While SwiftUI is excellent there are some issues when dealing with missing components, and often needing to interface with UIKit. SwiftUIX is a project that aims to fill the gaps providing many missing components with a simple coding style. There are also some other helpers included such as helpers for color, control flow, and custom […]
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CalendarKit is a Swift based open source UI component from Richard Topchii featuring a modular structure. With CalendarKit you can pick and choose which parts of the calendar to include such as the day calendar or the event calendar. You can also fully customize the look of the calendar. CalendarKit also supports localization of the […]
ResponseDetective is an open source Swift library from netguru that allows you to automatically intercept incoming and outgoing communication requests and view details of those requests for debugging. With a few lines of code you can add ResponseDetective and get networking request details in the console like in this example from the readme: <0x000000000badf00d> [REQUEST] […]
JDBreaksLoading is fun an open source Swift based component from jamesdouble providing a custom loading indicator with a built-in mini-game. JDBreaksLoading can be used within your views as a subview, and you can customize the colors, and size of the view. This snippet from the readme shows basic usage: [cc] let jdbreaksLoading:JDBreaksLoading = JDBreaksLoading(frame: frame) […]
3D touch is a great way to enhance user interface components and Yari D’areglia has written a nice guide to building a custom confirmation button that neatly uses 3D touch. In the tutorial you’ll learn how to draw the button, handle the user’s touch force, update the UI based on the touch force, and create […]
SamuraiTransition is an open source Swift based library providing a collection of ViewController transitions featuring a number of neat “cutting” animations from hachinobu. SamuraiTransition is easy to implement, your view needs to subclass SamuraiViewController and can be implemented in code or in interface builder. SamuraiTransition features 9 transition animations, and you can customize the duration, […]
FAQView is an open source Swift based interface component from Mukesh Thawani allowing you to easily implement a FAQ view on iOS. FAQView is written in Swift, and based on UIView. Question cells expand on press to show content. You can customize the titles, cand colors and there is automatic formatting of links, and phonenumbers […]
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 […]
Quick Chat for iOS is a Swift source code example showing how to create a real-time chat app using Google’s Firebase form Haik Aslanyan. Firebase is great for these types of apps because of its real-time database, and generous free tiers. Quick Chat features logins, real-time text messages, photos, and locations. This animation from the […]
Files is an open source Swift library from John Sundell for working with files ion iOS, macOS and tvOS. Files provides a straightforward object-oriented API for moving, deleting, reading, and writing files and folders. This snippet from the readme shows an example of file and folder deletion and creation: [cc] let folder = try Folder(path: […]
SwiftRichString is an open source library submitted by Daniele Margutti that simplifies working with attributed strings. With SwiftRichString you can style attributed strings using a clear type-safe syntax, combine attributed and non-attributed strings, and more. This snippet from the readme shows how one could create styles, and apply them to an attributed string with SwiftRichString: […]
GLTableCollectionView is an open source Swift based user interface component from Giulio for creating sliding views similar to those seen in Netflix, Airbnb and the App Store. GLTableCollectionView utilizes both UITableView and UICollectionView features cell recycling, headers for each table view and collection view row, storyboard compatibility and more. The table view, and each cell […]
SwiftyCam is an open source Swift library from Andrew Walz providing an inspired iOS camera framework with an extensive feature set inspired by Snapchat. SwiftyCam dramatically simplifies setting up an app for photo and video caprure. Some of the features of SwiftyCam include: – Video and image capturing – Front and rear flash – Retina […]
RhythmBox is an open source Swift library submitted by Manuel Escrig that simplifies the creation of rhythm patterns. To use RhythmBox you simply need to assign a beat, and an optional sub beat and time signature and RhythmBox will execute your code at the correct time intervals. There are also further subdivisions for different note […]
ODUIThreadGuard is an open source library from old donkey that helps you to make sure that your UI is not blocking the main thread. ODUIThreadGuard implements automatically when added into your project, and can be configured to run only in debug mode if desired. The features stated in the readme include: – Passive implementation – […]