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Question – What do: Alamofire (35.1k GitHub stars ⭐) RxSwift (19.5k ⭐) Kingfisher (18k ⭐) SwiftLint (14.3k ⭐) SnapKit(17.2k ⭐) SDWebImage(23.3k ⭐) Realm(14.3k ⭐) …all have in common? They are all free open-sourced libraries, they are...

“Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.” Mother Teresa (Let’s start the article about unit testing with a quote from Mother Teresa. Said no one ever.) Most people think that unit testing...

Do you want to be better prepared next time you have an interview? Interviews can be one of the most stressful events in our life. I have prepared this small eBook: To help you better prepare for all the questions you might get asked...

Hi, in the last post you have seen how to use UISearchBar control inside SwiftUI to display search bar. In this post, you are going to see how to implement search bar using only SwiftUI controls. Search Bar in SwiftUI – 2nd attempt...

SearchBar in SwiftUI is one of the most common functionalities you need to have when displaying data in the list view. As of writing this, SwiftUI doesn’t have a built-in way to support this. In this post, you are going to see how to use...

In this post, you are going to learn more about dependency injection in Swift. What is dependency injection, anyway? Dependency injection is nothing more than injecting dependencies into an object, instead of tasking the object with the...

This post is a part of Refactoring in Swift series. Hello, in this post you are going to see how to remove duplicated if statements. Problem You have several if statements that return the same result. Solution Combine them into a single...

This post is a part of Refactoring in Swift series. Hello, in this post you are going to see how to replace nested ifs with guard clauses. Problem Nested conditionals, for example, if within an if statement, add complexity to the method....

This post is a part of Refactoring in Swift series. Hello, in this post you are going to learn more about Introduce Explaining Variable refactoring. Problem You have a complicated expression. Solution Put the result of the expression, or...

This post is a part of Refactoring in Swift series. Hello, in this post you are going to learn more about Remove Control Flag refactoring. Problem You have a variable that is acting as a control flag for some expressions. Solution Use...

Hello, in this post you are going to learn more about Split Temporary Variable refactoring. Problem You store a result of an operation to a temporary variable more than once. More than once is the key here. Solution How to do this...

This post is a part of Refactoring in Swift series. Hello, in this post you are going to learn more about Inline Temporary Variable refactoring. Problem You have a temporary variable that is assigned to once with a simple expression....

Using CoreLocation in SwiftUI is very easy. The main thing is that the view model observes changes in the CLLocationManager and updates its properties as soon as the change in the location happens. SwiftUI + MVVM example of using...

Hi, today I’m going to show you how to create a bottom card view. One popular example of using this view is in the Google Maps application. Define bottom card view First, let’s define the BottomCard view: This is going to render a simple...

Am I working hard, or am I working smart? That’s the question you need to ask ourselves in almost every life situation. Setting up a new development environment is often a situation where we can use some automation to work smart, instead...

SwiftUI is a brand new framework introduced by Apple at WWDC 2019. It’s a massive shift from UIKit way of thinking. It comes with a completely new way to create apps. SwiftUI is definitely the future of iOS development. Here are some of...

How do you know whether or not you have a fever? Sure, you kinda know since you feel sick, but the only way to be sure is by testing your body’s temperature. How does your girl/woman (or you, if you are female) know that she … The...

Picking images in SwiftUI. Hey, how hard can it be? Surely there is a nice control to handle image picking. Well, not quite. This initial version of SwiftUI doesn’t contain a built-in control to pick images. In order to pick an image in...

Presenting a modal screen is a common task in almost every app. This post is going to explain how to create and display the modal screen. The main screen We are going to create a simple TO-DO app with items presented in the list. We’ll...