iOS App Dev Libraries, Controls, Tutorials, Examples and Tools

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
– Throw an assertion if setNeedsDisplay, setNeedsLayout, or setNeedsDisplayInRect: is called for instantion of any UIView
– Get the thread stack to help you locate where you make the mistake

You can find ODUIThreadGuard on Github here.

A nice library for making sure UI changes don’t occur in the main thread.

PieCharts is an open source Swift 3.0 based library for creating beautiful animated and interactive pie charts from Ivan Schütz.

PieCharts has a number of great features including:

– Customizable slices
– Add overlays using simple UIViews
– Customizable legends with image support
– Reusable components via extensible layer system
– Autolayout support

This image from the readme shows a couple of charts created with PieCharts in action:

This video allows you to see the chart animations:

You can find PieCharts on Github here.

A great library for creating animated pie charts.

GDPerformanceView-Swift from Gavrilov Daniil is an open source component that allows you to display performance details of your app within the status bar.

With GDPerformanceView you can display the frames per second rate, cpu usage, app version, and the iOS version at the top of your application.

This is an image from the readme showing GDPerformanceView in action:

You can find GDPerformanceView on Github here.

A nice library for monitoring resource usage.

LocalizationKit is an open source library submitted by William Powell that allows you to manage your translations and texts remotely without needing to resubmit to the app store.

Localization Kit was created so you could quickly fix localization mistakes, and add other languages. LocalizationKit also provides a web-based tool for managing the translations that is free to use and manage.

This image from the readme shows Localization Kit in action:

You can find LocalizationKit on Github here.

A great library and tool for managing your app localizations.