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The storyboard in XCode is one of the main ways used to create layouts for apps. You can add labels, buttons and many other objects to the storyboard. Once on the storyboard to connect them up to your code you can do so via actions our outlets. What you will learn The difference between an […]

One of the very first questions you have after learning how to make iPhone apps is how to save and load data such as settings & preferences in your app. Well this post will cover how to achieve this using NSUserDefaults. What you will learn What NSUserDefaults is What types of data you should save […]

In this tutorial we will look at using the UIAlert controller to show pop up messages. First of all create a new xcode project, and add a button to your storyboard. Connect it up to ViewController.Swift with the action name as “showAlert”. Now that we have done that to show an alert add in the […]

In the last tutorial we looked at navigating view controllers in swift, in this one we are going to look at how to pass data when navigating to another view controller. To begin with create a new XCode single view application project, and layout the storyboard as follows: Create a navigation controller, linked to the […]

In this tutorial we will look at navigation in Swift, using segue’s and the navigation controller to navigate between different view controllers. To start off with we have created a new blank single view application and changed the Main.storyboard as follows: Add two new view controllers to the right of the default view controller Add […]

In our last Classes tutorial we looked at making a brand new Pet class in Swift, This post will look at how to make a subclass for this pet class, so we can extend it and override methods. You can download the source code from the post here to avoid having to start from scratch. Our […]

Today we are going to look at classes and how to use them in Swift. In this post we will be making a Pet class that has the properties Pet Name, and Number Of Legs the Pet has. From this we will then make a Dog Subclass that inherits the properties from the parent Pet […]

Ever wondered how to setup a device in XCode? Want to test your app on your iOS device? What you will learn What a device is in XCode How to add a device What is a device? A device is any iOS physical device such as an iPhone or iPad. Before being able to run […]

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 […]