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Xcode Simulator Directories Exploration

Xcode Simulator directories allow you to find related files for your app. Unlike on a real device, you can access all folders that represent the app your building. Exploring those directories allows you to debug and optimize accordingly. Whether you’re debugging storage issues, optimizing app binary size, or looking to adjust the user defaults from … 

 

Testing push notifications on the iOS simulator

Testing push notifications in the iOS simulator make adding support for remote notifications much more effortless. You often must iterate a lot to verify that your code is working as expected. After gaining permission to receive push notifications in your app, you can start testing out several notifications. Xcode’s Simulator supports testing both regular and … 

 

SwiftLee 2022: A Year in Review

Another year passed by, and we’re close to getting into 2023. It’s been a year with a single Swift 5.7 release, Xcode 14, new SwiftLee products, and many articles. I always enjoy looking back on the year and realizing what I’ve achieved, hopefully inspiring others for the year to come. More than ever, I’ve been … 

 

OptionSet in Swift explained with code examples

OptionSet in Swift allows you to define a set of options for configurations. It’s the Swift variant of the well-known NS_OPTIONS in Objective-C and it’s used throughout the standard libraries. A set of options is often confused by a set of enum cases, but they’re not the same. While you could create a similar solution … 

 

Binary Targets in Swift Package Manager

Binary Targets in Swift Package Manager (SPM) allow packages to declare xcframework bundles as available targets. The technique is often used to provide access to closed-source libraries and can improve CI performance by reducing time spent on fetching SPM repositories. Both downs and upsides are essential to consider when adding binary targets to your project. …