SwiftyUtils

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SwiftyUtils groups all the reusable code that we need to ship in each project. This framework contains:

  • Extensions
  • Protocols
  • Structs
  • Subclasses

Working on iOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS, everything has been made to be easy to use!
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Contents

Check out the repository to find examples / tests for each feature.

Swift, Foundation and CoreGraphics extensions:

SwiftUI:

SwiftUI Extension:

UIKit Extensions:

UIKit Protocols:

AppKit Extensions:

Protocols:

PropertyWrappers:

Others:

Swift, Foundation and CoreGraphics Extensions

Array extension

Safely access to an element:

var array = [1, 2, 3]
print(array[safe: 0]) // Optional(1)
print(array[safe: 10]) // nil

Find all the index of an object:

var array = [1, 2, 3, 1]
print(array.indexes(of: 1)) // [0,3]

Get index of first / last occurrence of an object:

var array = [1, 2, 3, 1]
print(array.firstIndex(of: 1)) // Optional(0)
print(array.lastIndex(of: 1)) // Optional(3)

Remove an object:

var array = [1, 2, 3]
myArray.remove(object: 2)
print(myArray) // [1, 3]
myArray.remove(objects: [1, 3])
print(myArray) // []

Remove all the duplicates:

var array = [0, 0, 1, 1, 2]
array.removeDuplicates()
print(array) // [0,1,2]

let array = [0, 0, 1, 1, 2]
let newArray.removedDuplicates()
print(newArray) // [0,1,2]

Remove all instances of an item:

var array = [0, 0, 1, 1, 2]
array.removeAll(0)
print(array) // [1,1,2]

let array = [0, 0, 1, 1, 2]
let newArray = array.removedAll(0)
print(newArray) // [1,1,2]

Check if an array is a subset of another array:

var array = [1, 2, 3]
print(array.contains([1, 2])) // true
print(array.contains([5])) // false

Determine if an array contains an object:

var array = [1, 2, 3]
print(array.contains(1)) // true
print(array.contains(11)) // false

Get intersection and union of two arrays:

var myArray = [1, 2, 3]
print(array.intersection(for: [1, 5, 3])) // [1, 3]
print(array.union(values: [5, 6])) // [1, 2, 3, 5, 6]

Get difference between two arrays:

var array = [1, 2, 3]
print(array.difference(with: [1])) // [2, 3]

Split into chunk of a specific size:

var array = [1, 2, 3, 4]
print(array.split(intoChunksOf: 2)) // [[1, 2], [3, 4]]

Bundle extension

Get bundle information:

Bundle.main.appName
Bundle(url: url)?.appName

Bundle.main.displayName
Bundle(url: url)?.displayName

Bundle.main.appVersion
Bundle(url: url)?.appVersion

Bundle.main.appBuild
Bundle(url: url)?.appBuild

Bundle.main.bundleId
Bundle(url: url)?.bundleId

Bundle.main.schemes
Bundle(url: url)?.schemes

Bundle.main.mainScheme
Bundle(url: url)?.mainScheme

Bundle.main.isInTestFlight
Bundle(url: url)?.isInTestFlight

CGFloat extension

Create a CGFloat from a Float or an Integer:

let imageViewTop = 15.f

CGPoint extension

Add two CGPoint:

var point1 = CGPoint(x: 10, y: 10)
let point2 = CGPoint(x: 10, y: 10)
print(point1 + point2) // CGPoint(x: 20, y: 20)

point1 += point2
print(point1) // CGPoint(x: 20, y: 20)

Substract two CGPoint:

var point1 = CGPoint(x: 10, y: 10)
let point2 = CGPoint(x: 10, y: 10)
print(point1 - point2) // CGPoint(x: 0, y: 0)

point1 -= point2
print(point1) // CGPoint(x: 0, y: 0)

Multiply a CGPoint with a scalar:

var point1 = CGPoint(x: 10, y: 10)
print(point1 * 2) // CGPoint(x: 20, y: 20)

point1 *= 2
print(point1) // CGPoint(x: 20, y: 20)

CGRect extension

Get the origin’s x and y coordinates:

aRect.x // instead of aRect.origin.x
aRect.y // instead of aRect.origin.y

Change one property of a CGRect:

let rect = CGRect(x: 10, y: 20, width: 30, height: 40) 
let widerRect = rect.with(width: 100) // x: 10, y: 20, width: 100, height: 40
let tallerRect = rect.with(height: 100) // x: 10, y: 20, width: 30, height: 100
let rectAtAnotherPosition = rect.with(x: 100).with(y: 200) // x: 100, y: 200, width: 30, height: 40
let rectWithAnotherSize = rect.with(size: CGSize(width: 200, height: 200)) // x: 10, y: 20, width: 200, height: 200
let rectAtYetAnotherPosition = rect.with(origin: CGPoint(x: 100, y: 100)) // x: 100, y: 100, width: 30, height: 40

