Working with Core Bluetooth in iOS 11
As iOS developers, we’re very aware that humans love connectivity. Obviously, we love to communicate with each other using wireless devices. More recently, we’ve come expect that we can communicate with what once were...
ARKit Tutorial: Working with 2D Image Recognition
Welcome to the sixth installment of our ARKit tutorial series. This week we are going to talk about image recognition in augmented reality. Starting from iOS 11.3, ARKit has the capability to recognize 2D images. If you are...
Understanding Git Version Control and Learn how to Use it in Xcode 9
Everyone makes mistakes, it’s part of being human. I’m sure everyone reading this has one time or another made a huge mistake in their code and wished they could revert their project to the way it was an hour earlier....
Protocol Oriented Programming in Swift: Is it better than Object Oriented Programming?
We’re going to talk in-depth about protocol-oriented programming (POP) using Swift 4 in this article. This post is the second and final article in a two part series. If you haven’t read the introductory article,...
Protocol Oriented Programming in Swift: An Introduction
The greatest enemy of software developers is complexity, so when I hear about new technologies promising to help me manage chaos, I listen. One of the “hot” methodologies generating much attention recently (at least...
Introduction to SnapKit: Make Auto Layout Easy for iOS App Development
Dear readers, it’s been a long time since my last post, so I’m happy to come back with a new tutorial, which I truly believe you’ll find quite interesting. Today I’d like to tell you about a third-party...
Understanding Delegates and Delegation in Swift 4
I’m going to talk about “delegates” and “delegation.” I’ll lead you through a simple example of implementing the delegation design pattern in Swift 4, with full source code. My intent here is...
ARKit Tutorial: Light Estimation with Ambient Intensity and Color Temperature
Once upon a time, a rock skid, made a spark, and humankind learned to create fire. This is the fifth installment of our ARKit series. Today, we will walk you through how to implement light estimation in augmented reality with...
Swift 4 Generics: How to Apply Them in Your Code and iOS Apps
Question 1: Can I write one Swift function that can find the index/position of any specific instance of any type stored in any array that stores objects of that type? Question 2: Can I write one Swift function that can determine...
Creating a Custom Core ML Model Using Python and Turi Create
In the past few years, the use of machine learning approaches to solve problems and perform complex tasks have been increasing. Machine learning enables us to use big data to perform complex tasks, such as image classification...