iOS8 - Fresh Beginning

iOS8

A collection of 5 posts

Touch ID Authentication in the app

Today I am going to write about implementing and using Touch ID authentication in an iOS app. Touch ID authentication API was introduced in iOS 8 release. It is a part of LocalAuthentication framework. The code to include it in your app spans only few lines and easy to integrate.

Removing padding for UITextView

Last week I was working on one of the projects that required using UITextView instead of more standard UILabel instance. Don't get me wrong, but there were some compelling reasons for me to use UITextView. The reason being, I wanted to add a clickable link to the text and when

iOS 3D Touch - Quick Actions (Part 1)

iOS 3D Touch - Quick Actions (Part 1)

I wrote a Blog post about iPhone 3D touch demo [https://jayeshkawli.ghost.io/iphone-3d-touch-demo/] long time ago. However, that post was just a show off and did not put forward any real sample code. Today, I am going to show you step by step how you can write a

Using NS_DESIGNATED_INITIALIZER with Xcode6

One day I was working on one of my side projects. I came to know about NS_DESIGNATED_INITIALIZER Apple introduced in Xcode6. When you have choice of multiple initializers and still you want to init a model with specific initializer, you can use this keyword NS_DESIGNATED_INITIALIZER which

UITableViewCell automatic height management

We all know that iOS8 brought in really nice changes. Well, it be will be too long post to describe all of them. But I will talk about one of my most favorite features Apple added into this release. Automatic height management for UITableViewCell with Autolayout Yes, you can fit