Learning Auto Layout for iOS, tvOS, and OS X

Learning Auto Layout for iOS, tvOS, and OS X

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With the release of the iPhone SE and the iPad Pro, along with the expectation that iPad apps will include support for slide over and split screen mode it’s now clear that Auto Layout is here to stay. If you’re not already developing apps using Auto Layout and Size Classes now is a great time to learn more about them and prepare yourself for any updates to the APIs that Apple introduces at WWDC in June.
Fortunately there’s a lot of great resources to quickly get up to speed and learn the best way to support a variety of devices and size classes in your next app.

Swift Link Dump

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Apple surprised the Mac and iOS developer community at WWDC with the announcement of Swift, a new language for developing apps for OS X and iOS. With each beta release of iOS 8, Yosemite, and Xcode 6 the language has been evolving and the community has been quick to...

Realm – A New Mobile Database

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A new mobile database for iOS (Android support coming soon) launched earlier this week called Realm. Given that up to this point your options were SQLite or something built on top of SQLite like Core Data or YapDatabase, it’s kind of a big deal. SQLite is great,...
Digging Into the Objective-C Runtime

Digging Into the Objective-C Runtime

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Greg Parker recently tweeted a link to fantastic site he created, An Illustrated History of objc_msgSend, that provides a trip through history of one of the likely most often called, but unheard of functions in iOS or OS X, objc_msgSend. The function dates back to...