Collection view cells and Table view cells: similar, yet so different. One of the things I kept getting confused on was which override init to use for each one. Collection View Custom Cell Table View Custom Cell And then of course regardless of either one, you need to include the NSCoder required init, otherwise Xcode …
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The MVC (Model View Controller) design pattern in iOS development is pretty standard. So standard that Apple not only recommends it, but the default initial files in a new Xcode project push you generally in that direction… for the most part. I read this interesting article about refactoring MVC to MVVM, and the author talks …
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Variable shadowing is the practice of using the same name for a variable when it appears in different scopes inside the code. For the most part it seems to be taboo, adding to unnecessary confusion inside a project. But two areas it seems not only acceptable, but encouraged. Variable shadowing in Initializers Here, the variables …
Every kid is dazzled at palindromes. It’s the same word or sentence backwards! What black magic is this? With my name being Adam, I couldn’t escape “Madam Im Adam.” Who knew that decades later this would be a popular interview question for programmers? There is a super duper easy way to solve this, with a …
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I’ve been working a lot lately with zero Storyboards and doing everything programmatically. It’s a nice fresh approach for me, and has surprisingly even helped me understand the mechanics of Storyboards better. But I kept running into a rotation issue. Here’s a sample Custom View I made called HomeView. It sets up a label and …
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