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How to Disable Liquid Glass Transparency on iPhone (iOS 26)

author@junian.dev (Junian Triajianto) — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 19:00:00 +0700

Apple really went all-in with Liquid Glass in iOS 26. It looks fancy, futuristic, and very Apple™… but honestly? It’s not for everyone.

When I first updated my iPhone, I thought, “Wow, this looks cool.” A few days later, my eyes were already tired. The transparency looks nice in screenshots, but in real life it can make text harder to read—especially if you’re outside or using darker wallpapers.

So if you’re like me and just want a user interface that’s more solid and readable, here’s how to tone it down (or basically disable it).

Solving the Xamarin.Forms iOS 'Could Not Load the Framework IDEDistribution' Issue

author@junian.dev (Junian Triajianto) — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 16:03:36 +0700

Xamarin.Forms is deprecated as of May 2024. I get it. But some of us are still trying to maintain legacy Xamarin projects.

Not in the mood for reading? Watch the video instead.

It’s 2025, and I tried to run a Xamarin.Forms iOS project with the latest Xcode version on macOS. It failed with the following error message.

error HE0004: Could not load the framework ‘IDEDistribution’ (path: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/SharedFrameworks/IDEDistribution.framework/Versions/A/IDEDistribution): dlopen(/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/SharedFrameworks/IDEDistribution.framework/Versions/A/IDEDistribution, 0x0001): Library not loaded: @rpath/AppThinning.framework/Versions/A/AppThinning Referenced from: <6F88EF9E-AE57-3231-9DD6-36E9CC59D914> /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/SharedFrameworks/IDEDistribution.framework/Versions/A/IDEDistribution Reason: tried: ‘/Library/Frameworks/Xamarin.iOS.framework/Versions/16.4.0.23/lib/mlaunch/mlaunch.app/Contents/Frameworks/AppThinning.framework/Versions/A/AppThinning’ (no such file), ‘/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/SharedFrameworks/IDEDistribution.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/AppThinning.framework/Versions/A/AppThinning’ (no such file), ‘/Library/Frameworks/Xamarin.iOS.framework/Versions/16.4.0.23/lib/mlaunch/mlaunch.app/Contents/Frameworks/AppThinning.framework/Versions/A/AppThinning’ (no such file), ‘/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/SharedFrameworks/IDEDistribution.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/AppThinning.framework/Versions/A/AppThinning’ (no such file), ‘/Library/Frameworks/Xamarin.iOS.framework/Versions/16.4.0.23/lib/mlaunch/mlaunch.app/Contents/MonoBundle/AppThinning.framework/Versions/A/AppThinning’ (no such file)

How to Use TP-Link Tether Without a TP-Link ID

author@junian.dev (Junian Triajianto) — Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:08:52 +0700

I have a TP-Link router at home and usually use a web browser to access its configuration.

Lately, though, I’ve been too lazy to open my MacBook for this. So, I installed TP-Link Tether on my iPhone, planning to access it from my mobile.

To my surprise, it asked me to create an online TP-Link ID just to access my home router locally!

That’s unacceptable. I firmly believe you shouldn’t need an online vendor account to access hardware you own.