Tag: Swift

Font Awesome, Swift 5 Support With Swift Package Manager (SPM)

I wanted to give a try to Swift Package Manager which is build in functionality in Xcode 11. I have to say fantastic! I think in very short future all Git repository will be updated with this package independence manager. Finally we will be able tosay “good bye” to CocoaPod, Cartilage and some many other.…

2020/01/27
iOS Swift Accessing Bundle Folder And File Write

To access a file in Bundle folder: Bundle.main.url(forResource:”YourFile”, withExtension: “FileExtension”) Also to write a file with error checking: var myData: Data! func checkFile() { if let documentsDirectory = FileManager.default.urls(for: .documentDirectory, in: .userDomainMask).last { let fileURL = documentsDirectory.appendingPathComponent(“TheFile.extension”) do { let fileExists = try fileURL.checkResourceIsReachable() if fileExists == true { print(“File exists”) } else {…

2018/02/26
iOS Swift Save|Load Custom Class Variables As Encoded Object

By using NSKeyedArchiver.archivedData, NSKeyedUnarchiver.unarchiveObject you can actually store the data as compressed zip in the device and recall/unzip them to your class structure Model Class class User: NSObject, NSCoding { // Common var userId: Int = 0 var userFullName: String = “” var userUsername: String = “” var userBiography: String = “” var userRegisterDate: String =…

2017/11/23
iOS Swift Navigation With Manuel Segue

Unwind Structure Example @IBAction func unwindToTheVC(segue: UIStoryboardSegue) { if let source = segue.source as? OtherVC { print(“From OtherVC”) } } Manuel Segue Example func gotoSegue(_ sender:Any){ guard let destination = UIStoryboard(name:”Main”, bundle:nil).instantiateViewController(withIdentifier: “TheTableViewController”) as? TheTableViewController else { print(“Could not instantiate view controller with identifier of type SecondViewController”) return } destination.variablesToSet = vars destination.unwindTo…

2017/11/17
iOS Swift Find Exist Fond Families In The Project

This code showing the font families and real name of the fonts. for family: String in UIFont.familyNames { print(“\(family)”) for names: String in UIFont.fontNames(forFamilyName: family) { print(“== \(names)”) } }

2017/11/16
Making iOS Swift App Without Storyboard, Just Programmatically!

Storyboard is a good thing but has some side unwanted effect. You can find many discussion about it. Personally I don’t like it so much especially when I make an application without default navigation system it is useless, slow and makes me tired. I prefer creating my UIViews separately and link them to their UIViewController’s…

2017/10/15
iOS Swift Initialising XIB And Bind To The Controller Without Storyboard

It is very useful to able to initialise xib files independently from storyboard. Here is what to do with a line of code: //Calling the initializer in the ViewController convenience override init() { // ViewName is by convenience same name. // I use like: BlahV.xib BlahVC.swift self.init(nibName: “BlahV.xib”, bundle: nil) //initializing the view Controller form specified…

2017/10/08
Playing YouTube Videos In iOS Device

Playing a YouTube video in the app is very easy with UIWebView Here is a snippet // YouTube video @IBOutlet weak var webView: UIWebView! // MARK: – Embed Video Player // id is like: xjr89789234 (grab this from youtube url) func loadYoutube(_ videoID:String) { guard …

2017/10/06
UIView With Rounded Background Designable In Storyboard

This class can be inherited as a base class for having any time a framed background behind the UIView. It is also designable in the Storyboard. I’ve used it in UITableViewCell for my customCell view.

2016/11/01