CGSize extension

Add two CGSize:

var size1 = CGSize(width: 10, height: 10)
let size2 = CGSize(width: 10, height: 10)
print(size1 + size2) // CGSize(width: 20, height: 20)

size1 += size2
print(size1) // CGSize(width: 20, height: 20)

Substract two CGSize:

var size1 = CGSize(width: 10, height: 10)
let size2 = CGSize(width: 10, height: 10)
print(size1 - size2) // CGSize(width: 0, height: 0)

size1 -= size2
print(size1) // CGSize(width: 0, height: 0)

Multiply a CGSize with a scalar:

var size1 = CGSize(x: 10, y: 10)
print(size1 * 2) // CGSize(width: 20, height: 20)

size1 *= 2
print(size1) // CGSize(width: 20, height: 20)

Color extension

Create colors with HEX values:

let myUIColor = UIColor(hex: "233C64") // Equals 35,60,100,1
let myNSColor = NSColor(hex: "233C64") // Equals 35,60,100,1

Access to individual color value:

let myColor = UIColor(red: 120, green: 205, blue: 44, alpha: 0.3)
print(myColor.redComponent) // 120
print(myColor.greenComponent) // 205
print(myColor.blueComponent) // 44
print(myColor.alpha) // 0.3

Get lighter or darker variants of colors instances:

let color = UIColor(red: 0.5, green: 0.5, blue: 1.0, alpha: 1.0)
let lighter = color.lighter(amount: 0.5)
let darker = color.darker(amount: 0.5)
// OR
let lighter = color.lighter()
let darker = color.darker()

let color = NSColor(red: 0.5, green: 0.5, blue: 1.0, alpha: 1.0)
let lighter = color.lighter(amount: 0.5)
let lighter = color.lighter()
// OR
let darker = color.darker(amount: 0.5)
let darker = color.darker()

Data Extension

Initialize from hex string:

let hexString = "6261736520313020697320736F2062617369632E206261736520313620697320776865726520697427732061742C20796F2E"
let data = Data(hexString: hexString)

Get hex string from data:

let data = Data(...)
let string = data.toHexString()
// string = "6261736520313020697320736F2062617369632E206261736520313620697320776865726520697427732061742C20796F2E" if using previous example value

Get UInt8 Array from data:

let data = Data(...)
let array = data.bytesArray

Map Data to Dictionary:

let dictionary = try data.toDictionary()

Date extension

Initialize from string:

let format = "yyyy/MM/dd"
let string = "2015/03/11"
print(Date(fromString: string, format: format)) // Optional("2015/03/11 00:00:00 +0000")

Convert date to string:

let now = Date()
print(now.string())
print(now.string(dateStyle: .medium, timeStyle: .medium))
print(now.string(format: "yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss"))

See how much time passed:

let now = Date()
let later = Date(timeIntervalSinceNow: -100000)
print(later.days(since: now)) // 1.15740740782409
print(later.hours(since: now)) // 27.7777777733571
print(later.minutes(since: now)) // 1666.66666641732
print(later.seconds(since: now)) // 99999.999984026

Check if a date is in future or past:

let later = Date(timeIntervalSinceNow: -100000)
print(now.isInFuture) // true
print(now.isInPast) // false

Dictionary extension

Check if a key exists in the dictionary:

let dic = ["one": 1, "two": 2]
print(dic.has(key: "one")) // True
print(dic.has(key: "1")) // False

Map Dictionary to Data:

let data = try dictionary.toData()

Easily get union of two dictionaries:

let dic1 = ["one": 1, "two": 2]
let dic2 = ["one": 1, "four": 4]

let dic3 = dic1.union(values: dic2)
print(dic3) // ["one": 1, "two": 2, "four": 4]

map a dictionary:

let dic = ["a": 1, "b": 2, "c": 3]
let result = dic.map { key, value in
	return (key.uppercased(), "\(value * 2)")
}
print(dic) // ["A": "2, "B": "4", "C": "6"]

flatMap a dictionary:

(String, String)? in
if value % 2 == 0 {
return nil
}
return (key.uppercased(), "\(value * 2)")
}
print(dic) // ["A": "2, "C": "6"]
“>

let dic = ["a": 1, "b": 2, "c": 3]
let result = dic.flatMap { key, value -> (String, String)? in
	if value % 2 == 0 {
	 	return nil
	}
	return (key.uppercased(), "\(value * 2)")
}
print(dic) // ["A": "2, "C": "6"]

Get difference of two dictionaries:

let dic1 = ["one": 1, "two": 2]
let dic2 = ["one": 1, "four": 4]
difference(with: dic1, dic2) // ["two": 2, "four": 4]

