ARKit Tutorial in Swift 4 for Xcode 9 In this tutorial I’m going to show you how to work with ARKit, the new Framework from Apple that allows us to easily create Augmented Reality experiences in our iOS apps. The first thing to know about ARKit is that it can be used in three major…
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Siri Integration in iOS 10 with Swift – SiriKit Tutorial (Part 1)
Siri integration on iOS 10 – Swift Tutorial This tutorial written on June 13th, 2016 using the Xcode 8 Beta 1, and is using the Swift 3.0 toolchain. Get Xcode 8 set up for iOS 10 and Swift 3 compilation. If you have not yet downloaded Xcode 8 Beta 1, please do so here. (Optional)…
Developing tvOS Apps for Apple TV [Part 1]
Here’s what you’ll have at the end of part 2 of this tutorial if you follow along: Looking for some help building your Apple TV tvOS App? I’m available for consulting and development, contact me. Apple TV Developer Tools Before we get started you’ll need the Xcode 7.1 beta, which you can download here: Download…
Core Data Migrations Swift Tutorial
In this post we’re going to discuss migrations in Core Data. This is part three of a tutorial series covering the usage of Core Data in Swift to write iOS apps with persistence. While I think you can benefit strictly from reading this post, it may be easier to follow along if you go back…
Taking control of the iPhone camera in iOS 8 with Swift (Part 1)
Updated on September 20, 2014 for Xcode 6 GM Using the AVFoundation API, we are going to set up a capture session and make an app that allows us to use all the new fine-grained controls added to iOS 8. This includes manually controlling focus, exposure, and ISO. First off, we just need to set…
Access Control In Swift
Updated December 21 for Xcode 6.1.1 The Swift feature of Access Control is really important from a software architecture perspective, because it allows us to properly implement encapsulation. Without the ability to hide members and methods of classes, it’s very easy to accidentally (or not) reach in to classes and mess with internals that were…
Developing iOS 8 Apps Using Swift – Animations, Audio, and Custom Table View Cells (Part 7)
This section completely updated to reflect changes in Xcode 6.3, as of April 17, 2015 In parts 1 through 6 we went over some basics of Swift, and set up a simple example project that creates a Table View and a puts some API results from iTunes inside of them. If you haven’t read that…
Developing iOS 8 Apps Using Swift – Interaction with multiple views (Part 6)
This section completely updated to reflect changes in Xcode 6.3, as of April 16, 2015 In parts 1 through 5 we went over some basics of Swift, and set up a simple example project that creates a Table View and a puts some API results from iTunes inside of them. If you haven’t read that…
8 Great Open Source Projects to use in your next iPhone App
I’ve scoured the internet looking for great open source iOS apps, and what I determined is that what is really more interesting is the open source iOS components and frameworks. So here’s my list of the most useful open source iOS components. 8. PSCollectionView PSCollectionView is a custom collection view that allows for the easy creation of Pinterest-style…