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iPhone/iPad Articles
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How to make iPhone vibrate using Swift?
To make an iPhone vibrate using swift we’ll use two different methods. First create a new project and add Four different buttons to the main View controller.Now import the AudioToolbox framework in your view controller class.For the first button add an action and write the following code as shown below:@IBAction func actionButtonOne(_ sender: Any) { AudioServicesPlayAlertSound(SystemSoundID(kSystemSoundID_Vibrate)) }This will generate a long vibrating feedback on your device. Now to create more vibration effects on devices with iOS 10 or more we’ll add methods for all four different buttons.@IBAction func actionButtonTwo(_ sender: Any) { let generator = UIImpactFeedbackGenerator(style: .heavy) ...
Read MoreHow to open and close a PDF file using Swift?
In this article we’ll see how to open a pdf file using swift in iOS. Here we’ll do it with an example of opening pdf in webView in iOS. Let’s create a project and add WKWebView to the storyboard.Connect it’s outlet to the ViewController class.Now we’ll see two different thingsOpening a PDF file from a URL on the web.To open a web view from a url, first we need to have a url with a pdf file. In this example I’ll be using a dummy URL https://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/tests/xhtml/testfiles/resources/pdf/dummy.pdfLet’s create a URL first, let url: URL! = URL(string: "https://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/tests/xhtml/testfiles/resources/pdf/dummy.pdf")Now the remaining steps ...
Read MoreHow to programmatically add a UISegmentedControl to a container view?
To add a UISegmentControl in iOS with swift we’ll have to first create a segment control and it’s controller function, i.e. it’s action. Let’s see those steps.Let’s create a function to add a segmented control.func addControl() { let segmentItems = ["First", "Second"] let control = UISegmentedControl(items: segmentItems) control.frame = CGRect(x: 10, y: 250, width: (self.view.frame.width - 20), height: 50) control.addTarget(self, action: #selector(segmentControl(_:)), for: .valueChanged) control.selectedSegmentIndex = 1 view.addSubview(control) }This function may be called in our view controller to add the segmented control, let’s add action for ...
Read MoreHow to draw a route between two locations using MapKit in Swift?
To draw a route between two Locations on map we need to have co-ordinates of both those locations.Once we have the co-ordinates of both locations we can use the below given function to show the line between two points on map. In this example I’ll be using two random location as two points.func getDirections(loc1: CLLocationCoordinate2D, loc2: CLLocationCoordinate2D) { let source = MKMapItem(placemark: MKPlacemark(coordinate: loc1)) source.name = "Your Location" let destination = MKMapItem(placemark: MKPlacemark(coordinate: loc2)) destination.name = "Destination" MKMapItem.openMaps(with: [source, destination], launchOptions: [MKLaunchOptionsDirectionsModeKey: MKLaunchOptionsDirectionsModeDriving]) }We’ll call this function in ViewDidLoad for this tutorial to show the ...
Read MoreExact Radius and Size of iPhone App Icons
Every iPhone application needs some icons that are displayed when certain events occur, like when some new notification comes, or the icon for home screen or the icon that is displayed on spotlight.All these icons have different size properties but apart from their size there are some common properties they have. Let’s see them first.The icons should be in .png formatThe icons should be flat and should not have transparency.The images should be squared, without any round corners.For any iOS device the icons size for app store is 1024px * 1024pxOther app icon sizes are usually bases on 1x, 2x ...
Read MoreHow to detect which iOS version is running on the device?
When working on iOS applications, we sometimes need to know the version that's running on an iPhone device. In this article we'll learn how to find the iOS version being used, using an iOS Application.Create an iOS application and in it's viewController's view did load function write the following code.print(" System version - ",UIDevice.current.systemVersion)This will return the iOS version of the device currently in use. Like current version of my simulator is iOS 12.0 hence the result comes asSystem Version – 12.0
Read MoreWhere are iOS simulator screenshots stored?
The screenshots taken on an simulator are stored usually on desktop of the system that you are using.There are multiple scenarios in which screenshots could have been taken, some of them are mentioned below.When the images are taken using "Command" + S, or from File menu's New Screenshot option, They are usually stored by name similar to "Simulator Screen Shot - iPhone 7 Plus - 2018-12-26 at 18.18.14" which consists of Simulator running currently followed by date in YYYY-MM-DD at HH:MM:SS format.If they are taken with mac's "Command + shift +3" or "command + shift + 4" buttons, they are ...
Read MoreHow to compare two NSDates in iPhone/iOS?
In this article we'll see how to compare two NSDates in swift. First of all we'll need to create two NSDates.We'll do it in playground instead of simulator this time.First Let's create two different dates.let dateOne = NSDateComponents() dateOne.day = 5 dateOne.month = 6 dateOne.year = 1993 let dateTwo = NSDateComponents() dateTwo.day = 4 dateTwo.month = 2 dateTwo.year = 1995Using these date components we'll create dates and then compare themlet cal = NSCalendar.current let FirstDate = cal.date(from: dateOne as DateComponents) let secondDate = cal.date(from: dateTwo as DateComponents)Now to compare them we'll use a if condition.if secondDate!.compare(firstDate!) == .orderedAscending { ...
Read MoreWhat is difference between UITableViewController and UIViewController?
UItableViewController and UIViewController are two different objects of iOS UIKit framework. Both are used for different purpose.A UIViewController class manages a ViewContoller which is responsible for actions that happen within that View controller. This class is aware of actions that happen on view controller, like ViewDidLoad, ViewWillApper, ViewDidAppear, ViewWillDisapper, ViewDidDisapper.Whereas, A UITableViewController is responsible for managing a table, it's data and it's events using UITableViewDataSource, UITableViewDelegate.A UITableViewController conforms to UIViewController, UITableViewDataSource and UITableViewDelegate to implement table view.Below is an example of a class implementing UIViewController.class ViewController : UIViewController { @IBOutlet weak var sampleView: UIView! ...
Read MoreHow to set background for Navigation Bar in iOS?
To set the background color for a navigation bar we can either do it programmatically or through the storyboard if it is on storyboard.Method 1Let's see how to change the background color of a navigation bar through the storyboard editor.Create a new project, select it's view controller and embed in navigation controller.Select the navigation bar and go to It's attribute inspector.This is how it looks in the Xcode 10. You can select the tint color from there and it will be changed for the navigation controller.Method 2Programmatically changing the navigation background.To programmatically change it, go to the view controller and ...
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