Beyond Apple: Building Cross-Platform Apps in Swift with ConcordUI

DC iOS returns to the Capital One campus for another meetup! For this month, we are once again combining with DC Android and NY Android! Come and meet with fellow Apple AND Android developers in the DC Area, enjoy some food, networking, and a great tech talk!

PLEASE INDICATE IF YOU WILL BE ATTENDING IN PERSON OR OVER ZOOM.

Agenda (NOTE THE LATER START TIME):
• 5:45 PM - Doors Open (in-person attendees). Don't forget your ID!
• 6:10 PM - Welcome (in-person and Zoom attendees)
• 6:15 PM - Talk: Beyond Apple: Building Cross-Platform Apps in Swift with ConcordUI
• 7:00 PM - Networking
• 8:00 PM - Doors Close

First Talk Description:
• Beyond Apple: Building Cross-Platform Apps in Swift with ConcordUI
Steve Sheets
Swift is best known as the language for Apple platforms, but it is becoming increasingly practical as a cross-platform development language.
In this presentation, Steve Sheets will introduce ConcordUI, a new open-source framework for building native, forms-based applications for Apple and Android from a shared Swift application and user-interface definition. ConcordUI uses SwiftUI on Apple platforms and a Jetpack Compose host on Android, allowing each platform to retain its native controls and behavior.
Steve will demonstrate the same ConcordUI application running on iOS and Android, show the shared Swift code behind it, and explain how ConcordUI separates common application architecture from platform-specific rendering. The presentation will also discuss the challenges of Swift on Android, which parts of an application should be shared, and where native platform implementations remain essential.
Attendees will learn:
* How Swift can serve as the shared language of an iOS and Android application
* How ConcordUI maps shared UI intent to SwiftUI and Jetpack Compose
* How values, bindings, actions, navigation, and validation can be shared
* What remains platform-specific in a native cross-platform framework
* How to download ConcordUI and build a first application

Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81970717856?pwd=rNpDWJqpURE4hWfCnmcd6oo6VPtmhK.1

Location:
Capital One, C2 Building
1680 Capital One Drive, Mclean VA, 22102
100A

Visitor parking is either in the garage attached to 1680 Capital One Drive, or the open lot next to 1600 Capital One Drive. After that you will walk over to the main entrance of 1680 Capital One drive, and then walk around the right to the corner to room 100A

For the metro, take the Silver Line to the McLean metro stop, then walk into main campus (about a 5 minute walk). From there, walk to the main entrance of 1680 and then go to room 100A

What you need to bring:
ID

When to arrive:
Doors open at 5:45pm ET
Event will start at 6:10 pm ET

Will food and drinks be provided?
Yep!

Will there be rapid testing provided?
No

Will masks be required?
No