A Step by Step Guide on how to Create a XCFramework and Distribute it as a Swift package
In WWDC 2019, Apple announced a brand new feature for Xcode 11; the capability to create a new kind of binary frameworks with a special format called XCFramework. That was fantastic news to anyone, since an ongoing inconvenient...
Introducing SwiftUI TabView and Working with Tab Bar Customization
The tab bar interface appears in some of the most popular mobile apps such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. A tab bar appears at the bottom of an app screen and let users quickly switch between different functions of an app....
Using matchedGeometryEffect to Create View Animations in iOS 14
In iOS 14, Apple introduced a lot of new additions to the SwiftUI framework like LazyVGrid and LazyHGrid. But matchedGeometryEffect is the new one that really caught my attention because it allows developers to create some...
iOS 14 Updates in UIKit: ColorPicker, DatePicker, Menus and Actions
By the time SwiftUI was announced and given to developers in WWDC 2019, it was made obvious that this was going to be the future for developing applications for all Apple devices. However, even though SwiftUI might be the...
How to Customize the Appearance of SwiftUI Toggle
Earlier, we wrote a tutorial on customizing the appearance of a SwiftUI button. This week, let’s see how to customize the look & feel of a SwiftUI toggle. If you’ve read the tutorial, you know we can use a...
Deploying Mac Apps Outside App Store: How to Remember User Intent for Folders
When a macOS user specifically grants a sandboxed app access to a file/folder outside of that app’s container, that special access only survives until the app is closed. If the user reopens the app and wants to again read...
Testing In-App Purchases Using StoreKit in Xcode 12
WWDC20 finished almost two months ago, but still we are all talking about the new frameworks, APIs, and improvements announced this year. Among all those there’s something that is going to have a strong impact to the way we...
SwiftUI Animation Basics: Building a Loading Indicator
Have you ever used the magic move animation in Keynote? With magic move, you can easily create slick animation between slides. Keynote automatically analyzes the objects between slides and renders the animations automatically. To...
How to Reuse SwiftUI Views with LibraryContentProvider and Swift Package
WWDC 2020 introduced several new features and improvements in the entire spectrum of develpment in Apple ecosystem, and definitely every developer found lots of things to get excited with. One of those features regard Xcode 12...
Using MusicKit and Apple Music API to Build a Music Player
Hey everyone and welcome back to the second and final part of this tutorial series where we explore the intricacies of Apple’s MusicKit by building our very own music player in SwiftUI that can stream songs from our Apple Music...