Modernize your AppKit app

A Podkey summary of Modernize your AppKit app, from WWDC 2026.A lot of the AppKit guidance coming into focus right now is really about letting the framework do more of the work. The big theme is moving away from hand-rolled mouse tracking and one-off event code, and toward gesture recognizers, control events, delegate callbacks, and state restoration that all play nicely with SwiftUI and UIKit-style patterns. And then there are a couple of smaller but very Apple details: keyboard navigation that updates itself, menu bar interfaces that need proper focus handling, and some visual polish around liquid glass and rounded corners.Gesture recognizers as the main event languageRetiring mouseDown for common interactionsControl events built into AppKitKeyboard navigation that keeps upExpanded interface sessions for status itemsState restoration that actually restores stateSmall visual touches with liquid glass and cornersThis podcast was created with Podkey. Make your own at https://podkey.fm