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Chris C • Apr 29 2024
Xcode UI Testing in Swift – Code Examples
If you’re building an iPhone app, you might find it exhausting and wastely to test the functionality of your app every time you add a new feature or refactor your code. In this case, you might want to look at UI testing for Swift. UI testing allows you to automate this procedure, so every time… View Article
Chris C • May 01 2024
SwiftUI Maps: How to launch Apple Maps from your app
The UIApplication class provides a way for apps to control and coordinate user events with other apps on the device, One of the features is being able to open Apple Maps app through our own app! More specifically we will be working with the LSApplicationQueriesSchemes is a type of Launch Services Keys which is used to provide… View Article
Chris C • May 01 2024
SwiftUI Maps: How to launch Google Maps from your app
The UIApplication class provides a way for apps to control and coordinate user events with the built-in apps on the device, One of the features is being able to open Apple Maps app through our own app! More specifically we will be working with the LSApplicationQueriesSchemes is a type of Launch Services Keys which is used to… View Article
Chris C • May 01 2024
SwiftUI: How to add custom fonts to your app
The UIFont class is a programmatic interface to access font characteristics and provide the system with glyph information of the font. In SwiftUI UIFont has been simplified to a system class called Font that makes it easier to set custom fonts to be used by the application! Setting up To add a custom font, we of course need to… View Article
Chris C • May 01 2024
SwiftUI MapKit: How to add a pin to a map (MapAnnotation)
The MapAnnotation class is utilized as an annotation object that ties itself to a specified point on the map. We can use it to load a create pins with notes on our map! Pre-requisites Creating a MapAnnotation for your Map requires two parts. First is the array of locations that you want to add to the Map,… View Article
Chris C • May 01 2024
SwiftUI CoreLocation: How to display a map and show the users current location
The CoreLocation framework is utilized to provide services that determine a device’s geographic location (Latitude, Longitude), altitude, and orientation. It can also determine its position relative to a nearby iBeacon device. We can use CoreLocation to center on the users specific location on a map! Basic Code Sample Setting up a map is pretty easy, the basic code is… View Article
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