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Converting a NSDate to a String and back again is easy with a few lines of code. NSDate to String let date = NSDate() // Get Todays Date let dateFormatter = DateFormatter() dateFormatter.dateFormat = “dd-MM-yyyy” let stringDate: String = dateFormatter.string(from: date as Date) print(stringDate) String to NSDate var dateString = “30-03-2016” var dateFormatter = DateFormatter() […]

The Error Got the following error in your app when trying to run it? Connections to websites not working in your app? Well there is a simple fix below! Why Does This Occur This happens, as from iOS 9 onwards, Apple enforced HTTPS connections that use TLS v1.2 or greater security. This is to protect […]

It is simple to move the UITextField out of the keyboards way with a few methods using Swift and the UITextFieldDelegate. At the end of this you will be able to recreate the following: To setup your project to try this out we simply have set the background color to gray, added a UITextField to […]

You can simply set the Navigation Bar text (tint) Color in XCode using one line of code. This is for the back button and any buttons with text on the left/right side. I have setup a XCode project with a simple navigation controller as the root view controller of the default view. With an extra […]

You can simply set the Navigation Bar back image style with a small amount of code. The arrow color will still be the same as the navigation bar tint color (Tbe default is blue) – but the style will be changed. I have setup a XCode project with a simple navigation controller as the root view […]

Making the UINavigation bar have a title image of your choice is easy with two lines of code. I have setup a XCode project with a simple navigation controller as the root view controller of the default view. It looks like: First of all we have added the following evox.png as follows to our assets.xcassets […]

You can simply set the Status Bar Color in XCode using one method. By Default the status bar up the top is black, however you can change it to white with this method. To do this in your XCode project to set the status bar in a view controller simply add the following method to your […]

Making the UINavigation bar have a background image of your choice is easy with two lines of code. I have setup a XCode project with a simple navigation controller as the root view controller of the default view. It looks like: First of all we have added the following gummi_bear_navbar to our assets.xcassets for the […]

You can simply set the Navigation Bar Color in XCode using one line of code. I have setup a XCode project with a simple navigation controller as the root view controller of the default view. It looks like: To set the navigation bar color simply add the following line of code in viewDidLoad() override func […]

Hiding the status bar in iOS using Swift is easy with one line of code. Simply insert the following line of code into your view controller: override var prefersStatusBarHidden: Bool { return true } And then run your app, the status bar will now be hidden in the class you put this code in! You […]