Published in Level Up Coding·Jan 14, 2021Member-onlyTraits of a good accessible iOS appYou may know that you can configure a UI component with an accessibility label. The accessibility label is the name of the component. You can also configure an accessibility trait. The accessibility trait is the role of the component, it gives the user information on how they can interact with…Ios Development8 min readIos Development8 min read
Published in Mac O’Clock·Aug 10, 2020Member-onlyTips for testing your iOS app’s accessibilityThe cycle for creating great accessible apps starts and ends with testing. Sure, it is always better to get feedback from users to create an experience that holds up to their expectations. But that’s not always possible. Till you can do it, I think the way to go is to…IOS App Development6 min readIOS App Development6 min read
Published in The Startup·May 13, 2020Member-onlyImproving your App’s Accessibility with iOS 13I know, iOS 13 has been with us for quite some time now, WWDC 2020 is just around the corner and we hope Apple will present again a ton of new accessibility features and improvements coming with iOS 14. But it is almost Global Accessibility Awareness Day! And it is…IOS App Development7 min readIOS App Development7 min read
Published in Falzia - Swift·Oct 29, 2018Member-onlyCreating Sticker Packs for WhatsApp in iOSJust a few days ago, at the time of writing this post, WhatsApp released the possibility of sending stickers in our chats. To be able to do it, you just need to update your app to the latest version. But what’s much more interesting for us is that, is that…Swift5 min readSwift5 min read
Published in BBC Product & Technology·Feb 14, 2018Improving your App’s Accessibility with iOS 11Apple introduced iOS 11 at their World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) in June 2017. WWDC is Apple’s showcase of new tools and developer APIs covering iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS. …IOS5 min readIOS5 min read
Published in Falzia - Swift·Apr 17, 2016Charlie and the Factory Method PatternWhen reading documentation about Design Patterns or Design Principles, I find that most of the times the examples are created to be really simple, just enough to understand the essence of it. The inconvenience of this approach is that, then, lots of times you don’t see a real application of…IOS3 min readIOS3 min read
Published in Falzia - Swift - Val·Mar 20, 2016Opcionals: Ser, o no ser, eixa es la qüestióPer a un principiant en Swift, els opcionals poden ser la primera pedra en el camí que et pots trobar. No sols pel concepte (és només un tipus que pot tindre un valor o no tindre’n cap), però perquè té una sintaxi molt particular. Per fi ens hem pogut oblidar…Swift3 min readSwift3 min read
Published in Falzia - Swift·Mar 19, 2016Optionals: to Be, or Not to Be, That Is the QuestionFor a Swift newbie, optionals can be the first bump in the road you may find. Not just because of the concept (it is a type that handles either a value or the absence of it), but because of a very particular syntax. Yes, we finally got rid of all…Swift3 min readSwift3 min read
