Adventures in Swift and iOS App Development
If you've worked with notifications before, you've probably dealt with user permissions. IN iOS 12, there's a new type of user notification permission to handle a situation that happens often, which is super easy to add to already existent code. Download the exercise file and you'll find a project I adapted from chapter three of my …
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There's been some great changes to playgrounds in Xcode 10 that will make your code even easier to prototype than ever before. Let's take a look at some of the changes. In Xcode 10 open a new single view playground, and save it as Xcode10Playground. If you are familiar with the Xcode 9 playground single …
An often neglected feature of Xcode is code snippets. Code snippets are quick ways to add code you frequently use. In Xcode 10 there were some major changes to code snippets, which might confuse those who use them now, but make them even easier to use. Let's take a look at this cool feature. I'm using …
Note: You can also watch a video of this lesson at Lynda. com and LinkedInLearning. There's been a few changes to the storyboard in Xcode 10, some might just drive you crazy if you don't know how to use them. Some are really cool and will speed up your workflow. Let me show you the …
In an earlier tip, I showed you how to make a map in iPad Playgrounds. Let's learn how to animate those maps, doing a flyover of Michigan avenue in Chicago from The former home of Chess Records at 2120 South Michigan Avenue (immortalized in the Rolling Stones song) and past Grant park to North Avenue …
It's buried in the docs, so you might not know how inaccurate Timer objects can be if you are trying to show the time. Let's look at that inaccuracy and how to work around it. You'll find in the exercise file on GitHub a starter project where I've put together a demo app with three …
Learn how to set dates, times and time zones in iOS using the DateComponent Object. Learn an easy way to make a valid DateComponent.
The song says time is on my side, but I sometimes I wonder about that when trying to work with the time types in iOS. Let me show you some of the time types. In Xcode, Open up a blank playground. There are two primary types for working with time: TimeInterval and Date. Add this …
A couple of weeks ago, I added a column on converting hex colors to UIColor. That was a function you had to copy and paste into your code. I’ve also shown you how to use the assets to keep color names handy. What would be even better is to do all that directly from UIColor. …
You can find a video of this lesson on iOS Development Tips Weekly from LinkedIn Learning. There’s a lot you can do with language easily in iOS and Watch OS. The Apple ecosystem has a Natural Language Processing (NLP ) system built in and easy to use. Let’s look at language recognition. Download the starter …
