SwiftUI Tip: How to Remove Line Separators in List View
The List view in SwiftUI is very similar to the table view in UIKit. It is also designed for developers to present a list of items row by row. By default, each row of data is separated by a line separator. In UIKit, you can...
Building a Search Bar in SwiftUI
One recent question I got is about the implementation of search bar in SwiftUI projects. Unlike UIKit, SwiftUI doesn’t come with a built-in control for search bar. You may use the UIViewRepresentable protocol to reuse...
A Beginner’s Guide to Access Levels in Swift
Welcome to another programming tutorial in the Swift programming language! Today we we are going to talk about a topic that usually everybody knows something more or less, but it’s important for new developers in Swift to...
Using App Groups for communication between macOS/iOS apps from the Same Vendor
Apple’s “app group” technology allows a collection of macOS (or iOS) apps from the same development team, developer, vendor, etc., to all communicate with each other, coordinate functionality, share resources,...
Introduction to MusicKit: Building a Music Player in SwiftUI
At WWDC 2017, Apple announced MusicKit, a framework to help developers build apps that allow users to play Apple Music and their local music library. Unlike most frameworks like ARKit or CoreML, MusicKit cannot be added to your...
Learn SwiftUI Using Swift Playgrounds for iPad and Mac
“I only have an iPad. Can I use it to develop iOS apps?” This is one of the most common questions for beginners. My answer is always “No, you need a Mac to run Xcode for iOS app development.” “But...
How to Create Star Wars Animated Text Using SwiftUI
Earlier, we published a SwiftUI tutorial showing you how to create perspective text using the framework. It’s very much like Star Wars’ perspective text but without animation. This week, Priyans Brahmbhatt will teach...
Understanding Higher Order Functions in Swift
Welcome to a new and interesting enough programming tutorial! Swift is a rich-featured language and it couldn’t be missing a great feature such as the higher order functions. According to Wikipedia: In mathematics and...
Unable to Set Layout Constraint to Zero in Xcode 11.3
If you’ve upgraded to Xcode 11.3 and you use Interface Builder to create the app UI, you may find it impossible to set the value of spacing constraints to zero. Just open Interface Builder and click “Add new...
Working with JSON and Codable in Swift 5
First, what’s JSON? JSON (short for JavaScript Object Notation) is a text-based, lightweight, and easy way for storing and exchanging data. It’s commonly used for representing structural data and data interchange in...