What’s New in Xcode 12 and Swift 5.3
WWDC 2020 was finished just a few days ago under unprecedented conditions for first time. Virtually, all developers around the globe had the chance for a seat in the front row, being able to learn about all new features and...
Creating a SwiftUI TextView Using UIViewRepresentable
I enjoy so much working with the SwiftUI framework. Like most new frameworks, however, one drawback is that it doesn’t come with all UI controls which are available in UIKit. For example, you can’t find a SwiftUI...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...