Merge several dictionaries:

let dic1 = ["one": 1, "two": 2]
let dic2 = ["three": 3, "four": 4]
var finalDic = [String: Int]()
finalDic.merge(with: dic1, dic2)
print(finalDic) // ["one": 1, "two": 2, "three": 3, "four": 4]

Double extension

Get the time interval for a number of milliseconds, seconds, hour, or days:

print(1.second) // 1
print(1.minute) // 60
print(1.hour) // 3600
print(1.2.seconds) // 1.2
print(1.5.minutes) // 90.0
print(1.5.hours) // 5400.0
print(1.3.milliseconds) // 0.0013
print(0.5.day) // 43200
print(1.day) // 86400
print(2.day) // 172800

Formatted value with the locale currency:

print(Double(3.24).formattedPrice) // "$3.24"
print(Double(10).formattedPrice) // "$10.00"

FileManager extension

Get documents directory url following the os:

FileManager.document
// OR
FileManager.default.document

Create a new directory:

FileManager.createDirectory(at: directoryUrl)
// OR
FileManager.default.createDirectory(at: directoryUrl)

Delete contents of temporary directory

FileManager.removeTemporaryFiles()
// OR
FileManager.default.removeTemporaryFiles()

Delete contents of documents directory

FileManager.removeDocumentFiles()
// OR
FileManager.default.removeDocumentFiles()

Int extension

var myNumber = -33
print(myNumber.isEven) // false
print(myNumber.isOdd) // true
print(myNumber.isPositive) // false
print(myNumber.isNegative) // true
print(myNumber.digits) // 2

Round to the nearest / nearest down / nearest up:

var value = 17572
print(value.nearestDozens) // 17570
print(value.nearestHundreds) // 17600
print(value.nearestThousands) // 18000
print(value.nearest(to: 1000) // 18000

value = 17578
print(value.nearestBelowDozens) // 17570
print(value.nearestBelowHundreds) // 17500
print(value.nearestBelowThousands) // 17000
print(value.nearestBelow(to: 1000) // 17000

value = 17442
print(value.nearestUpDozens) // 17450
print(value.nearestUpHundreds) // 17500)
print(value.nearestUpThousands) // 18000
print(value.nearestUp(to: 1000) // 18000

Formatted value with the locale currency:

print(10.formattedPrice) // "$10.00"

MutableCollection extension

Sorts the mutable collection in place using KeyPath:

) // [C, B, A]
“>

var articles = [Article(title: "B"), Article(title: "C"), Article(title: "A")]
articles.sort(by: \.title) // [A, B, C]
articles.sort(by: \.title, order: >) // [C, B, A]

NotificationCenter extension

Post a notification from a specific queue:

NotificationCenter.default.postNotification("aNotification", queue: DispatchQueue.main) 
NotificationCenter.default.postNotification("aNotification", object: aObject queue: DispatchQueue.main)
NotificationCenter.default.postNotification("aNotification", object: aObject userInfo: userInfo queue: DispatchQueue.main)

NSAttributedString extension

Check if an attribute is applied on the desired substring:

let text = "Hello"
let attrString = NSMutableAttributedString(text: "Hello world")
attrString = attrString.underlined(occurences: text)
attrString.isAttributeActivated(.underlineStyle, appliedOn: text, value: 1) // true

NSLayoutConstraint extension

No available for watchOS

Apply a multiplier to a constraint (currently working only for width and height):

let view = UIView(CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 100, height: 200))
let constraint = NSLayoutConstraint(item: view, attribute: .width, ...)
constraint.apply(multiplier: 0.5, toView: superview)
print(constraint.constants) // 50

let constraint = NSLayoutConstraint(item: view, attribute: .height, ...)
constraint.apply(multiplier0.5, toView: superview)
print(constraint.constants) // 100

NSMutableAttributedString extension

Colorize each occurence:

let attrStr: NSMutableAttributedString = NSMutableAttributedString.colored(inText: "hello world", color: .yellow, occurences: "llo")

// OR

let attrStr: NSMutableAttributedString = NSMutableAttributedString(string: "Hello world")
attrStr.color(.yellow, occurences: "llo")

Colorize everything after an occurence:

let attrStr = NSMutableAttributedString.colored(inText: "Hello world", color: .yellow, afterOcurrence: "llo")

// OR

let attrStr = NSMutableAttributedString(string: "Hello world")
attrStr.color(.yellow, afterOcurrence: "llo")

Strike each occurence:

let attrStr: NSMutableAttributedString = NSMutableAttributedString.struck(inText: "Hello world", occurences: "llo")

// OR

let attrStr = NSMutableAttributedString(string: "Hello world")
attrStr.strike(occurences: "llo")

Strike everything after an occurence:

let attrStr: NSMutableAttributedString = NSMutableAttributedString.struck(inText: "Hello world", afterOcurrence: "llo")

