Xcode

Learn more and get better with Xcode using this list of Xcode blog posts, tutorials, tips, and tricks.

Overriding UserDefaults for improved productivity

UserDefaults within apps are used to store data related to user configurations. It's an easily accessible data store for saving ...
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Launch screens in Xcode: All the options explained

Launch screens appear when your app starts up and give the user the impression that your app is fast and ...
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SVG Assets in Xcode for Single Scale Images

Xcode 12 introduced support for using Scalable Vector Graphic (SVG) image assets in iOS, macOS, and iPadOS. It's one of ...
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SwiftUI Previews: Validating views in different states

SwiftUI Previews allow us to develop a lot faster as we can now preview our views live in Xcode. Whenever ...
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  •  7 min read SwiftUIXcode

Thread Sanitizer explained: Data Races in Swift

The Thread Sanitizer, also known as TSan, is an LLVM based tool to audit threading issues in your Swift and ...
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  •  4 min read SwiftXcode

Dark Mode: Adding support to your app in Swift

Dark Mode was introduced in iOS 13 and announced at WWDC 2019. It adds a darker theme to iOS and ...
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Mastering the assistant editor in Xcode 11

Xcode 11 was introduced during WWDC 2019 and contained improvements in the way the assistant editor works. If you're using ...
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  •  4 min read WorkflowXcode

5 Xcode breakpoints tips you might not yet know

Xcode breakpoints allow us to debug and find out solutions for nasty bugs. Without breakpoints, it would be a fun ...
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  •  5 min read DebuggingXcode

Unit tests best practices in Xcode and Swift

Writing unit tests is just as important as writing your application code. Unit tests are oftentimes the first to be ...
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  •  6 min read SwiftXcode

Xcode Instruments usage to improve app performance

Xcode Instruments is a developer tool that comes for free with Xcode. It has a lot of useful tools to ...
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  •  5 min read DebuggingXcode

Unused images and resources clean up in Xcode

Unused images can exist as a result of iterations in a project. Once a feature is no longer needed and ...
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  •  5 min read OptimizationXcode

Using Xcode Previews with existing views without using SwiftUI

Xcode Previews have been added in Xcode 11 and allow you to quickly preview the current state of your view ...
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