Every week, one of our iOS devs shares a special tip in the engineering meeting. Here’s this week’s tip from @[email protected]:

Treat your Xcode search results as a to-do list and delete (⌫) results when you no longer need them. #iOSDevTips

Another tip from @[email protected]:

If you work on one project every day, you’re probably tired of cd-ing to that directory. Save keystrokes by adding "cd /project/directory/here" to your .bash_profile or .zshenv. Now, every new Terminal window and tab will start there! #iOSdevtips

This week’s tip is from @[email protected]:

It’s that time of the year again when your application certificates have expired. Did you know you can renew and export your new certificates directly from Xcode’s preferences? #iOSdevtips

Today’s tip is from @[email protected]:

Use the 🔎 icon in Xcode’s Search Navigator to search for patterns like <Any>. Then, you copy and paste those patterns into the Replace field to do large, complex find and replace operations.

A good example might be making all your classes final. 💫

A testing tip from @[email protected]:

If you use @[email protected]’s SnapshotTesting library, you can see the images and diffs for failing tests right from within Xcode’s Log Navigator. They use a recent Xcode feature called Test Attachments, and it’s so handy. ✨

https://github.com/pointfreeco/swift-snapshot-testing

GitHub - pointfreeco/swift-snapshot-testing: 📸 Delightful Swift snapshot testing.

📸 Delightful Swift snapshot testing. Contribute to pointfreeco/swift-snapshot-testing development by creating an account on GitHub.

GitHub

Today’s tip is from @[email protected] about localization:

🌍 Ever forget to localize a string? Use Xcode’s Refactor → Wrap in NSLocalized String command to make localizing your UI copy a snap.

Right click on any string, run the command, add the comment, and you’re done. #iOSDevTips https://t.co/LroOb0fDsW

Lickability on Twitter

“Today’s tip is from @mb about localization: 🌍 Ever forget to localize a string? Use Xcode’s Refactor → Wrap in NSLocalized String command to make localizing your UI copy a snap. Right click on any string, run the command, add the comment, and you’re done. #iOSDevTips https://t.co/LroOb0fDsW”

@[email protected] 📣 We’re back from holiday break with more #iOSDevTips! This one is from our friend @[email protected] and makes working on changes to big files much easier. https://twitter.com/gregheo/status/1098257145496166400?s=20
Greg Heo on Twitter

“New favorite Xcode keyboard shortcut: control-backslash. For a big file that you've changed and then scrolled around in, gets you back to your changes 📝 https://t.co/1GmOqT5InR”

Twitter

⤵️ Ever forget which SwiftUI property wrapper you’re supposed to use in a given situation? Happens to the best of us. This week’s #iOSDevTips is from @[email protected], who made this handy interactive decision tree to help you remember.

https://www.hackingwithswift.com/articles/227/which-swiftui-property-wrapper

Which SwiftUI property wrapper to choose in any situation

Decide which property wrapper is the right choice for your needs.

🧠 Today’s #iOSDevTips installment comes from @[email protected]. It’s a philosophy on naming they bring up in code review a lot:

If you can’t figure out a good, simple name for your type, it may be poorly factored code. Try splitting up the object into small pieces that are easier to name. 🪄

🌟 We’re back with more #iOSDevTips! This one comes from @[email protected], and it’s part of a great post full of Xcode tips that you should check out: https://www.hackingwithswift.com/articles/229/24-quick-xcode-tips
24 Quick Xcode Tips

Write code faster, build better tests, and navigate around projects more efficiently.

🔗 Today’s #iOSDevTips on Universal Links comes from @[email protected]:

Is your app site association file growing too large? We were able to massively simplify one for a client by using the updated format and new substitution variables introduced in iOS 13.5.

🆕 https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/applinks/substitutionvariables

Apple Developer Documentation

We’re back with more #iOSDevTips 💥

@[email protected] heard about this site via @[email protected] and wanted to share the love—lets you convert your JSON into Codable models for Swift:

👉 http://quicktype.io

Convert JSON to Swift, C#, TypeScript, Objective-C, Go, Java, C++ and more • quicktype

quicktype generates types and helper code for reading JSON in C#, Swift, JavaScript, Flow, Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Objective-C, Kotlin, C++ and more. Customize online with advanced options, or download a command-line tool.

For our #iOSDevTips post this week, @[email protected] spotted this tweet about a really handy keyboard shortcut that’s especially useful in large Xcode projects. ⌨️

Once you learn it, you’ll use it daily.💡 https://twitter.com/jordanmorgan10/status/1368985366586396676

Jordan Morgan on Twitter

“Here's one that saves my 🥓 when working in larger Xcode projects: Shift + Command + J It automatically finds the current file in Project Navigator and focuses it for you 💫 https://t.co/N9y82RxDVC”

Twitter

🛠✨ This week’s #iOSDevTips tweet comes from @[email protected], and @[email protected] has started using it regularly when Refactor and Edit All in Scope don’t fit the bill!

https://twitter.com/MuseumShuffle/status/1379584369388625922

Chris Wu on Twitter

“TIL that in Xcode's "Find and Replace" section if you hold down the option key "Replace All" will change to "Replace All In Selection".”

Twitter

Another week, another #iOSDevTips tweet!

We often attach gifs or videos to our pull requests to show reviewers our features in action. With Xcode 12.5, we’re able to save a few steps and record directly from the simulator! 😍

https://twitter.com/txaiwieser/status/1387892348378652672?s=20

Txai Wieser 🌿 on Twitter

“New on Xcode 12.5: If you hold the option key the Simulator shows an option to record the device screen. You can save it as a video or GIF! https://t.co/rnc2LqZPvA”

Twitter

🤩 Our tip this week is from @[email protected]!

To sort all the files in an Xcode group by either name or by type, select the group and navigate to Edit → Sort → By Name or By Type. #iOSDevTips

Here's a tip from @[email protected] 📣

Starting in Xcode 11, you can mark assets as “development assets,” and they won't be added to your shipping app—which is great for test data in SwiftUI previews! #iOSDevTips

https://useyourloaf.com/blog/swiftui-preview-data/

SwiftUI Preview Data

Where do you put your SwiftUI preview data? See how Xcode development assets can help.

This week's tip is from @[email protected]!

You can specify a hex value when defining colors in asset catalogs by selecting an individual color variant and using the Attributes Inspector. Comes in pretty handy if your design system uses hex values! 🎨 #iOSDevTips

Andi Rohn 🏳️‍⚧️ on Twitter

“"Xcode 13 adds column breakpoints which work like a more granular version of line breakpoints. Here’s how you use them." Via https://t.co/r5aCL576F2”

Twitter

✨ A tip from @[email protected]:

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but if you’re using an M1 Mac and your dependencies don’t support multiple simulator architectures, check “Open using Rosetta” in the Info Panel on Xcode and Simulator, and relaunch! #iOSDevTips

💡 This week's tip comes from @[email protected]:

If you're unsatisfied with Xcode Simulator gifs, you can adjust the quality and animation smoothness in the Simulator Preferences menu below—no more choppy gifs! #iOSDevTips

🤝Here’s a tip from @[email protected]: don’t forget to credit your teammates when you’re pair programming using @[email protected]’s co-authors feature. #iOSDevTips

Here’s how to use it: https://docs.github.com/en/github/committing-changes-to-your-project/creating-and-editing-commits/creating-a-commit-with-multiple-authors

Creating a commit with multiple authors - GitHub Docs

You can attribute a commit to more than one author by adding one or more Co-authored-by trailers to the commit's message. Co-authored commits are visible on GitHub.

@lickability Holy s***. 30 GB for an IDE....