// OR

let attrStr = NSMutableAttributedString(string: "Hello world")
attrStr.strike(ocurrences: "llo")

Underline each occurence:

let attrStr: NSMutableAttributedString = NSMutableAttributedString.underlined(inText: "Hello world", occurences: "llo")

// OR

let attrStr = NSMutableAttributedString(string: "Hello world")
attrStr.underline(occurences: "llo")

Underline everything after an occurence:

let attrStr: NSMutableAttributedString = NSMutableAttributedString.underlined(inText: "Hello world", afterOcurrence: "llo")

// OR

let attrStr = NSMutableAttributedString(string: "Hello world")
attrStr.underline(afterOcurrence: "llo")

Use custom font for each occurence:

let font = UIFont.boldSystemFont(ofSize: 15)
let attrStr: NSMutableAttributedString = NSMutableAttributedString.font(inText: "hello world", font: font, occurences: "llo")

// OR

let attrStr: NSMutableAttributedString = NSMutableAttributedString(string: "Hello world")
attrStr.font(font, occurences: "llo")

Custom font for everything after an occurence:

let font = UIFont.boldSystemFont(ofSize: 15)
let attrStr = NSMutableAttributedString.colored(inText: "Hello world", font: font, afterOcurrence: "llo")

// OR

let attrStr = NSMutableAttributedString(string: "Hello world")
attrStr.font(font, afterOcurrence: "llo")

NSObject extension

Get the class name of a NSObject:

#if !os(macOS)
	let vc = NSViewController()
	print(vc.className) // NSViewController
#else
	let vc = UIViewController()
	print(vc.className) // UIViewController
	print(UIViewController.className) // UIViewController
#endif

NSRange extension

Range after an occurence:

let string = "Hello world"
let range = NSRange(text: string, afterOccurence: "llo")
print(range) // location: 3, length: 8

Range of string:

let string = "Hello world"
let stringToFind = "ello wo"
let range = NSRange(textToFind: stringToFind, in: string)
print(range) // location: 1, length: 7

ReusableFormatters

Reuse your formatter to avoid heavy allocation:

SUDateFormatter.shared
SUNumberFormatter.shared
SUByteCountFormatter.shared
SUDateComponentsFormatter.shared
SUDateIntervalFormatter.shared
SUEnergyFormatter.shared
SUMassFormatter.shared

Sequence extension

Sort a sequence using keyPath:

) // [C, B, A]
“>

let articles = [Article(title: "B"), Article(title: "C"), Article(title: "A")]
var sortedArticles = articles.sorted(by: \.title) // [A, B, C]
sortedArticles = articles.sorted(by: \.title, order: >) // [C, B, A]

String extension

Access with subscript:

var string = "hello world"
print(string[0]) // h
print(string[2]) // l
print(string[1...3]) // ell

Check if it contains a string:

let string = "Hello world"
print (string.contains(text: "hello")) // true
print (string.contains(text: "hellooooo")) // false

Check if it’s a number:

var string = "4242"
print(string.isNumber) // true

var string = "test"
print(string.isNumber) // false

Check if it’s a valid email:

var string = "[email protected]"
print(string.isEmail) // true
var string = "[email protected]"
print(string.isEmail) // false

Check if it’s a valid IP address:

let ip4 = "1.2.3.4"
let ip6 = "fc00::"
let notIPAtAll = "i'll bribe you to say i'm an ip address!"

ip4.isIP4Address //true
ip4.isIP6Address //false
ip4.isIPAddress //true

ip6.isIP4Address //false
ip6.isIP6Address //true
ip6.isIPAddress //true

notIPAtAll.isIP4Address //false
notIPAtAll.isIP6Address //false
notIPAtAll.isIPAddress //false

Uncamelize a string:

var camelString = "isCamelled"
print(camelString.uncamelize) // is_camelled

Capitalize the first letter:

var string = "hello world"
string = string.capitalizedFirst
print(string)// Hello world

Trimmed spaces and new lines:

var string = " I'  am a    test  \n  "
print(string.trimmed()) // I'am a test

Truncated to have a limit of characters:

var string = "0123456789aaaa"
print(string.truncate(limit: 10)) // 0123456789...

