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Liquid Glass Showcase: LTK | Meet with Apple
Apple Developer· 2025-12-18 22:31
Hello, I’m Jeseka Hahn, VP of product design at LTK. You know that moment when a creator shares something and you think to yourself, I need that. Well, that's LTK it's a social community for recommendations across everything you're into.And millions of people trust LTK creators purchasing $6 billion in recommendations every single year. Today, I'll share three lessons we learned when we made one bold decision to rebuild our app with SwiftUI from the ground up, using Apple's native design at the core. Start ...
WWDC25: AppKit toolbars in the new design system
Apple Developer· 2025-06-11 23:09
Design System Transformation - The new design system redesigns the Mac window appearance, framing key structural regions in glass [1] - Toolbar elements are placed on a glass material, creating a floating effect and enhancing hierarchy [1] Control Grouping and Adaptability - AppKit automatically groups toolbar buttons representing singular actions on one piece of glass [2] - Different control types (segmented controls, pop-up buttons, search control) are separated into their own glass elements [2] - The Liquid Glass material adapts to its context, changing appearance based on the brightness of the content behind it [3] - The toolbar glass switches between light and dark appearance based on the scrolled content's brightness [3] Dark Mode Support - Appearance changes are communicated using the NSAppearance system, ensuring Dark Mode support [4]