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Techniques in Loading View Controllers and Passing Values Between Them – Part 1

Most iOS apps that show multiple content, also contain multiple view controllers. If your app is not based on a navigation controller or a tab bar controller, but it’s a single view based application, then loading and presenting the various view controllers to the user it’s a task that has to be done manually. Generally speaking,…
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.
Documenting Your Swift Code in Xcode Using Markdown

Amongst all the features Xcode 7 incorporates, there is one that admittedly distinguishes; that is the new revolutionary, much better way to write code documentation. With the introduction of Xcode 7, developers can use the powerful Markdown syntax to apply rich text formatting to the text of their documentation, which in combination to specific keywords…
Using Quick Look Framework for Previewing Documents

Several treasures like not so well-known frameworks and libraries can be found in the iOS SDK. Most of them can be proved to be real gems and truly useful tools, saving you from hours of extra work. One of them is the Quick Look Framework, and even if you’ve never used it before, it’s easy…
Swift Tutorial: Building an iOS Chat App Using Socket.IO

iOS apps exist in millions out there, and most of them communicate with servers to exchange data. In their majority, the server implements and provides RESTful APIs that apps can use for the communication. When an app needs to send data to the server, or fetch from it, it makes the proper request and after…
Integrating LinkedIn Sign In with iOS Apps Using OAuth 2.0

Social networks are part of our everyday life since a long time ago. Social networks are also part of our programming life, as the majority of the apps must interact somehow with them and send or receive data regarding users. In most cases, users are required to get connected somehow to each social network, and…
How To Use Core Spotlight Framework in iOS 9

Every new iOS version brings along both new “goodies” and advancements to existing technologies for all developers around the globe. Obviously, the latest version, iOS 9, could not just stay out of this tradition, so once again developers have new frameworks and APIs at their disposal that let them leverage their applications to even higher…