Split string in chunks of n elements:

let string = "abcd"
print(string.split(intoChunksOf: 2)) // ["ab", "cd"]

Timer extension

Schedule timer every seconds:

var count = 0
Timer.every(1.second, fireImmediately: true) { timer in // fireImmediately is an optional parameter, defaults to false
    print("Will print every second")
    if count == 3 {
        timer.invalidate()
    }
    count++
}

Schedule timer after a certain delay:

Timer.after(2.seconds) { _ in
    print("Prints this 2 seconds later in main queue")
}

Manual scheduling a timer:

let timer = Timer.new(every: 2.seconds) { _ in
    print("Prints this 2 seconds later in main queue")
}
timer.start(onRunLoop: RunLoop.current, modes: RunLoopMode.defaultRunLoopMode)

Manual scheduling a timer with a delay:

let timer = Timer.new(after: 2.seconds) { _ in
    print("Prints this 2 seconds later in main queue")
}
timer.start(onRunLoop: RunLoop.current, modes: RunLoopMode.defaultRunLoopMode)

URL extension

Get query parameters from URL:

let url = URL(string: "http://example.com/api?v=1.1&q=google")
let queryParameters = url?.queryParameters
print(queryParameters?["v"]) // 1.1
print(queryParameters?["q"]) // google
print(queryParameters?["other"]) // nil

Add skip backup attributes to you URL:

let url = URL(string: "/path/to/your/file")        
url?.addSkipBackupAttribute() // File at url won't be backupped!

UserDefaults extension

Get and set values from UserDefaults with subscripts:

let Defaults = UserDefaults.standard
Defaults["userName"] = "test"
print(Defaults["userName"]) // test

Check if the UserDefaults has a key:

UserDefaults.has(key: "aKey")
// OR
UserDefaults.standard.has(key: "aKey")

Remove all values in UserDefaults:

UserDefaults.standard.removeAll()

SwiftUI

UIElementPreview

Generate automatically multiple previews including:

  • Default sized preview or dedicated preview device
  • A preview with Dark Mode enabled
  • Each localization of our project applied to a preview
  • Different dynamic type sizes applied

struct ContentView_Previews: PreviewProvider {
    static var previews: some View {
        UIElementPreview(ContentView(),
                         previewLayout: .sizeThatFits, // default is `.device`
                         previewDevices: ["iPhone SE"], // default is iPhone SE and iPhone XS Max. Note: it won't be used if `previewLayout` is `.sizeThatFits`
                         dynamicTypeSizes:[.extraSmall] // default is: .extraSmall, .large, .extraExtraExtraLarge
                        )
    }
}

SwiftUI Extensions

Binding extension

Pass an interactive value that’ll act as a preview stand-in for a binding:

struct MyButton: View {
    @Binding var isSelected: Bool
    // ...
}

struct MyButton_Previews: PreviewProvider {
    static var previews: some View {
        MyButton(isSelected: .mock(true))
    }
}

UIKit Extensions

UIAlertController extension

Create a custom UIAlertController:

let alertController1 = UIAlertController(title: "Title",
                                        message: "Message")
                          
let alertController2 = UIAlertController(title: "Title",
                                        message: "Message",
                                        defaultActionButtonTitle: "Cancel")
                                                      
let alertController3 = UIAlertController(title: "Title",
                                        message: "Message",
                                        defaultActionButtonTitle: "Cancel",
                                        defaultActionButtonStyle: .cancel) 
                                        
let alertController1 = UIAlertController(title: "Title",
                                        message: "Message",
                                        defaultActionButtonTitle: "Cancel",
                                        defaultActionButtonStyle: .cancel,
                                        tintColor: .blue)

Show an UIAlertController:

alertController.show()
alertController.show(animated: false)
alertController.show(animated: true, completion: {
    print("Presented")
})

Add an action to the UIAlertController:

alertController.addAction(title: "ActionTitle")

alertController.addAction(title: "ActionTitle",
                          style: .destructive)
                          
alertController.addAction(title: "ActionTitle",
                          style: .destructive,
                          isEnabled: false)
                          
alertController.addAction(title: "ActionTitle",
                          style: .destructive,
                          isEnabled: false,
                          handler: nil)

UIApplication extension

Get the current view controller display:

UIApplication.shared.topViewController() // Using UIWindow's rootViewController as baseVC
UIApplication.shared.topViewController(from: baseVC) // topVC from the base view controller

Get the app delegate:

UIApplication.delegate(AppDelegate.self)

Open app settings:

UIApplication.shared.openAppSettings()

Open app review page:

let url = URL(string: "https://itunes.apple.com/app/{APP_ID}?action=write-review")
UIApplication.shared.openAppStoreReviewPage(url)

UIButton extension

Add right image with custom offset to button:

let button = UIButton(frame: .zero)
button.addRightImage(image, offset: 16)

UICollectionView extension

Register and dequeue safely your UICollectionViewCell:

// 1. Make your `UICollectionCell` conforms to `Reusable` (class-based) or `NibReusable` (nib-based)
final class ReusableClassCollectionViewCell: UICollectionViewCell, Reusable {}
// 2. Register your cell:
collectionView.register(cellType: ReusableClassCollectionViewCell.self)
// 3. Dequeue your cell:
let cell: ReusableClassCollectionViewCell = collectionView.dequeueReusableCell(at: indexPath)

