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Mastering TipKit: Advanced

Oct 2023

In the article section, we introduced the basic usage of TipKit. In this article, we will discuss some advanced topics related to TipKit, such as how to fully customize the Tip view (without using TipView and popoverTip), how to use TipKit in UIKit, and how TipKit can share data between different applications. Finally, we will try to answer some common questions related to TipKit.

Mastering TipKit: Basics

Oct 2023

TipKit is a framework introduced by Apple at WWDC 2023 that allows you to easily display tips in your applications. It can be used to introduce new features to users, help them discover hidden options, or demonstrate faster ways to accomplish tasks, among other scenarios. TipKit is compatible with different hardware environments and operating systems within the Apple ecosystem, including iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple TV.

Unified Resource Management in Multi-package Projects

Nov 2022

With the continuous improvement of SPM (Swift Package Manager) functionality, more and more developers are starting to separate functionality and manage code in their projects by creating multiple packages. SPM itself provides the ability to manage various types of resources in packages (including localized resources), but it is mainly limited to using these resources within the package and it is difficult to share resources. In cases where multiple targets need to call the same resource, the original method is difficult to cope with. This article will introduce a method for uniformly managing resources in a project with multiple SPM packages.

The Composable Architecture (TCA)

Oct 2022

The Composable Architecture (TCA) is a SwiftUI framework that provides state and side effect management, testing and dependency injection. This article describes TCA's benefits, features, changes, learning, performance, and resources.

How to Determine if ScrollView, List is Currently Scrolling in SwiftUI

Sep 2022

This article describes how to detect scrolling in a SwiftUI component. The methods include using Introspect, Runloop, and PreferenceKey. The last two solutions are combined in a library called IsScrolling.

SwiftUI Overlay Container 2: Customizable, Efficient, and Convenient View Manager

Mar 2022

SwiftUI Overlay Container is a view container component for SwiftUI. It is a customizable, efficient, and convenient view manager. With just a simple configuration, the SwiftUI Overlay Container can handle basic tasks such as view organization, queue processing, transitions, animations, interactions, and display style configuration. This allows developers to focus more on the implementation of the application's views themselves.

How to Deep Copy NSManagedObject in Core Data

Nov 2021

This article will introduce the technical challenges, development approaches, and my solution - MOCloner - for deep copying NSManagedObject in Core Data.

AttributedString: Making Text More Beautiful Than Ever

Oct 2021

At WWDC 2021, Apple introduced a long-awaited feature for developers - AttributedString. This means that Swift developers no longer need to use the Objective-C-based NSAttributedString to create styled text. This article will provide a comprehensive introduction to it and demonstrate how to create custom attributes.

Apple’s New Formatter API: Comparison of Old and New and How to Customize

Oct 2021

This article will introduce how to create a Formatter that complies with the new API, offering readers a different perspective to understand the design mechanism of the new Formatter API; it also compares the new and old versions of the API.

SheetKit: SwiftUI Modal View Extension Library

Sep 2021

SheetKit is an extension library for SwiftUI modal views. It provides several convenient methods for presenting and dismissing modal views, as well as a few View Extensions for modal views.

Enhancing SwiftUI Navigation Views with NavigationViewKit

Aug 2021

This article introduces a library I created, NavigationViewKit, which is an extension for NavigationView. It addresses several pain points currently associated with the native NavigationView.

Creating a Blog with Publish: Plugin

Feb 2021

This article will showcase different extension methods and introduce other excellent members of the Publish suite through several examples (adding tags, adding attributes, generating content with code, full-text search, command-line deployment).

Creating a Blog with Publish: Theme

Feb 2021

Having a powerful theme system is one of the key factors in the success of a static website generator. Publish uses Plot as the development tool for themes, allowing developers to enjoy the benefits of Swift's type safety while efficiently writing themes. This article will start with an introduction to Plot, and ultimately teach readers how to create a Publish theme.

Creating a Blog with Publish: Getting Started

Jan 2021

Publish is a static site generator designed specifically for Swift developers. It uses Swift to build the entire website and supports themes, plugins, and a host of customization options.

Introducing Several Swift or SwiftUI Third-Party Libraries Used in Developing Health Notes 2

Oct 2020

This article introduces several third-party open-source libraries used in the development of Health Notes.

SwiftUIOverlayContainer — A SwiftUI Library for Creating Customized Popup Views

Aug 2020

SwiftUI currently offers popup views such as sheet, fullScreenCover, alert, action sheet, etc. to enrich UI interactions. However, the variety is somewhat limited. To write code for various popup windows more conveniently, I created a simple SwiftUI library — SwiftUIOverlayContainer.

Implementing the Side Menu for the iOS Mail App with SwiftUI

Aug 2020

With the continuous improvement of SwiftUI 2.0, I feel it's time to make a major upgrade to my app. I've always wanted to implement an elegant side menu effect in my app similar to the iOS mail app, and I searched online for a solution. However, most of the implementations are for UIKit and there are not many project libraries that are well adapted to SwiftUI. I ended up implementing one myself in Xcode 12.

Installation and Configuration of Vapor4

May 2020

This article introduces how to install the Vapor command line tool on mac 10.5.4 and ubuntu 18.04, create Vapor projects, simple debugging of projects, and the process of deploying to a production environment. The runtime environment in this article is Vapor 4, Swift 5.2, Catalina 10.5.4, Ubuntu 18.04.