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Abstract cover art: two nested frames sharing a corner

Design

16 Sept 20263 min read

iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max: more rows, not bigger text

Both new Pro phones run at the same pixel density, so the larger one does not magnify your interface. It shows more of it, and that is a design decision.

Pinkesh Gajera

Abstract cover art: bars of varying height across a wide field

Design

16 Sept 20263 min read

tvOS 27 expands text size controls. Check your TV app.

Larger text is now available across more of the Apple TV interface. Ten-foot layouts tend to break at large sizes in ways nobody sees on a desk.

Pinkesh Gajera

Abstract cover art: stacked translucent panes offset in depth

Design

4 Sept 20263 min read

Xcode 27 removes the Liquid Glass opt-out. Audit before you recompile.

The ability to opt out of Liquid Glass is going away: recompile with Xcode 27 and your app adopts the new design whether it suits it or not. That turns a routine toolchain bump into a design review.

Pinkesh Gajera

Design

18 Jul 20265 min read

Nobody designs the empty state, and it is the first thing users see

Design files show screens full of perfect content. Real users arrive at an app with nothing in it, on a bad connection, having just made a mistake. Those screens decide what they think of the product.

Pinkesh Gajera

Abstract cover art: small bodies orbiting a bright core

Design

18 May 20265 min read

Mobile accessibility: the five things that actually matter

Accessibility audits produce long documents that get filed. In practice a small number of fixes cover most of the real-world impact, and they are cheap if done while building.

Pinkesh Gajera

Design

16 Apr 20266 min read

Liquid Glass was always going to be mandatory. Plan for forced migrations.

The deferral flags were always temporary, and everyone building on Apple's platforms knew it. The useful question is not whether to adopt but how much a forced change costs you when it lands.

Pinkesh Gajera

Design

16 Mar 20264 min read

App Store screenshots are the ad, not the documentation

Most listings use raw device screenshots in feature order. The first two images do nearly all the work, and most apps waste them on a login screen.

Pinkesh Gajera

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iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max: more rows, not bigger text

tvOS 27 expands text size controls. Check your TV app.

Xcode 27 removes the Liquid Glass opt-out. Audit before you recompile.

Nobody designs the empty state, and it is the first thing users see

Mobile accessibility: the five things that actually matter

Liquid Glass was always going to be mandatory. Plan for forced migrations.

App Store screenshots are the ad, not the documentation

Design