Register and dequeue safely your UICollectionReusableView:

// 1. Make your `UICollectionReusableView` conforms to `Reusable` (class-based) or `NibReusable` (nib-based)
final class ReusableNibCollectionReusableView: UICollectionReusableView, NibReusable
// 2. Register your cell:
collectionView.register(supplementaryViewType: ReusableNibCollectionReusableView.self, ofKind: UICollectionView.elementKindSectionHeader)
// 3. Dequeue your cell:
let header: ReusableNibCollectionReusableView = collectionView.dequeueReusableSupplementaryView(ofKind: UICollectionView.elementKindSectionHeader, at: indexPath)

UICollectionViewCell extension

Apply a corner radius to the cell:

let cell = UICollectionViewCell()
cell.applyCornerRadius(10)

Animate when cell is highlighted:

class MyCollectionViewCell: UICollectionViewCell {
    // ...
    override var isHighlighted: Bool {
        willSet {
            self.animate(scale: newValue, options: .curveEaseInOut) // Note that the animation is customisable, but all parameters as default value
        }
    }
    // ...
}

UIFont extension

Obtains a font that scale to support Dynamic Type:

let font = UIFont.dynamicStyle(.body, traits: .traitsBold)

UIDevice extension

Access to your device information:

print(UIDevice.idForVendor) // 104C9F7F-7403-4B3E-B6A2-C222C82074FF
print(UIDevice.systemName()) // iPhone OS
print(UIDevice.systemVersion()) // 9.0
print(UIDevice.deviceName) // iPhone Simulator / iPhone 6 Wifi
print(UIDevice.deviceLanguage) // en
print(UIDevice.isPhone) // true or false
print(UIDevice.isPad) // true or false

Check your system version:

print(UIDevice.isVersion(8.1)) // false
print(UIDevice.isVersionOrLater(8.1)) // true
print(UIDevice.isVersionOrEarlier(8.1)) // false

Force device orientation:

UIDevice.forceRotation(.portrait)
UIDevice.current.forceRotation(.portrait)

UIImage extension

Create an image from a color:

let image = UIImage(color: .green)

Fill an image with a color:

let image = UIImage(named: "image")
let greenImage = image.filled(with: .green)

Combined an image with another:

let image = UIImage(named: "image")
let image2 = UIImage(named: "image2")
let combinedImage = image.combined(with: image2)

Change the rendering mode:

var image = UIImage(named: "image")
image = image.template // imageWithRenderingMode(.alwaysTemplate)
image = image.original // imageWithRenderingMode(.alwaysOriginal)

UILabel extension

Configure a dynamic text style to the label:

label.configureDynamicStyle(.body, traits: .traitBold)

Detect if a label text is truncated:

let label = UILabel(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 30, height: 40))
label.text = "I will be truncated :("
print(label.isTruncated()) // true

let label = UILabel(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 30, height: 40))
label.text = ":)"
print(label.isTruncated()) // false

Customize label line height:

let label = UILabel(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 30, height: 40))
label.setText("A long multiline text")
label.setLineHeight(0.9)

Customize the label truncated text (replace the default ...):

let label = UILabel(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 30, height: 40))
label.setText("I will be truncated :(", truncatedText: ".")
print(label.text) // I wi.

UIScreen extension

Get the screen orientation:

if UIInterfaceOrientationIsPortrait(UIScreen.currentOrientation) {
    // Portrait
} else {
    // Landscape
}

Get the screen size:

print(UIScreen.size) // CGSize(375.0, 667.0) on iPhone6
print(UIScreen.width) // 375.0 on iPhone6
print(UIScreen.height) // 667.0 on iPhone6
print(UIScreen.heightWithoutStatusBar) // 647.0 on iPhone6

Get the status bar height:

print(UIScreen.statusBarHeight) // 20.0 on iPhone6

UISlider extension

Get the value where the user tapped using an UITapGestureRecognizer:

let slider = UISlider(frame: .zero)
slider.addGestureRecognizer(UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(sliderTapped(_:))))

func sliderTapped(sender: UITapGestureRecognizer) {
    let value = slider.value(for: sender)
}

UIStoryboard extension

Get the application’s main storyboard:

let storyboard = UIStoryboard.main

UISwitch extension

Toggle UISwitch:

let aSwitch = UISwitch(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 100, height: 30))
aSwitch.toggle()
print(aSwitch.isOn) // true

aSwitch.toggle(animated: false)

UITableView

Register and dequeue safely your UITableViewCell:

// 1. Make your `UITableViewCell` conforms to `Reusable` (class-based) or `NibReusable` (nib-based)
final class ReusableClassTableViewCell: UITableViewCell, Reusable {}
// 2. Register your cell:
tableView.register(cellType: ReusableClassTableViewCell.self)
// 3. Dequeue your cell:
let cell: ReusableClassTableViewCell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(at: indexPath)

