If you are using Swift UI and you get an error based around the constraints, you might be able to fix it by putting this line at the end of your navigation view. .navigationViewStyle(.stack)
Converting a callback function to async await in Swift
Occasionally you will need to convert a callback based function to an async/await function. One example of this is below, calculating a map route appears to be only available as a callback based one. Below is an example of how to convert it to an async function. This code is […]
Sharpening My Tools Part 2
Developing an iOS application is full of small bits of repetitive tasks. When you develop User Interface in code, you must create and handle constraints in code. Depending on what you have to do this could become extremely repetitive and complicated. You can write each constraint yourself, but this gets […]
Sharpening My Tool Part 1
I’ve been working on a full fledged pdf reader application for iOS. During the process of developing for this I have wanted to use Icons from Font Awesome; as buttons in the app. Apple’s iOS doesn’t like SVG files or the font awesome font files, to work around this I’ve […]
Brainstorming App Icons
I am using the Bakery App to create app icon mockups, below are a couple of possible icons that I’m thinking of using.
Useful Tools
If you have to convert numbers like Temperature easily in Swift check out https://www.andyibanez.com/posts/using-nsmeasurement-for-working-with-dimensions-and-units/. I’ve used it in the Weather Driver Application to handle Celsius to Fahrenheit.
Weather Driver
My current personal project is codenamed Weather Driver. This is an iOS application targeted at Truck Drivers and other people who travel on the road. This application will allow them to better plan their trip around the weather. You will be able to enter your destination, chose a route, and […]