DoraemonKit is an open source in app tool that helps speed up native iOS & Android development and testing. With DoraemonKit you get a nice interface from which you can tweak numerous values such as GPS coordinates. Some of the features of DoraemonKit: Mocking GPS Coordinates Checking for operations in sub-threads CPU, memory, network usage […]
Category: iOS Programming Tools And Utilities
This are is for tools related to iOS development. Any developer tools are featured here, although typically only iOS developer tools will be posted. In the past we have posted tools for tile mapping, app tracking, code generation and more.
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SwiftMonkey is an open source framework for randomly testing an apps user interface from Zalando. SwiftMonkey is ideal for avoiding unexpected issues with your apps user interface as it will stress test your app with touches and swipes. SwiftMonkey integrates with the Xcode UI testing framework and also allows you to visual the touches. This […]
Sourcery is a code generation tool from Krzysztof Zab?ocki that can dramatically reduce the amount of Swift boilerplate code you need to write, and brings meta-programming to Swift. As the readme states: Sourcery is a tool that scans your source code, applies your personal templates and generates Swift code for you, allowing you to use […]
PlayAlways from Guilherme Rambo is an open source tool operating from the MacOS menu bar allowing you to quickly create iOS, macOS, or tvOS playgrounds and an Xcode extension that allows you to create a playground from a code selection within Xcode. To create a playground based on a code selection you must have the […]
Bob Lee has put together a list of of many great Xcode shortcuts to help you get the most out of your time in the Xcode 8 environment. Each shortcut complete with gif animations so you can see exactly what they do. You can find the guide in 3 parts in the iOS Geek Community: […]
Eject is an open source tool allowing you to transition a UI built within Xcode’s interface builder into Swift code. The Interface Builder is fantastic for laying out an interface, but it can become a hindrance as your interface becomes more complex and dynamic. With Eject you can translate your Xibs into source code with […]
AppWage is an open source Mac OS based iTunes reporting tool from Hankinsoft with a great interface for viewing app sales information, track competition and more using iTunes Connect data. With AppWage you can view sales reports, reviews, rankings, and track the competition. You can send daily emails using your own SMTP server, and automatically […]
IQScreenRuler is an open source app from Iftekar Quarashi that provides a pixel perfect ruler to aid in the perfect positioning of any interface elements. IQScreenRuler provides a 4 side ruler, a free hand ruler that can be rotated, the ability to change the scale factor, and aspect ratio, and more. This video shows IQScreenRuler […]
PXCTest is an open source tool from Johannes Plunien that allows you to run XCTest tests in parallel. PXCTest allows you to specify the device types, and operating systems for each of the simulators along with other simulator preferences. This snippet from the readme shows the syntax used to create two simulator destinations: [cc] pxctest […]
Keyframes is an open source tool and library from Facebook that allows you to convert Adobe After Effects shape based animations to a format which can then be loaded by the included library on both iOS and Android. Keyframe images are vector based so they can be resized without losing image quality, feature very high […]
Dash for iOS is an open source tool allowing you to view over 150 API documentation sets offline on your iPhone and iPad from Kapeli. Dash for iOS has a very clean interface with built-in searching. Included within the 150 documentation sets are iOS, watchOS, tvOS, macOS and Swift documentation. You can also generate your […]
SwiftFormat is an open source command line tool from Nick Lockwood that allows you to automatically format Swift code. SwiftFormat applies a set of formatting rules (which can be turned on or off), and can be added to your build phase for automatic formatting. SwiftFormat was created so that common style rules could be enforced […]
Monza submitted by Gabriel Garza is an open source script that simplifies the validation of iTunes app store purchases and subscriptions. Validation of in-app purchases should be done on your own server, and Monza simplifies the process. Monza is Ruby based and provides methods and objects for easy checking of active subscriptions, expiry dates, see […]
SwiftTrace submitted by John Holdsworth is a library allowing you to automatically print Swift method executions within your classes with minimal additions to your code. SwiftTrace works on non-finalized Swift classes, and on Objective-C classes. This example from the reamde shows some sample output: [cc] RxSwift.SingleAssignmentDisposable.dispose () -> () RxSwift.SingleAssignmentDisposable.disposable.setter : RxSwift.Disposable11 RxSwift.CompositeDisposable.addDisposable (RxSwift.Disposable11) -> […]
Build Time Analyzer from Robert Gummesson is an Xcode plugin that provides an overview of how long it takes to Xcode to build individiual Swift files. Build Time Analyzer was created so you can easily find any bottlenecks causing large build time increases. Here’s an image from the readme showing Build Time Analyzer in action: […]