Why macOS Development is Perfect for Indie Developers
Building apps for macOS offers developers a fantastic opportunity to expand their skills, create useful utilities to solve their problems, and begin their journey as indie developers. I’ve invited...
View ArticleMemory consumption when loading UIImage from disk
Memory consumption can quickly increase if you load many images from the disk using UIImage. You’ll generally load images from a remote address or via an asset catalog. However, you have bundled images...
View Article@Entry macro: Creating custom environment values in SwiftUI
The @Entry macro in SwiftUI allows you to define custom environment values without writing boilerplate code. While introduced in Xcode 16, you can use it from iOS 13 and up since it’s a Swift Macro...
View ArticleSwiftUI Button: Custom Styles, Variants, and Best Practices
SwiftUI allows you to create buttons in different styles, both custom and default configurations. You can define reusable button styles or quickly get started using SwiftUI modifiers specifically...
View ArticleSwiftUI Lists: Present rows of data explained with code examples
SwiftUI Lists allow you, as a developer, to present rows of data. It’s one of the most commonly used elements when building apps and the core of many navigation flows. Presenting rows of data is simply...
View ArticleHow to develop an app for iOS
You have a great app idea but you wonder: how to develop an app for iOS? Where do I even start? You might also question whether it’s even realistic to think you’re able to build an app for iOS...
View ArticlePicker in SwiftUI explained with code examples
The picker control in SwiftUI allows you, as a developer, to create a UI element for users to select from a set of values. It comes in different styles, and the segmented control and menu picker styles...
View ArticleSwiftUI TabView: Explained with Code Examples
The SwiftUI TabView allows you to create a tabbed view and is a great container for several of your main views. Each tab displays another main view, allowing your user to quickly switch between the...
View ArticleSwiftUI Grid, LazyVGrid, LazyHGrid Explained with Code Examples
SwiftUI Grid, LazyVGrid, and LazyHGrid are UI elements that allow you to place views in a structured grid. You can control the horizontal and vertical spacing, columns, and rows. You typically use the...
View ArticleSwiftUI Alert Guide + Code Examples
You can present a SwiftUI Alert using dedicated view modifiers that make it straightforward to present native alerts. It works a bit differently compared to their UIKit variant, but you’ll get used to...
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