AppCoda Weekly - AppCoda Weekly - Issue #210

AppCoda Weekly - Issue #210

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iOS 14 brings in the new PHPicker API for importing photos and videos. Up until iOS 13, the available photo picker to use had been the UIImagePickerController; a familiar view controller that made its debut many years back.

This controller, however, carries along two disadvantages; the first is that it provides a relatively limited environment to pick media items from. Users can select one photo or video at each time only, while there’s no option to search for specific items when there are many of those stored in user’s library. The second downside is that developers are required to ask from users for their consent in order to present it, and therefore add new entries in the app’s Info.plist file with a description of the intended use.

PHPicker changes all that, and makes importing photos and videos an easier and faster task. This week, Gabriel has written up a complete guide to PHPicker. If you want to learn the API, don’t forget to check out the tutorial.

Talk soon,

Simon

Tutorials

The Complete Guide to PHPicker API in iOS 14

In iOS 14, Apple introduced the PHPicker API to replace UIImagePickerController. This tutorial will walk you through its usage.

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TextField In SwiftUI

TextField in SwiftUI is a control that displays an editable text interface. This article teaches you how to create and use TextField in SwiftUI.

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Custom Working Directory In Xcode

Learn how to set a custom working directory in Xcode to solve one of the most common beginner issue when using Vapor.

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KeyWindow A Better Way Of Exposing Values From The Key Window

Here’s a new way of passing values to the commands section of a SwiftUI app even when the user is not focused on a text field.

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Detailed Look At The NSCollectionLayoutGroup

This tutorial introduces you to NSCollectionLayoutGroup class which is part of the Compositional Layout for Collection View and it helps you to create quite different layouts while keeping the rest of the code the same.

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Using Swift Result And flatMap

Dive in to know how to use a Swift Result to wrap a throwing expression that you need to run on a background thread. Also learn to use flatMap to chain several results together.

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How To Simplify Communication Patterns With Closure In Swift

This post is based on tackling some communication patterns issue and how to make it simpler with EasyClosure. The learning applies for both iOS and macOS development, and code is in Swift 5.

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Validating Email Addresses Using RawRepresentable And NSDataDetector

See how to validate email addresses in Swift using a dedicated RawRepresentable type and Foundation’s NSDataDetector API.

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Swipeless Tinder Using iOS 14 Vision Hand Pose Estimation

This article focuses on Hand Pose estimation to build an iOS app that lets you perform touchless finger gestures.

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Build A TextField For Numbers In SwiftUI

SwiftUI doesn’t have a TextField exclusively for numbers, so explore how to build one with UIViewRepresentable.

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How To Transfer Applications For App Store Small Business Program Members

There is a way to “transfer” applications without needing to engage in the app transfer process. Read on to find out more.

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UI/ UX

The State Of UX For 2021

This article outlines the main 2021 UX trends that is believed will dominate and are likely to shape the year to come. Take a look and see which trends you can make use of to outrun your competitors and stand out from the crowd.

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The UX Of Illustrating My Way To Figma

This article helps you understand how to design libraries in XD, Sketch, and Figma and how you can move your design libraries between these tools.

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How To Make Complex Interactive Buttons In Figma In 3 Steps

This tutorial uncovers some “Hacks” to take your Figma prototyping to the next level.

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A Guide To Designing App Wireframes: Step-By-Step

App wireframes are crucial in product development, but what is the right approach? How do you build on them? See how to wireframe your app, from start to finish!

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Libraries

awesome-swiftu

Awesome resources, articles, libraries about SwiftUI.

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AutomaticSetting

Data driven settings UI generation.

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XcodeUpdates

SwiftUI implementation of xcodes by RobotsAndPencils.

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