Posted on March 27, 2019
by Steven Lipton
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Special characters like emoji, accents, and symbols in your strings are easier to get than you think. This week, we’ll talk about how using Unicode characters in Swift Strings. Open the exercise file and you’ll find a project which we’ll use for this. I… Continue Reading “Unicode Characters in Strings”
Category: iOS Development Weekly Tips, LinkedIn Learning / Lynda.com, Swift, Swift Programming, TutorialTags: accents, Character map, characters, diacritical marks, emoji, string, swift, swift programming, unicode
Posted on February 4, 2016
by Steven Lipton
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It is a myth that using apps on an Apple watch requires a phone. This was true of Watch OS1, but not true of its successor OS. Granted, you still need a phone to load apps, but standalone apps are possible. With the introduction… Continue Reading “How To Make Your First WatchOS2 App”
Category: Swift, Swift Programming, Tutorial, WatchKitTags: Apple Watch, apps, emoji, emoji color, emoji tkin tone, simulator slow, simulator startup, watch, Watchkit, WatchOS2, WatchOS2.2
Posted on April 12, 2015
by Steven Lipton
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Like a lot of people I ordered my Apple watch on April 10th, and now have to wait until June for it to arrive. I’m excited about the possibilities of the watch. I’m excited about writing applications for the watch, and I’m excited about sharing… Continue Reading “Swift WatchKit Tutorials — A Basic Watch Kit App”
Category: GUI, ios8, Swift Programming, Tutorial, WatchKitTags: Apple Watch, button, date, date object, emoji, hello world, hierarchy, interface controller, label, model view controller, MVC, navigation, navigation controller, NSdateformatter, position, segue, swift, timer, Watchkit