Creating Status Bar Apps on macOS in Swift
Hello readers! I’d like to start today by saying that this is a macOS programming tutorial that I wanted to write for a long time now. Not only because it’s extremely interesting, but also because we are going to meet...
A Practical Approach on Using Swift Package Manager in Xcode
Welcome to a new tutorial where I’m going to show you a practical approach on how to create your own Swift packages. If you’re not familiar with that term, a Swift package wraps up code that can be reused in projects,...
The Complete Guide to NSOutlineView in macOS Programming
Welcome to a new tutorial where we are going to unfold another cool topic on macOS programming. Today we are going to meet an important control, really useful for displaying hiearchical data, the outline view. Outline view...
macOS Programming: Using Menus and the Toolbar
Another macOS programming tutorial is here, and today we’re going to talk about a really interesting topic: Menus. Every macOS developer has to know about how to deal with menus, as they consist of a fundamental part on...
A Complete Guide to In-App Purchases for iOS Development
Hello folks! In a time where the App Store is full of apps, users have more than plenty of options to choose from. There is a lot of competition on all kind of apps, and users want to try them before they decide whether they like...
macOS Programming Tutorial: Working with Collection View
Welcome to a new macOS tutorial! In previous posts we talked about table views and outline views as means to display collections of data in a structured way. Both present quite common behaviour and they’re close to the way...
Using Swift Protocols to Manage App Configuration
Hello and welcome to a new tutorial! One of the most common concepts met and used in Swift by all developers is protocols, and I don’t think there’s even one developer who doesn’t know about them. Protocols can...
macOS Programming: Understanding Text Controls and Building a Simple Text Editing App
Welcome to another tutorial where we’ll keep exploring fundamental stuff on macOS programming world. Today we are going to focus on a commonly used family of controls which are vital to every application. Their primary...
Creating Reusable Libraries with CocoaPods and GitHub
Welcome back! In the previous tutorial, you learned how to use the Network Framework to detect and monitor the network status. The framework seems to be working fine through the NetStatus class, so let’s go one step further...
Network Framework in iOS: How to Monitor Network Status Changes
Hello folks and welcome! Beyond any doubt, all apps that exchange data with servers need to know one thing all the time: Whether they are connected to Internet or not. When being offline, it’s usually desirable to alter the...