Register and dequeue safely your UITableViewHeaderFooterView:

// 1. Make your `UITableViewHeaderFooterView` conforms to `Reusable` (class-based) or `NibReusable` (nib-based)
final class ReusableClassHeaderFooterView: UITableViewHeaderFooterView, Reusable {}
// 2. Register your header or footer:
tableView.register(headerFooterViewType: ReusableClassHeaderFooterView.self)
// 3. Dequeue your header or footer:
let cell: ReusableClassHeaderFooterView = tableView.dequeueReusableHeaderFooterView()

UITextField extension

Configure a dynamic text style to the textfield:

textField.configureDynamicStyle(.body, traits: .traitBold)

Modify clear button image:

let clearButtonImage = UIImage(named: "clear_button")
let textField = UITextField()
textField.setClearButton(with: clearButtonImage)

Modify placeholder’s color:

let textField = UITextField()
// set `placeholder` or `attributedPlaceholder`
textField.setPlaceHolderTextColor(.blue)

UITextView extension

Configure a dynamic text style to the textfield:

textView.configureDynamicStyle(.body, traits: .traitBold)

UIView extension

Change the frame of the view easily:

let aView = UIView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 100, height: 100))
aView.x += 100 // move  to right
aView.y += 100 // move downwards
aView.width -= 10 // make the view narrower
aView.height -= 10 // make the view shorter

Apply a corner radius to the view:

let view = UIView()
view.applyCornerRadius(10)
view.applyCornerRadius(20, maskedCorners: [.layerMaxXMaxYCorner])

Find the ViewController which contains this view:

let parent: UIViewController? = aView.parentViewController

Find a subview using its `accessibilityIdentifier, useful to tests private outlets:

aView.findView(forIdentifier: "accessibilityIdentifier")

Find the first subview corresponding to a specific type:

let scrollView: UIScrollView? = aView.findView()

Add a SwiftUI View as a subview:

aView.addSubSwiftUIView(SwiftUIView())

Automates your localizables:

aView.translateSubviews()

It will iterate on all the subviews of the view, and use the text / placeholder as key in NSLocalizedString. By settings your localizable key in your xib / storyboard, all yours string will be automatically translated just by calling the above method.

Add constraints between a view and its superview:

aView.addConstraints() // Add constraints to all edges with zero insets
aView.addConstraints(to: [.top, .bottom]) // Add constraints to top and bottom edges with zero insets
aView.addConstraints(to: [.top, .left], insets: UIEdgeInsets(top: 10, left: 20, bottom: 0, right: 0)) // Add constraints to top and left edges with custom insets

UIViewController extension

Generate a Xcode preview for any view controllers:

@available(iOS 13, *)
struct MyViewPreview: PreviewProvider {
    static var previews: some View {
        MyViewController().preview
    }
}

Reset the navigation stack by deleting previous view controllers:

let navController = UINavigationController()
navController.pushViewController(vc1, animated: true)
navController.pushViewController(vc2, animated: true)
navController.pushViewController(vc3, animated: true)
vc3.removePreviousControllers(animated: true)
print(navController.viewControllers) // [vc3]

Check if ViewController is onscreen and not hidden:

let viewController = UIViewController()
print(viewController.isVisible) // false

Check if ViewController is presented modally:

let viewController = UIViewController()
print(viewController.isModal)

Open Safari modally:

let url = URL(string: "https://www.apple.com")
vc.openSafariVC(url: url, delegate: self)

Add a child view controller to another controller:

vc.addChildController(childVC, subview: vc.view, animated: true, duration: 0.35, options: [.curveEaseInOut, .transitionCrossDissolve])

Add a child view controller to a container view:

vc.addChildController(childVC, in: containerView)

Remove a child view controller:

vc.removeChildController(childVC)

Add a SwiftUI View as a child of the input UIView:

vc.addSubSwiftUIView(SwiftUIView(), to: vc.view)

UIKit Protocols:

NibLoadable

Make your UIView subclasses conform to this protocol to instantiate them from their NIB safely. Note: Be sure that your UIView is based on a Nib, and is used as the Xib’s root view.

class NibLoadableView: UIView, NibLoadable {
    // ...
}

let view = NibLoadableView.loadFromNib()

NibOwnerLoadable

Make your UIView subclasses conform to this protocol to instantiate them from their Xib’s File Owner safely. Note: Be sure that your UIView is based on a Nib, and is used as the Xib’s File’s Owner.

class NibLoadableView: UIView, NibOwnerLoadable {
    // ...
    
    required init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
      super.init(coder: aDecoder)
      self.loadNibContent()
    }

}

// Then use it directly from another xib or whatever...

