15 entries from the Swift Knowledge Base you should try today
Learn something new with these quick Swift code samples.
A couple of years ago I built the Swift Knowledge Base as a way of condensing quick Swift tips, techniques, and solutions into one place, while also ensuring all answers were kept up to date as Swift evolved.
Today the knowledge base includes over 300 entries on topics such as UIKit, SpriteKit, Xcode, and more, but if you haven’t used it before you might find it a little overwhelming.
So, I wanted to pick out a few of my favorite articles to get you started. These aren’t necessarily the longest or most action-packed articles, but instead are things that I think more developers should be aware of or might want to try:
- How to ask users to review your app using
SKStoreReviewController - How to change your app icon dynamically with
setAlternateIconName() - How to generate haptic feedback with
UIFeedbackGenerator - How to animate views using
UIViewPropertyAnimator - How to convert units using
UnitandMeasurement - How to detect low power mode is enabled
- How to insert images into an attributed string with
NSTextAttachment - How to create keyframe animations using
CAKeyframeAnimation - How to make empty table views look more attractive using
DZNEmptyDataSet - How to render a PDF to an image
- How to highlight text to speech words being read using AVSpeechSynthesizer
- How to create a parallax effect in UIKit
- How to scan a QR code
- How to measure touch strength using 3D Touch
- How to get a Cover Flow effect on iOS
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