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  • Using Google Cloud Translation API to Power Your App with Instant Translation

    One of the several services and APIs that developers can use from Google is the Cloud Translation API, which offers the ability to perform machine learning (ML) based translations of any string into any supported language. The list of supported languages is long and it’s getting longer over time. Google provides pre-trained models for translation,…

  • Passing Data in iOS: Delegates, Notifications, and Closures

    Today, I’m going to discuss about an important and definitely interesting topic which focuses on a quite often overlooked concept. And, this question is commonly asked by beginners: How do you implement communication internally in apps and exchange messages properly among classes or other entities in Swift projects?

  • Introduction to SnapKit: Make Auto Layout Easy for iOS App Development

    Create Auto Layout constraints programmatically and above all easily using SnapKit; A great tool for working fast with constraints in Swift.

  • A Beginner’s Guide to Bezier Paths and Shape Layers

    Create great eye-catching user interface for your apps by reading how to implement UIBezierPaths and shape layers. Learn all you need so you can move your UI development to the next level.

  • Using JavaScript in Swift Projects: Building a Markdown to HTML Editor

    Learn about JavaScriptCore framework in iOS and see how Swift and JavaScript can be tied together. Embed JavaScript code in iOS projects and find out how simple is to do magical things with just a few actions.

  • Working with Auto Layout Visual Format Language and Programmatically Creating Constraints

    This tutorial will show to you how to create Autolayout constraints using the Auto Layout Visual Format Language and programmatically by calling the proper iOS SDK APIs. Go through it and master constraints.

  • Grand Central Dispatch (GCD) and Dispatch Queues in Swift 3

    Learn how to use Grand Central Dispatch (GCD) properly and implement multithreading and queues in your apps.

  • Working with SQLite Databases in iOS with FMDB Library

    Dealing with databases and handling data in general is an important and crucial part of any app. I had covered a topic on how to manage a SQLite database using SwiftyDB some months ago on another post. Today, I’m coming back aiming to talk about databases again, but this time I’m going to present you…

  • Displaying Facebook Ads in Your iOS Apps

    Not so long time ago I was asked to integrate Facebook ads in a project. Without having done so before, I prepared myself for a potentially long process, even a little bit painful, and then I got started searching the docs. Against my initial thoughts though, I went through the docs pretty fast, and after…

  • Creating Gradient Colors Using CAGradientLayer

    Every developer always uses color combinations along with images to produce a good-looking result when creating an app, trying always to achieve the best user experience possible. Sometimes, however, something more might be needed; simple colors might not be good enough for the best outcome in certain cases, but gradient colors could become the perfect…