AppCoda Weekly - AppCoda Weekly - Issue #218

AppCoda Weekly - Issue #218

By AppCoda Weekly • Issue #218 • View online

As you may know, Apple was discontinuing the development of HomePod and wants to focus on the mini version. I own both HomePod and HomePod mini. Personally, I prefer the original version over the mini and was awaiting the next release of the HomePod. It’s really sad to hear the news. Are you a HomePod owner? What’s your thought on that?

As always, we collected tons of great tutorials for your weekend reading. Hope you enjoy it.

Talk soon,

Simon

Tutorials

Swift: Demystifying Autoclosures

An autoclosure works by automatically wrapping a function argument in a closure. Learn what the mysterious @autoclosure is and how to use it in Swift.

medium.com • Share

Clean Swift (VIP) iOS Architecture Pattern

Explore Clean Swift which is not the easiest to maintain, but possibly the best to avoid coupling and be able to keep a high code coverage score.

www.netguru.com • Share

Advances In XCFrameworks

This post goes over the recent advances in the XCFramework format in Xcode 12, and discusses how these changes impacted SDK vendors.

pspdfkit.com • Share

Automatic Handling Of Property Wrapper Default Values

Take a look +at how the compiler can automatically map default property values to property wrapper initializers, even when a wrapper accepts multiple arguments.

www.swiftbysundell.com • Share

Quick Tips On Embracing @ViewBuilder

SwiftUI has completely revolutionized how you declare UI in your apps, Xcode 12 has enabled big steps forward for even more elegant expressiveness. In this article see how you can improve your codebase thanks to these advances.

www.fivestars.blog • Share

FocusedValue And FocusedBinding Property Wrappers In SwiftUI

Last year Apple has done a great job in terms of focus management in SwiftUI. This tutorial talks about FocusedValue and FocusedBinding property wrappers.

swiftwithmajid.com • Share

How To Create S Dynamic Pager View For Onboardings

This tutorial shows how a Pager View in SwiftUI is created easily using a simple enum based View combined with custom transitions for a paging experience.

www.avanderlee.com • Share

How To Use Alert With SwiftUI

Alerts are one of the most crucial building blocks of iOS applications and SwiftUI has the Alert component. Check out a couple of ways how to use it.

dev.to • Share

How To Show UIMenu From UIButton Or UIBarButtonItem

Learn how to display context / popup menu from UIBarButtonItem and UIButton with this guide.

nemecek.be • Share

Scene Vs. App Delegate Explained

What does the new Scene Delegate class in your iOS project do? In this article, dive into the scene delegate and how it affects building UIs on iOS.

learnappmaking.com • Share

Using Self, Weak, And Unowned In Combine

Should you use self, weak, or unowned with your reactive code? This post goes over common scenarios for using weak, unowned or simply self.

trycombine.com • Share

How Uber Deals With Large iOS App Size

This article describes how the code size of Uber’s iOS Rider app was reduced by 23% using advanced compiler technologies.

eng.uber.com • Share

Encrypt DNS In iOS 14 Applications

Why bother encrypting DNS queries when HTTPS is widely in use? See how iOS14 added support for encrypted DNS and, in particular, DoH, which enhances privacy significantly.

stavrosschizas.com • Share

How To Use C libraries In Swift?

Learn how to use system libraries and call C code from Swift. Interoperability between the Swift language and C for beginners.

theswiftdev.com • Share

Swift: Generics Made Really Simple

Generics might sound like a difficult and advanced topic in Swift. Learn how simple generics really are and how to use them in your code from now on.

medium.com • Share

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Mastering SwiftUI for Xcode 12 & iOS 14

Learn how to build fluid UIs and a real world app with SwiftUI. Dive deep into SwiftUI and learn to develop UI in declarative syntax. You will work with various UI elements including Context Menu, List, ScrollView, etc, and learn how to create complex layouts with Stacks. Now it covers new features in iOS 14 like grid layout and animation. We are going to add more new content to the book. And you will get the new update for free.

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UI/ UX

15 Amazing Travel App Designs You Should See

In 2021 users are ready to try new products and user experience. You need to know the latest trends to create a better UX for your travel app designs.

medium.muz.li • Share

6 Tips To Excel In Designing Dark Mode

This article is the curated list of tips that can be followed while designing dark mode for any device.

uxplanet.org • Share

UI Design Testing Tools I Use All The Time

In this article, Paul Boag explores some of the useful tools that he keeps close at his work as a UI designer.

www.smashingmagazine.com • Share

7 Things Developers Need Designers To Know

To get to the bottom of the designer-developer handoff issue, this post reveals the talks with developers to understand the essential things developers need designers to know.

blog.proto.io • Share

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