KeyPathComparator was added to Foundation in iOS 15 and macOS 12. The KeyPathComparator is used by defining a key path which is used for fetching a value for comparison. Values are then compared with a SortComparator. In the simplest form we do not need to create the SortComparator ourselves and instead, ComparableComparator is created automatically. But if the value is String then String.StandardComparator.localizedStandard is used instead of ComparableComparator. All in all it is pretty much the similar to NSSortDescriptor which was used for sorting NSArray and NSMutableArray. New comparator types… Read more Sorting data with KeyPathComparator →
WWDC’21 brought new APIs for creating attributed strings. AttributedString is a new value type which provides a type-safe API for dealing with attributes, its also localizable, supports limited amount of Markdown syntax, and can be even archived and unarchived thanks to the Codable support. In this blog post, we’ll take a look at the new API and will compose some attributed strings. In addition to AttributedString type, there are many supporting types. For example, AttributeContainer is a collection of attributes which can be applied to the attributed string with one… Read more Exploring AttributedString and custom attributes →
I was looking at formatters provided by Foundation framework and this time I would like to put some attention on MeasurementFormatter. Like the name says, it is used for creating… Read more Measurement, Unit, Dimension, and MeasurementFormatter on iOS →
UILabel supports displaying attributed strings with link attributes but what it does not support is allowing to tap on hyperlinks and opening those in Safari. An Alternative way is using… Read more Opening hyperlinks in UILabel on iOS →
In model-view-view model (MVVM) architecture the view model observes the model and provides data for the view by transforming it when needed. When the user interacts with the view and… Read more Observing a KVO compatible model in SwiftUI and MVVM →
Git hooks are scripts written in any scripting language and are triggered when important actions occur. Hooks are stored in the repository’s .git/hooks folder. The script needs to have an… Read more Creating a pre-push git hook in Swift script →
iOS apps can add quick actions which are displayed when force touching on the app’s icon. We’ll add quick actions to my open source WaterMyPlants example app. Quick actions can… Read more Home screen dynamic quick actions on iOS →
I was looking into creating a view which has TextField with NumberFormatter. Typed text would show up in a separate label and when trying to enter non-numbers, the TextField would… Read more Validating string in TextField with NumberFormatter in SwiftUI →
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