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Hi Preetham. Unfortunately, custom plists do not have the ability to read variables from the project settings at compile time, as in $(VARIABLE), like Info.plist do. The latter is kind of a special file that has that ability. If you still...

How to write clean code when it comes to data sources and delegates.In this article, we will improve the code that goes within our data source methods to make it more meaningful, understandable, and maintainable, either for table views,...

Nice and inspiring article, Zain.I hear you when you mention struggling with colors. It happens in every single project. Having a good system is crucial.In iOS, even working with a given fixed set of colors can be difficult. It’s so easy...

Hi, Nahuel.First things first, something I didn't mention in the article is the fact that function naming conventions apply for any kind of function. It doesn't matter if it takes no inputs or returns no outputs.Take...

Hi Wu, the examples you proposed are good examples of how function names can end up being not so clear.—For instance: How would you use the first one? Let's think about it:let button = UIButton.template(title:...

Hi, Steve!This is a topic I've been waiting for for a long, long time! Finally, I found it. Thank you so much for taking the time to analyze all this and write it down with these valuable examples.

In this article, we will face a question that we should always ask ourselves when writing a function:How should I name this function?Although this question looks simple, getting it answered properly determines a crucial aspect in our...

Great article! Thanks Antoine.My two cents…CMD + Shift + J // to highlight the current file in the project navigator (useful for creating files in the same folder)CMD + Shift + O // to open the quick-open text input

Thanks for these instructions Pawel!I haven't updated yet, but I knew this was going to be an issue. Personally, I don't want to have everything dark either, but it would be cool to preserve dock, status bar, and Xcode (why not?)...

Going to conferences is not just about the technical stuff…I wrote this article almost two years ago. Unfortunately, the website where I published it shut down. By luck, though, I've been recently told I was allowed to republish this...

The Strategy Pattern in iOS AppsThe Strategy Pattern is one of the first design patterns I’ve learned in the theory. Sadly, however, it was very difficult for me to find real use cases where it could be applied in actual iOS codebases....

Quite often in iOS projects, it happens that QA people find issues like this one:That doesn't give us any clue, does it?Usually, they report the bug, and, when it’s your turn to fix it, the first thing you think is “Okay, I’ll put a...

IntroductionEngaging gears in a project involves powering up our everyday processes. In the iOS world, a very important one is how we deal with environments and other settings that need to be customized depending on the audience. Xcode...

Hello there!It’s been a while since I shared Getting the right colors in your iOS app, a blogpost I wrote for helping iOS devs prevent the color nightmare that happens every now and then. That blogpost was cool and got more visits than I...