Software Dev

AppDesignKit

Trying to make a good-looking app but not a designer or want a head start with ready-made UI designs? You can always try an app template. I did this a few years ago with part of one of my apps.

And here’s a modern new collection of iOS app templates written in Swift.

πŸ‘‰ AppDesignKit: Swift coded, ready-to-use, iOS app templates

They seem to be basic UIKit apps, with no SwiftUI support. They is no authentication or backend support. They run on dummy data and free sample pictures. But from a purely UI / design perspective, these templates look they have good potential. They have templates for an e-commerce app, finance, fitness, food, media, reader, social, and travel.

Via iOS Dev Weekly.

Software Dev

Playbook

Developing features for a large, established app, I often run get slowed down trying to throw together a new screen. You have to find the right spot in the code to update, build the whole app (not just what you changed), log in, and drill down to the right spot to try out your creation. Something’s off? Do it all over again.

Which is why I love the idea of the Playbook library, which is “a library that provides a sandbox for building UI components without having to worry about application-specific dependencies.” Yass! 🀟

πŸ‘‰ Playbook on GitHub

Supports both SwiftUI and UIKit.

playbook

Via iOS Dev Weekly.