Introduction At the Google I/O conference, Google has announced an exciting new framework for machine learning, called ML Kit. This is another sign that machine learning and artificial intelligence will be everywhere and will shape the future of our everyday lives. Unlike Apple, Google has made this framework cross-platform, which means we can use it […]
Detecting Whisky brands with Core ML and IBM Watson services
Everyone who knows me, also knows that I’m a huge whisky fan. In this post, I will blend two of my favourite things – whisky and programming, into an app that will detect the type of whisky, just by taking a picture of it. This might be useful if you have a whisky club that […]
Swift code types navigator
Software visualization gives an overview of the current state of your codebase. With it, you can onboard new team members faster, but also refresh your knowledge on an older code. There are tools that generate diagrams, graphs and other types of visualizations for most programming languages. For Swift, we have this great tool for creating […]
Flexible table views with descriptor arrays
Introduction Frequently, in our work as iOS developers, we have to present some kind of data in a table view or in a collection view. There are many ways to customise the standard Apple components by implementing the their datasource and delegate methods. Most of the time, our task comes down to implementing the required […]
Drawing charts on iOS
Introduction Data visualisation helps us better understand the information and statistics our systems have collected. Having different views of the data, in different types of charts, like line charts, bar charts, pies etc, is really useful for anyone who has to make decisions based on data. Since users expect to have everything now on their […]
Augmented Reality on iOS with ARKit
Introduction One of the most exciting frameworks released with iOS 11 is ARKit. With ARKit you can incorporate 3D data and objects into the physical environment of the user. Moreover, objects can be interactive, offering a richer experience of the real world. Technologies like virtual reality and augmented reality are not that new, however, with […]
Protocol-oriented maps on iOS
Introduction Maps are used in many mobile apps. That’s mainly because of the nature of the mobile user experience – users expect to easily find what’s happening around them. For us, the iOS developers, there are few options to provide maps for the apps running on Apple devices. The most notable are Apple’s MapKit, Google […]
