Tag: Xcode
Memory management in Swift
Memory management in Swift is done by Automatic Reference Counting or ARC. Whenever a variables holds an instance of an object the memory count for that object increases by 1. And when variable becomes out of scope or set to nil, the memory count decreases 1. In the above example, we are creating two instances…
CoreData tutorial in Swift 5 using NSFetchedResultsController
Let us see an example TaskManager app using CoreData written in Swift Programming language. This app provides the following functionality Allow users to enter new task Update existing task delete task You can download source code for this project from Github. If you are familiar with user interface then move on to the Core Data…
Get your current address in Swift (Swift 5)
In this Swift tutorial, we will see the steps required for using CoreLocation framework and retrieve the latitude and longitude of the location. Then use the CLGeocoder to reverse geocode the latitude and longitude details. This is a very basic tutorial that retrieves the location details on tap of a button and displays the information…
Swift – WebView demo
Updated for Swift 5In this short tutorial, we will see an example in Swift programming language using UIWebView. The WebView will load a webpage and provide option to refresh, stop, go back and go forward. This tutorial should give a brief overview on how to declare IBAction, IBOutlets and use Objective-C classes (NSURL and NSURLRequest)…
Assertions supported in XCTest
Here you can find the list of Assertions supported by XCTest and it is essential to know all these assertion if you are practicing Test Driven Development in IOS. You can get this list from XCTestAssertions.h XCTFail(<#format…#>) – This unconditionally fails the test. XCTAssertNil(<#a1#>, <#format…#>) – Failure message when object is not nil. XCTAssertNotNil(<#a1#>, <#format…#>)…
Fix for Directory not found for option error in Xcode
You might see Directotry not found for option error when opening an iOS 8 existing project in Xcode 7. This error because of the invalid path sepcifed from the Framework Path for the test target, (null): Directory not found for option ‘-F/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneSimulator9.2.sdk/Developer/Library/Frameworks’ This can be fixed by selected the test target, navigating Search Paths and…
TableView Demo in Swift
In this tutorial, we will see some of the common UITableView operations such as Adding, Updating, Deleting and Moving records using Swift. Let us start with a TableView placed over a ViewController instead of using UITableViewController. By this way you will learn lot more about the functionality of UITableView. Add a new file and select…
How to display line numbers in Xcode
Listed below are the steps to display line number in Xcode editor window. This is quite useful when you are working in a ground and want to communicate the line number of statement to other members. Click Xcode menu option and select Preferences from the menu list In the Preferences window, click Text Editing tab.…