Xcode has always offered a plentitude of ways to jump around with keyboard shortcuts. Xcode 12 has a new system. Here’s a primer.
๐ Navigating Xcode 12 and Tabs
Via iOS Dev Weekly.
Tag: xcode
Fun Xcode Search Tip
Here’s a great tip for anyone using Xcode: when you’re going through a list of search results, you can just delete the items you’re not interesting in. ๐คฏ It’s so weirdly simple and obvious but surprising.
Via iOS Dev Weekly.
Scroll Hitch Rate
Xcode 12 is adding a new metric to objectively track how smoothly your app scrolls. This is kind of cool since scrolling smoothness feels right and is a sign of a good design.
Via iOS Dev Weekly.
Frame vs Bounds in iOS
Frames and bounds are a really core concept in iOS development. They are both just rectangles in different coordinate systems. Simple, right? Well, not always. ๐คฆ๐ปโโ๏ธ
If you ever still get lost on frames vs. bounds in iOS development, here’s a good quick summary.
And here’s a good example of how a transform can affect the frame and bounds differently, via iOS Dev Weekly.
๐ CGAffineTransform and Auto Layout
Scroll Views in Interface Builder
There are a couple of tricks to getting your scroll view working in an Xcode storyboard. The great fluffy.es blog carefully walks you through it. ๐
๐ How to use scroll view in Interface Builder / Storyboard (Xcode 11)
This site also has some really helpful notes on intrinsic size. And a great series on Making Sense of Auto Layout. Who knew? This guy is good. He’s giving Ray Wenderlich a run for his money. ๐ฒ
