iOS + watchOS + Swift

How to add Firebase SDK to your iOS project

This guide will show you how to add the Firebase iOS SDK to a new or existing Xcode iOS project.

• Create a new Xcode iOS project if you are not using an existing one. You will need the bundle id.

How to freeze the app to prolong the Splash screen

Xcode 6.4, iOS 8.4.1, Swift 1.2

Here’s an example to add an addictional 2 seconds to the splash screen duration.

Image assets: 1x, 2x, Retina 4 2x, 3x

Confusing, yes?

1X: Image in for 3.5" screens with resolution of 320 x 480.

• iPhone 1G, iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS

Building an iOS app using Facebook login with Parse

Xcode 6.4 — iOS 8.4— Swift 1.2 — Parse iOS SDK 1.7.5 — Facebook iOS SDK 4.4.0 — Facebook API 2.4

If you want to create an app that uses Facebook only login, with a Parse backend, here is how to do it.

Instantiate a view controller from a storyboard programmatically

let storyboard = UIStoryboard(name: “Storyboard”, bundle: nil)

let viewController: UIViewController = storyboard.instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier(“ViewController”) as! UIViewController

Git ignore UserInterfaceState.xcuserstate

Using Terminal

Open Terminal and run these command lines in your git repo:

git status //to get the file path

git rm --cached…

App Transport Security error

Xcode 7.0 beta 2 — iOS 9.0 beta 2 — Swift 2.0 beta 2

If you encounter an error saying:

Application Transport Security has blocked a cleartext HTTP (http://) resource load since it is insecure. Temporary exceptions can be…