Writing
The public notebook: Swift, iOS, Flutter, and a long trail of “I will definitely remember this.”
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Inadvertently creating an ActionScript code migration tool!
I’ve had quite the nostalgic experience this week – I’m looking into re-exporting some animations I built in Flash 26 years ago! Of course these days the software is rebranded as “Adobe…
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First impressions of Flutter: Part 2
In the previous article in this series, we looked at my first impressions of Flutter, Google’s increasingly popular multiple-platform development tool. Flutter has me quite impressed, but I am curious to know – How…
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First impressions of Flutter: Part 1
Having just spent a lot of time converting an iOS app to Android, I can really appreciate the value of a cross-platform tool with a single codebase. It’s time to check out…
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Converting Your iOS Application to Android: Part 3
This post was originally posted on Sentry.io, link here. In the previous two articles we’ve looked at why you should consider converting your application to Android, considerations to be aware of when converting…
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Converting Your iOS Application to Android: Part 2
This post was originally posted on Sentry.io, link here. In my previous article, we looked at reasons for converting your iOS application to Android, and things you’ll want to consider when porting your application…
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Converting Your iOS Application to Android: Part 1
For anyone who noticed – I’ve been quite quiet on the blog front for a couple of years – one reason is I’ve become a father! It turns out being a dad…
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Holy cow – You can preview UIKit code live in Xcode!
Now that SwiftUI is feeling more and more established since WWDC 2020, I’m in the process of getting properly acquainted with it. In my exploring I discovered something actually more relevant to…
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Making a simple toggle button with UIButton
It’s actually pretty straightforward to turn a UIButton into a toggle button. (checkbox, switch, whatever you prefer to call it!) We can make use of the isSelected property that UIButton inherits from…
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Tiling a background image – sans code!
I recently wrote an article on a simple custom UIView class you can use to tile an image. Unfortunately – this doesn’t help us in a LaunchScreen, where custom classes are not…
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Tiled background image in custom UIView class
Sometimes you need a repeated or tiled image in your app, often for a background. Something like these rain-drops for example: Here’s a simple UIView subclass that accepts an image parameter, and…