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In this post we will look at implementing a table in XCode. If you have ever done a tableview in a iPhone app forget everything you know, as it is implemented differently in a watch kit app. It’s not to difficult to implement through! First of create a new blank XCode project  and add a […]

Setting up a watch kit app for the Apple Watch can be confusing at first – it isn’t exactly straight forward, even when you have it setup the way it is setup can be a bit confusing! This post will cover the setup of your first watch kit app and also explain the reason it […]

Playing a sound in XCode is easy with not much code. This tutorial will take you through the steps to play a sound. The demo sound we will be using for this project is a Mario power up sound!, it can be downloaded from here. Once you have downloaded the sound create a new XCode […]

To start create a blank XCode project as a single view application. Once done go to the Main.Storyboard so we can add the collection view controller. From the object library in the bottom right do a search for Collection View, once found drag it to your blank storyboard to add it. Once added we need […]

In this post we will look at adding a shared iAd banner using the App Delegate. The reason for adding a shared iAd banner is simple – as you move to different view controllers in the application the iAd only needs to load once, where if it isn’t shared each view controller has to load […]

In this tutorial we will look at adding game centre in swift. This will allow you to keep a track of player scores & make the game a challenge to keep people playing! What you will learn How to setup Gamecenter in Swift How to authentic a user Check if game centre is enabled or […]

Today we are going to look at creating a custom UITableView Cell. I am going to start off from the post here on creating a tableview to get things going. So initially my project will already be setup with a basic tableview that looks as follows:     The code in our ViewController looks like […]

Today we will look at adding in app purchases in a swift app. This can also be viewed on youtube here. Before we start if you haven’t already I highly recommend getting a developer account here. Without one you can’t fully setup your In App Purchases (IAP for short), you cannot test it properly to […]

In todays connected world it is important to have a Twitter page so your user’s can connect and interact with you. In this tutorial we will look at adding a button that will open up a Twitter page within the Twitter app. If the user does not have the Facebook installed it will open up in Safari instead. […]

In todays connected world it is important to have a Facebook page so your user’s can connect and interact with you. In this tutorial we will look at adding a button that will open up a Facebook page within the Facebook app. If the user does not have the Facebook installed it will open up […]