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MVC – sometimes also known as “Massive View Controller” is an architectural pattern used to implement user interfaces in apps. This tutorial will cover what MVC is, how it is used and how you can implement this design pattern in your own apps. What is MVC? Put simple MVC stands for Model-View-Controller. The following diagram […]

Before we get into coding for grand central dispatch, what is is, how to use it and why you would use it. Then we have an app starter template that you can then build on to see why you need to use it for certain iOS development tasks, such as loading an image or file. […]

In our previous tutorial we implemented a search bar for a table with information about cupcakes. In this tutorial we will extend the app to include a filter bar as below. You can download the starting source code for this tutorial here. First of all add UISearchBarDelegate to our view controller class ViewController: UIViewController, UITableViewDelegate, […]

In this tutorial we are going to implement a search bar that will be able to search a table view, this will filter the results to only show the items you searched for dynamically. You can download the starter app here, we have a table which looks like the following: As you can see we […]

JSON, JavaScript Object Notation is a common language for API’s and web services to communicate with one and other. Think of it as a universal language that all programs can use to exchange information. It’s easy to use and is supported by all programming languages, so it is hugely popular. A JSON response might look […]

Hiding the auto correct keyboard bar is simple in Swift, you can modify the text field to not show it on certain inputs. This is useful for fields such as first name and last name, where by autocorrect will only cause user headache when it changes their name. To modify a textfield to not show […]

Integrating Google Maps SDK into your iOS app is easy thanks to Cocoapods. Lets create a simple app to showcase this with your current location and some markers of Pokemon that might be lurking around the area if you were to play Pokemon Go! Setting up the project First of all create a new single […]

An age old debate – should you learn iOS or Android first when becoming a mobile developer. It takes a while to become a specialist in any given platform, so which one should you invest your time in? The answer as to which platform you want to primarily develop on will differ for everyone. You […]

In this Swift quiz app tutorial we will look at making a iOS quiz. It might sound complicated and scary at first, but it’s actually quite simple. Lets start off by making a single view application. Our end will result will be a quiz app like this: Setting up the User Interface To start off […]

XCode is quite a daunting program to use at first. This tutorial will touch on XCode for beginners, it’s layout and features and creating your very first app in 5 minutes! If you haven’t already head on over to the Mac App Store and install XCode. Once it’s installed you can open it up with […]