Mobile

Use when localizing apps, using String Catalogs, generating type-safe symbols (Xcode 26+), handling plurals, RTL layouts, locale-aware formatting, or migrating from .strings files - comprehensive i18n patterns for Xcode 15-26

Use when making app surface in Spotlight search, Siri suggestions, or system experiences - covers the 6-step strategy combining App Intents, App Shortcuts, Core Spotlight, and NSUserActivity to feed the system metadata for iOS 16+

Reference — Comprehensive SwiftUI navigation guide covering NavigationStack (iOS 16+), NavigationSplitView (iOS 16+), NavigationPath, deep linking, state restoration, Tab+Navigation integration (iOS 18+), Liquid Glass navigation (iOS 26+), and coordinator patterns

Use when Now Playing metadata doesn't appear on Lock Screen/Control Center, remote commands (play/pause/skip) don't respond, artwork is missing/wrong/flickering, or playback state is out of sync - provides systematic diagnosis, correct patterns, and professional push-back for audio/video apps on iOS 18+

Use when fixing or auditing ANY accessibility issue - VoiceOver, Dynamic Type, color contrast, touch targets, WCAG compliance, App Store accessibility review.

Use when app feels slow, memory grows, battery drains, or diagnosing ANY performance issue. Covers memory leaks, profiling, Instruments workflows, retain cycles, performance optimization.

Use when implementing BGTaskScheduler, debugging background tasks that never run, understanding why tasks terminate early, or testing background execution - systematic task lifecycle management with proper registration, expiration handling, and Swift 6 cancellation patterns

Use when implementing navigation patterns, choosing between NavigationStack and NavigationSplitView, handling deep links, adopting coordinator patterns, or requesting code review of navigation implementation - prevents navigation state corruption, deep link failures, and state restoration bugs for iOS 18+

Use when working with SwiftData - @Model definitions, @Query in SwiftUI, @Relationship macros, ModelContext patterns, CloudKit integration, iOS 26+ features, and Swift 6 concurrency with @MainActor — Apple's native persistence framework

Use when app drains battery, device gets hot, users report energy issues, or auditing power consumption - systematic Power Profiler diagnosis, subsystem identification (CPU/GPU/Network/Location/Display), anti-pattern fixes for iOS/iPadOS

Reference — Complete SwiftUI adaptive layout API guide covering ViewThatFits, AnyLayout, Layout protocol, onGeometryChange, GeometryReader, size classes, and iOS 26 window APIs

Use when writing ANY code with async, actors, threads, or seeing ANY concurrency error. Covers Swift 6 concurrency, @MainActor, Sendable, data races, async/await patterns, performance optimization.

Use when adding/modifying database columns, encountering "FOREIGN KEY constraint failed", "no such column", "cannot add NOT NULL column" errors, or creating schema migrations for SQLite/GRDB/SQLiteData - prevents data loss with safe migration patterns and testing workflows for iOS/macOS apps

Use when working with ANY data persistence, database, storage, CloudKit, migration, or serialization. Covers SwiftData, Core Data, GRDB, SQLite, CloudKit sync, file storage, Codable, migrations.

Use when implementing on-device AI with Apple's Foundation Models framework — prevents context overflow, blocking UI, wrong model use cases, and manual JSON parsing when @Generable should be used. iOS 26+, macOS 26+, iPadOS 26+, visionOS 26+

Use when UI is slow, scrolling lags, animations stutter, or when asking 'why is my SwiftUI view slow', 'how do I optimize List performance', 'my app drops frames', 'view body is called too often', 'List is laggy' - SwiftUI performance optimization with Instruments 26 and WWDC 2025 patterns

Symptom-based energy troubleshooting - decision trees for 'app at top of battery settings', 'phone gets hot', 'background drain', 'high cellular usage', with time-cost analysis for each diagnosis path

Use when choosing Core Data vs SwiftData, setting up the Core Data stack, modeling relationships, or implementing concurrency patterns - prevents thread-confinement errors and migration crashes

Use when asking 'where should I store this data', 'should I use SwiftData or files', 'CloudKit vs iCloud Drive', 'Documents vs Caches', 'local or cloud storage', 'how do I sync data', 'where do app files go' - comprehensive decision framework for all iOS storage options

Reference — SwiftUI stacks, grids, outlines, and scroll enhancements through iOS 26