BasicSwiftUtilities

This repository provides basic utilities and APIs for an application running on Apple's platforms'.

This repository also includes some useful resources for developing on Apple's platforms such as class vs struct, Automatic Reference Counting, and more. (see HelpfulResources.md))

Developed by Kelvin Kosbab kelvin.kosbab@kozinga.net https://kelvinkosbab.github.io/BasicSwiftUtilities

Swift packages and frameworks included in this package

This repository contains the following Swift packages (also supports exporting of dynamic frameworks via BasicSwiftUtilitesFramework.xcproject):

• Core
• CoreHealth
• CoreStorage
• CoreUI
• RunMode

For detailed information of these packages / frameworks see below.

Note: This pacakge is designed such that its only dependency is Apple's various fundamental frameworks.

Platform Support:

• iOS 15.0
• macOS 12.0
• tvOS 15.0
• watchOS 7.0
• visionOS 1.0

Core

Provides basic utilities for an app running on Apple platforms.

For a full breakdown and details see Core's Documentation.

CoreHealth

Provides utilties for accessing Apple's HealthKit APIs. These APIs wrap Apple's APIs to provide useful ways to query data safely via units that each health biometric supports.

For a full breakdown and details see CoreHealth's Documentation.

CoreStorage

Provides utilities for persistently storing data. This pacakge includes utilities for Apple's CoreData as well as a custom SQLite implementation, CodableStore and DiskBackedJSONCodableStore.

For a full breakdown and details see CoreStorage's Documentation.

CoreUI

Provides UIKit and SwiftUI helpers, components, and utilities.

• Font utilies and custom font registration
• SwiftUI components:
  • Activity indicator
  • Blurred view modifier
  • Button styles and view modifiers
  • Color utiliites
  • Core spacing and margins
  • Application toast provider
• UIKit utilities:
  • View controller presentation and navigation utilities
  • Interactive view controller presentation utilities
  • UIView and UIViewController utilities

For a full breakdown and details see CoreUI's Documentation.

RunMode

Determines the active run mode off the current process.

Possibilities include:

• Main application
• Unit tests
• UI unit tests

To determine the current process's RunMode:

let activeRunMode = RunMode.getActive()

For a full breakdown and details see RunMode's Documentation.

Features to be added to this package in the future:

CoreHealth

1. Support for HKAnchoredObjectQuery queries with type-safe and unit-safe implementation.

CoreUI

1. [Toasts] Add flexibility so developers can render any View as the toast content without enforcing a String title.

2. [Toasts] Add ability to customize appearance with app-specific font, not just the default system fonts.

3. [Toasts] Apply a minimum capsule size if no content is present.

4. [Accessibility] Add utilities for accessibility.

License

See LICENSE.