5 Free Handy Tools Every iOS Dev Should Know Of

I would like to share some tools I regularly use as an iOS Developer. These tools are free and extremely useful.

1. SF Symbols

Apple gives you a catalog of over 4,000 free customizable symbols to use in your apps. There is no need to import them to your projects as all Apple platforms already include them.

I did not know about the existence of SF Symbols for the longest time relying solely on open-source icon libraries such as feather. It was so relieving to finally have such a huge collection of icons at my disposal. Now I rarely go back to importing custom icons. — SF Symbols are just that good!

To make the best use of SF Symbols you’ll need to download the app from the Apple developer site. You’ll then have access to all the icons neatly organized by category.

You can search for the icon you are looking for in the top right corner.