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Tutorial: Check for Internet Connection in Swift

There are many reasons you need to check if the user is connected to the internet within your app, most important is that your app needs to retrieve data from a feed or display a web view. As soon as your app is loaded and before you make any calls to get data from a […]

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Tutorial: Play Video in Swift

Recently I needed to add a video as a background in one of my apps. This is a really nice effect if it’s a looping video. On top of the video I had some other elements and buttons, it was cool to see motion happening behind. The code snippet below displays the video full screen […]

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Tutorial: Share on Twitter and Facebook in Swift

Apple has integrated Twitter login support since iOS 5, and Facebook since iOS 6. In the past, developers had to integrate the full Facebook and Twitter SDK to integrate sharing in their apps. Since it’s built in, it’s much easier to add these social features to your own app. Note: If you would like to […]

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Tutorial: Today Widget in Swift

App extensions in the Today view are called widgets. Widgets give users quick access to information that’s important right now. For example, users open the Today view to check current stock prices or weather conditions, see today’s schedule, or perform a quick task such as marking an item as done. Users tend to open the […]

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Tutorial: How to use Auto Layout in Xcode 6

Apple just introduced the new iPhone 6 (4.7in) and iPhone 6 Plus (5.5in). These are two additional sizes to the existing iPhone 4 (3.5in), iPhone 5 (4in), and iPad (9.4in). As iOS developers we have long enjoyed not having to develop for too many different screen sizes, unlike Android, until now. With this many screens […]

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