GameplayKit Validators
GameplayKit introduced a load of really useful data structures and algorithms when iOS 9 was released and I've barely scratched the surface of them. I'm not …
Category: Code
Advanced NSOperations: NSURLSessionDataTask vs NSURLSessionDownloadTask
I recently posted a question on StackOverflow... Chaining Multiple Async Functions in Swift This eventually lead me to watching the excellent session from WWDC 2015... Advanced NSOperations …
SpriteKit and Friends
This is a must watch and a lesson in how to do lightning talks. Francesco’s “SpriteKit & Friends” lightning talk from iOSDevUK 2015. The amount …
Animated Sorting Algorithms - Rich Playgrounds
One of the awesome new features introduced in Xcode 7 was the ability to add pages into a Swift Playground. It doesn't seem like much …
Animal Browser version 2 - UIStackView, UIScrollView and Swift
Back in October I wrote a short article about using a static UITableView as a device for laying out a page dedicated to a single …
Storyboards, Nibs or Code - Anatomy of an App.
I have seen a number of excellent posts that explain the differences between storyboards, nibs and code for creating UIs. I have also seen (recently) …
Birdman and Text Animations
I went to see Birdman the other day after it was recommended by a friend. Really excellent film. It won't be in the cinema for …
Using a static UITableView as a layout device
The problem It wasn't long after I started iOS development that I realised that UITableView can be used not just as a way of displaying …
Controlling "animations" with a UIScrollView
This is something that I've done a number of times myself but also something that I see fairly regularly popping up on Stack Overflow. The …
Paint Code Slider
I saw the Humble Bundle today for $19.99 and in it was PaintCode! Definite must buy if it’s still available when you’re reading this. I …