration:) or
interactiveSpring(response:dampingFraction:blendDura
tion:), depending on whether or not the animation is
driven interactively. (50280375)
• Added an initializer for creating a Font from a CTFont.
(51849885)
Known Issues
• Implementing the Binding structure causes an error to
be produced. (53769896)
• A WKInterfaceObjectRepresentable instance with no
explicit width might expand to the bounds of its
container.

Workaround: Wrap the
WKInterfaceObjectRepresentable instance in a
GeometryReader to get an explicit width for the view.
(53512858)
• Image instances don’t use resizing information
configured in asset catalogs. Configure the size of an
image using the resizable(capInsets:resizingMode:)
modifier instead. (49114577)
Deprecations
• SwiftUI APIs deprecated in previous versions of
watchOS 6 beta have been removed. (53310683)
• The Length type is replaced by CGFloat. (50654095)
• TabbedView is now named TabView. (51012120)
• HAlignment and VAlignment are now deprecated, use
the more flexible HorizontalAlignment or
VerticalAlignment types instead and use TextAlignment
for text. (51190531)
• The SelectionManager protocol is removed, use
Optional and Set instances directly for selection.
(51557694)
• The isPresented environment value is deprecated and
replaced with the more general presentationMode
value. (51641238)
• The StaticMember protocol is deprecated. Use
protocol-conforming types directly instead. For
example, use an instance of WheelPickerStyle directly
rather than the wheel static member.(52911961)
• Complex overloads for the background(_:alignment:)
and border(_:width:) modifiers are deprecated. Use
 shapes in a background(_:alignment:) or
overlay(_:alignment:) to draw these instead.
(53067530)
• SwiftUI APIs deprecated in previous betas are now
removed. (52587863)
• The identified(by:) method on the Collection protocol is
deprecated in favor of dedicated
init(_:id:selection:rowContent:) and init(_:id:content:)
initializers. (52976883, 52029393)

The retroactive conformance of Int to the Identifiable
protocol is removed. Change any code that relies on
this conformance to pass \.self to the id parameter of
the relevant initializer. Constant ranges of Int continue
to be accepted:

List(0..<5) {
• Text("Rooms")
• }
• 







However, you shouldn’t pass a range that changes at
runtime. If you use a variable that changes at runtime to
define the range, the list displays views according to the
initial range and ignores any subsequent updates to the
range.
• Several extensions to the Binding structure are
removed. (51624798)

If you have code such as the following:

struct LandmarkList: View {
• var landmark: [Landmark]
• @Binding var favorites: Set<Landmark>
•
• var body: some View {
• List(landmarks) { landmark in
• Toggle(landmark.name, isOn: self.
$favorites.contains(landmarkID))
• }
• }
• }
• 







Define the following subscript on the Set structure:

extension Set {
• subscript(member: Element) -> Bool {
• get { contains(member) }
• set {
• if newValue {
• insert(member)
• } else {
• remove(member)
• }
• }
• }
• }
• 







Then, change self.$favorites.contains(landmarkID) to
self.$favorites[landmarkID].
• The Binding structure’s conditional conformance to the
Collection protocol is removed. (51624798)

 If you have code such as the following:

struct LandmarkList: View {
• @Binding var landmark: [Landmark]
•
• var body: some View {
• List(landmarks) { landmark in
• Toggle(landmark.value.name, isOn:
landmark[\.isFavorite])
• }
• }
• }
• 







Define the following collection type:

struct IndexedCollection<Base:
RandomAccessCollection>: RandomAccessCollection {
• typealias Index = Base.Index
• typealias Element = (index: Index, element:
Base.Element)
•
• let base: Base
•
• var startIndex: Index { base.startIndex }
•
• var endIndex: Index { base.startIndex }
•
• func index(after i: Index) -> Index {
• base.index(after: i)
• }
•
• func index(before i: Index) -> Index {
• base.index(before: i)
• }
•
• func index(_ i: Index, offsetBy distance: Int) -> Index {
• base.index(i, offsetBy: distance)
• }
•
• subscript(position: Index) -> Element {
• (index: position, element: base[position])
• }
• }
•
• extension RandomAccessCollection {
• func indexed() -> IndexedCollection<Self> {
• IndexedCollection(base: self)
• }
• }
• 







Then, update your code to:

struct LandmarkList: View {
• @Binding var landmarks: [Landmark]
•
• var body: some View {
• List(landmarks.indexed(), id: \.1.id) { (index,
landmark) in
• Toggle(landmark.name, isOn: self.
$landmarks[index].isFavorite)
• }
• }
• }
• 






• The relativeWidth(_:), relativeHeight(_:), and

relativeSize(width:height:) modifiers are deprecated.
Use other modifiers like
frame(minWidth:idealWidth:maxWidth:minHeight:idealH
eight:maxHeight:alignment:) instead. (51494692)
Xcode
Known Issues
• If your watch debugging session continuously times out,
you might need to quit and relaunch Xcode after
connecting to the internet in order to download the
appropriate DeviceSupport files. (50554987)
• The watchOS Mail app and related processes might
quit unexpectedly when used within the Simulator.
(53799899)