iOS DEVELOPER
WRITER. SPEAKER.
Symbols (or icons) are an essential part of any app. Luckily, when developing for Apple platforms, we have the amazing collection of SF symbols at our disposal. But even with over 6000 symbols already available, sometimes the one you need doesn't exist yet. We'll go over how to create a custom symbol in Sketch.
Localizing your app is a big part of making it more inclusive and available to people in other languages. Apple has made it easier for developers to localize our apps. Starting with Xcode 15 and String Catalogs.
Typing your login credentials manually during development takes away your time and focus. If you make a lot of small changes and need to check them often, that's a lot of time spent on the login screen. Set up a breakpoint in Xcode instead and speed up your development time.
You use Xcode build configuration files to define all sorts of useful build settings. You can open them with different text editors outside of Xcode and all properties are in plain text. It's common to use them for managing constants across different environments.