When iOS 7 debuted in 2013, macOS developers were mostly using Objective-C and AppKit, and iOS developers were mostly using Objective-C and UIKit. A big redesign meant reworking AppKit and UIKit to use the new visual and interaction styles, but it (mostly) only had to work with Objective-C.
After Swift (2014) and SwiftUI (2019) were introduced, performing a holistic redesign became much more difficult, with many more edge cases and device screen sizes to account for.
Fingers crossed!
Derek Martin /
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