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ZuckOff is a free mobile app that scans for Bluetooth signatures of Meta smart glasses and notifies you when they are in range. It can’t detect recording activity, but it gives a simple way to spot nearby glasses.
ZuckOff is a mobile app that passively scans for Bluetooth advertisements from camera‑glasses (Ray‑Ban Meta, Oakley Meta, Snap Spectacles, etc.) and notifies the user when such devices are nearby. It logs all BLE devices, lets users whitelist known glasses, offers iOS widgets and Live Activity alerts, and can export logs as CSV. The app is free, has no account, and is marketed alongside merch.
Firefox for iOS now ships an optional built‑in ad blocker that leverages Apple’s WebKit Content Blocker API and the EasyList filter list. It blocks many third‑party ads and ad‑related trackers before they load, but leaves first‑party ads, search‑result ads, and Firefox‑provided sponsored content untouched. The feature is off by default and can be toggled in Settings → Browsing → Ad Blocker, and i…
Apple announced a new iPhone Duo simulator and the Xcode 27.1 beta, but the release notes contain no technical details beyond the headline features.
A speculative preview of Apple’s upcoming iPhone Duo, summarizing hinted‑away SwiftUI/UIKit APIs (size classes, split view, tab‑bar placement, toolbar axis, badge, overflow) and advising developers to target iOS 27 SDK now while waiting for Xcode 27.1.
Codename One adds an invitation API that preserves a unique code through the install process on Android (via Play Install Referrer) and iOS (via App Clip) into the analytics stack. Create an Invite, register a listener at startup, and set a few build hints to get exact attribution without fingerprinting.
Codename One 8.0 adds two user‑experience primitives: **Cross‑Device Continuity** (state checkpointing + Apple Handoff + custom HTTP relay) and **Native Drag‑and‑Drop** (OS‑level drag using the same ClipboardContent model). The post shows the API (StateProvider, Continuity.checkpoint, NativeDragOperation), platform support tables, and practical advice on payload size, security, thread handling, a…
Codename One adds a permission‑free `ContactPicker` API that uses the Android 17 system contact picker and iOS `CNContactPickerViewController` to let apps request only the specific fields (name, phone, etc.) they need. The picker returns a snapshot `Contact` object without granting broad address‑book access, and the API gracefully falls back on older platforms or unsupported cases.
Codename One added a daily automated scan of Apple and Google deprecation notices, linking each notice to concrete builder artifacts before work is created. The system caught the Android 16 back‑gesture change and enabled a permission‑free ContactPicker, turning policy shifts into repeatable, evidence‑backed patches.
Codename One’s new builder pipeline can automatically generate the native plumbing required for VoIP call integration, managed VPN profiles, and packet‑tunnel extensions on iOS and Android. By inspecting which Java packages an app imports, the builder adds the necessary frameworks, entitlements, services, and even a separate signed Network Extension for iOS, letting developers keep their signalin…
Codename One moved 87 common build hints into Java annotations, so misspelled keys or wrong value types cause compile‑time errors instead of silent build‑server ignores. The annotations are processed back into the existing string protocol, keeping backward compatibility while improving validation and IDE support.
The blog explains how Codename One updated its iOS jailbreak detector to handle modern rootless jailbreaks (e.g., palera1n, Dopamine). It replaces old file‑system probes with lstat checks, mount scans, and dual‑opinion API calls (libc vs raw syscall) to spot hidden bootstraps and instrumentation. It also reorders package‑manager URL‑scheme probes to prioritize Sileo, adds a background‑resume gate…
Codename One 6.5 adds full watch‑face support: surface declarations now generate Apple Watch WidgetKit extensions and Wear OS complication data sources plus ProtoLayout Tiles. A phone‑side `Surfaces.publish()` mirrors descriptors to the watch via WatchConnectivity/Data Layer. Android builds now emit both a phone APK and a Wear‑only APK (or a standalone watch APK). WatchOS build failures were fixe…
Codename One introduces three new packages—ranging, companion, and transport—to expose UWB distance/direction, user‑approved device association, and local payload exchange on Android and iOS. The APIs require capability checks, BLE token handshakes, and handle platform limits such as missing cross‑ecosystem transport.
Codename One adds a read‑only DocumentProvider API that lets apps publish a virtual file tree to iOS Files and Android’s storage picker. The tree is defined with `DocumentNode` objects, can include remote‑only entries, and is shared via an App Group container. The iOS extension runs in a separate process, so the model is serialized and read independently; Android uses the same model inside the ap…
Codename One adds @AppIntent annotations that let a static Java method be exposed as a Siri, Spotlight, or Android shortcut. The build‑time processor generates native declarations, a reflection‑free dispatch table, and validates the intent metadata. Handlers can be headless, accept typed parameters, return results, and be invoked internally via Intents.invoke(). Entities enable system‑driven disa…
Codename One now lets you build an Apple Watch or Wear OS companion app from a single codebase by specifying a watchMain class and optional watchStandalone flag. The new WearableConnection API offers putData, sendMessage, and transferFile primitives for asynchronous phone‑watch communication, with simulator support for both platforms.
App Shield moves device‑integrity checks from the client to the server by obtaining a short‑lived ES256 attestation token from Apple App Attest or Google Play Integrity, verified by Codename One’s service, and required by the backend for protected API calls.
Firefox adds a built‑in EasyList ad blocker for iOS using WebKit’s Content Blocker API, highlighting how Apple’s app‑store and engine restrictions limit independent browsers from offering full add‑on ecosystems, and arguing that true competition requires platform‑level policy change.
A brief Swift 6 tutorial showing how to overload the `+` operator for a custom `Point` struct, with a simple code challenge and its solution.
A brief Swift tutorial demonstrating default parameters with a simple `greet` function, showing how omitted arguments use the default value.
Microsoft announced a set of UI‑level tweaks to its Family Safety product: faster approval flows for screen‑time, app, and purchase requests; expanded app coverage in activity reports; and corrected balance display after top‑ups. The changes are shipped in the latest iOS/Android apps and the web portal, with a call for more feedback.
A short Kodebits post shows how to add a where clause to a Swift switch case, letting you filter matches with an extra condition. It’s a quick syntax reminder rather than a deep dive.
The post presents a bite‑sized Swift exercise focused on the Optional.flatMap method. It’s a quick practice for iOS developers to reinforce optional handling.
Kodebits Day 75 is a brief Swift snippet that gives a short challenge to practice range iteration. It’s a bite‑sized exercise aimed at iOS developers.