AppKit, Cocoa Extensions

NSView extension

Change the frame of the view easily

let aView = NSView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 100, height: 100))
aView.x += 100 // move  to right
aView.y += 100 // move downwards
aView.width -= 10 // make the view narrower
aView.height -= 10 // make the view shorter

Automates your localizables

aView.convertLocalizables()

It will iterate on all the subviews of the view, and use the text / placeholder as key in NSLocalizedString. By settings your localizable key in your xib / storyboard, all yours string will be automatically translated just by calling the above method.

Protocols

Injectable

Protocol to do ViewController Data Injection with Storyboards and Segues in Swift. Inspired from Nastasha’s blog:

class RedPillViewController: UIViewController, Injectable {

    @IBOutlet weak private var mainLabel: UILabel!

    // the type matches the IOU's type
    typealias T = String

    // this is my original dependency (IOU)
    // I can now make this private!
    private var mainText: String!

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        // this will crash if the IOU is not set
        assertDependencies()

        // using the IOU if needed here,
        // but using it later is fine as well
        mainLabel.text = mainText
    }

    // Injectable Implementation
    func inject(text: T) {
        mainText = text
    }

    func assertDependencies() {
        assert(mainText != nil)
    }
}

// ViewController that will inject data...
override func prepareForSegue(segue: UIStoryboardSegue, sender: AnyObject?) {

    switch segueIdentifierForSegue(segue) {
    case .TheRedPillExperience
        let redPillVC = segue.destinationViewController as? RedPillViewController
        redPillVC?.inject("?")
    case .TheBluePillExperience:
        let bluePillVC = segue.destinationViewController as? BluePillViewController
        bluePillVC?.inject("?")
    }
}

Occupiable

The following use cases works for String Array, Dictionary, and Set

isEmpty / isNotEmpty

No optional types only

var string = "Hello world"
print(string.isNotEmpty) // true
print(string.isEmpty) // false

isNilOrEmpty

Optional types only

let string: String? = ""
print(string.isNilOrEmpty) // true

Then

Syntactic sugar for Swift initializers:

let label = UILabel().then {
    $0.textAlignment = .Center
    $0.textColor = .blackColor()
    $0.text = "Hello, World!"
}

PropertyWrappers

UserDefaultsBacked

Type safe access to UserDefaults with support for default values.

struct SettingsViewModel {
    @UserDefaultsBacked(key: "search-page-size", defaultValue: 20)
    var numberOfSearchResultsPerPage: Int

    @UserDefaultsBacked(key: "signature")
    var messageSignature: String?
}

Others

UnitTesting

Grand Central Dispatch sugar syntax:

Detect if UITests are running:

if UnitTesting.isRunning {
  // tests are running
} else {
  // everything is fine, move along
}

Measure tests performance:

func testPerformance() {
  let measurement = measure {
    // run operation
  }
}

UITesting

Detect if UITests are running:

if UITesting.isRunning {
  // tests are running
} else {
  // everything is fine, move along
}

Shell Utility

(macOS only)

Runs a command on a system shell and provides the return code for success, STDOUT, and STDERR.

STDOUT as one continuous String:

let (rCode, stdOut, stdErr) = SystemUtility.shell(["ls", "-l", "/"])
// rCode = 0 (which is "true" in shell)
// stdOut = "total 13\ndrwxrwxr-x+ 91 root  admin  2912 Feb 11 01:24 Applications" ...  etc
// stdErr = [""]

STDOUT as array of Strings separated by newlines:

let (rCode, stdOut, stdErr) = SystemUtility.shellArrayOut(["ls", "-l", "/"])
// rCode = 0 (which is "true" in shell)
// stdOut = ["total 13", "drwxrwxr-x+ 91 root  admin  2912 Feb 11 01:24 Applications" ...  etc]
// stdErr = [""]

Installation

  • Xcode 8 and later
  • Swift 3.0
  • iOS 8.0 or later
  • macOS 10.10 or later
  • tvOS 9.0 or later
  • watchOS 2.0 or later

Manually

Copy the SwiftyUtils folder into your Xcode project. (Make sure you add the files to your target(s))

CocoaPods

Add pod SwiftyUtils to your Podfile.

Carthage

Add github "tbaranes/SwiftyUtils" to your Cartfile.

Swift Package Manager

You can use The Swift Package Manager to install SwiftyUtils by adding the proper description to your Package.swift file:

import PackageDescription

let package = Package(
    dependencies: [
        .Package(url: "https://github.com/tbaranes/SwiftyUtils.git", majorVersion: 0)
    ]
)

Feedback

  • If you found a bug, open an issue
  • If you have a feature request, open an issue
  • If you want to contribute, submit a pull request

Contact

License

SwiftyUtils is under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more information. dic.testAll

GitHub

https://github.com/tbaranes/SwiftyUtils