Category: Technical
Getting Started with Realm Database for iOS
Welcome back! Best wishes for a safe and enjoyable upcoming holiday! As an iOS developer you’ll run into situations that require maintaining local data to help execute necessary tasks or improve user experience (especially when your app has no network connection). Almost every app you touch is being powered by a cloud solution that leans…
10 Practical Tips for iOS Developers Using Storyboards
Instead of a full-blown tutorial on how to create something with Storyboards, I’m going to cover highlight 10 things, in no particular order, that should help get you going. Storyboards are one of the areas I spend most of my time in. I’m a big fan of being able to visualize the app that I’m…
Create a Cloud Backend for Your iOS App Using Parse
A vast majority of the apps you see on the store today are being powered by the cloud. Instagram is storing photos in the cloud. Facebook is managing all your data there. So is Reddit, Twitter, Amazon, and any other app that you can think of. That’s probably why you’re here. You’ve discovered that to…
Learn how to create a custom camera on iOS
It’s no secret. Given the popularity of the iPhone camera, people love camera apps on iOS and developers love building them. You may be itching to learn how to build a custom camera due to a fancy idea you’ve thought of. The default camera controller provided by Apple can only take you so far and…
Hello WatchKit! Learn how to build an Apple Watch app
WatchKit is here and that means it’s time to learn how an Apple Watch app comes together. This example should provide plenty of insight into how the device works so that you can begin to think about how your apps could leverage this incredible accessory. Without a doubt the watch will be an amazing supplement…
A smooth introduction to UIVisualEffectView
We’re going to be exploring an example for a common user interface trait of iOS applications these days–blurred views with UIVisualEffectView. This technical overview is actually going to end up being light on code given that Apple has made this much easier to implement in iOS 7, but it’s still an extremely valuable tool to…