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Create a Draggable UIView

If you have ever wanted to have a draggable UIView you know that it takes up a lot of code in a UIViewController. In this tutorial we are going to work on creating a draggable UIView that handles a lot of the work so we can keep our controller small and lean. We could do...

Written by Alex Gibson, on April 15, 2017

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Auto Layout Made Auto Easy on iOS

Posted in: Design, Development, iOS, Objective-C, Swift, UI Design

I love to see in Stack Overflow, Twitter, or Facebook when someone new to iOS development asks a question and a seasoned developer responds “just use autolayout”. Sometimes I even wonder if that seasoned developer understands autolayout themselves. I remember that I was pretty good with iOS and I was still relying on Springs &...

Written by Alex Gibson, on March 27, 2017

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The Basic Setup To Add React Native to an Existing iOS Project

Posted in: Development, iOS, React Native, Swift

Setting up an iOS Project to add React Native can be a pain. The documentation seems limited as cocoapods is the preferred method of installation but the pod file has to point to the javascript directory. This was not intuitive for me at first. This tutorial is how to quickly get up and running with React Native...

Written by Alex Gibson, on April 13, 2017

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Adding a React Native Camera Component to a Native iOS App

Posted in: Development, React Native, Swift

React Native is becoming widely popular. The premise that you can write one language and deploy to iOS and Android with a lot of reuse is very appealing. I decided I would test React Native in an existing iOS application so that I could stay in my natural habitat but use the benefits of React...

Written by Alex Gibson, on April 14, 2017

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Zoomable UIScrollView

Posted in: Development, iOS, Swift

Zoomable UIScrollView Ever wondered how to easily create a view that allows a user to zoom in on an image or text. I am sure you have as this is a common expectation from users. We will walk through how to implement this in less than 5 minutes and approximately 5 lines of code....

Written by Alex Gibson, on March 30, 2017

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The Hidden Gem of AVFoundation

Posted in: Development, iOS, Swift

Ever wonder how to know the exact frame of an image in a UIImageView that is using aspect fit content mode? Ever wonder how to know the position of objects inside of a photos position across ALL device sizes. Behold the power of AVMakeRect. I have used this function for so many things so I...

Written by Alex Gibson, on July 2, 2018

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