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  • Creating Cool UI: iOS Shape Morphing

    02 Jul 2022 · 9 min read
    Recreating cool UI demos I've seen online. This time, morphing between different icon shapes and learning about metaballs.
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  • Using SwiftUI Previews with UIKit and ObjC

    01 Jul 2020 · 2 min read
    How to live(ish) preview UIKit UI written in Objective C
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  • Using PHPickerViewController to Select a Photo on iOS 14

    23 Jun 2020 · 4 min read
    How to use the new PHPickerViewController class in iOS 14 to select a photo from the Photo Library on iOS in Objective C and Swift
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  • External Only Shadow on UIView

    16 Jun 2020 · 3 min read
    How to setup a CALayer shadow to show externally only with CALayer shadowPath and maskLayer
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  • CAGradientLayer Explained

    15 Jun 2020 · 7 min read
    How to natively draw gradients on iOS and macOS with CAGradientLayer
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  • Using UIImagePickerController on iOS

    01 Apr 2020 · 4 min read
    How to use UIImagePickerController to select a photo from the Photo Library on iOS in Objective C and Swift
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  • QRCode Generation and Scanning on iOS 13

    11 Mar 2020 · 4 min read
    How to generate a QR code image and how to scan a QR code with camera on iOS
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  • iOS Multiple Window Support Without Storyboards

    10 Mar 2020 · 2 min read
    Supporting multiple windows and the UIScene lifecycle API programtically
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