Apple on Wednesday released Swift Playgrounds 4, the newest version of its free Swift Playgrounds app used for teaching code in the education market. The newest version of the app allows iPhone and iPad apps to be created directly on an iPad without the need for a Mac.
The new version includes the following new features and changes:
– Build iPhone and iPad apps with SwiftUI right on your iPad (requires iPadOS 15.2 or later)
– App Store Connect integration lets you upload your finished app to the App Store
– App Preview shows live updates as you make changes to your app
– Full-screen preview lets you see your app edge-to-edge
– Smart, inline code suggestions help you write code quickly and accurately
– App Projects make it easy to move projects to Xcode and back
– Project-wide search finds results across multiple files
– Snippets Library provides hundreds of SwiftUI controls, symbols, and colors
– Swift Package support lets you include publicly-available code to enhance your apps
Designing and uploading an app on the iPad requires the iPadOS 15.2 update that was released earlier this week. Swift Playgrounds can be downloaded from the App Store for free.
Apple has also released Swift Playgrounds 4 for the Mac, with support for its Swift 5.5 programming language.
If you’ve had a chance to try Swift Playgrounds 4, please let us know about your experience in the comments.