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Swift

How to Customize SwiftUI Toggle Colors with a New ToggleStyle

How can you customize the on, off, and tint colors in the SwiftUI Toggle? One solution is to make a custom ToggleStyle.

Swift

How to Call macOS APIs with Swift in Automator Workflows

macOS APIs enable a whole host of functionality you won't find in basic Automator workflow actions. With Swift, you can unlock them all.

iOS / OS X

Adding a Gradient Background to UINavigationBar on iOS

How to add a gradient background to your UINavigationBar that works in portrait and landscape orientation. I thought it would be easy, but when I originally rotated my device to la

Developer Tools

Swift Tool Belt, Part 7: Extending UIBarButtonItem

Set accessibility properties from Xcode's interface builder, and gain the ability to hide a bar button item—using an extension to UIBarButtonItem.

Developer Tools

Swift Tool Belt, Part 6: Extending UIFont

This extension for UIFont in Swift will convert your font to bold or italic. It's especially useful when you use scaled fonts but need a different look.

Developer Tools, iOS / OS X

Swift Tool Belt, Part 5: Adding a Gradient UIButton

A class derived from UIButton that will draw your button with a gradient background in Swift, using Xcode’s Interface Builder.

iOS / OS X

Swift Tool Belt, Part 4: Extending UITableViewController

An extension that provides a couple methods to resize the header and footer of a table view with UITableViewController in Swift.

iOS / OS X

Swift Tool Belt, Part 3: Extending UILabel

Here are a couple extensions to modify the edge insets (the extra padding all around the text) and rotate a label in Swift.

iOS / OS X

Swift Tool Belt, Part 2: Extending Date

Simple operations to add/remove time to a date can be several lines long. Many of my extensions help with the readability of the class.

iOS / OS X

Swift Tool Belt, Part 1: Adding a Border, Corner Radius, and Shadow to a UIView with Interface Builder

My Swift tool belt includes an extension that will add a border, corner radius, and a shadow to any UIView, UIButton, or UILabel with a live preview.

Swift

Four Tips and Tools for iOS Testing in Swift

A few of the iOS testing tools I’ve used to make life a little easier and code more correct when developing apps in Swift.

iOS / OS X

UIStackView Tricks: Proportional Custom UIViews with ‘Fill Proportionally’

How to use the Fill Proportionally option with any UIStackView custom view while also having fine-grained control over the proportions themselves.