How to Build a Share Extension in iOS Using Swift 4.0

In our earlier post, we explained how to build a Share Extension using Swift 3.0. In this post, we will be describing the process by using Swift 4.0. The main aim behind building a share extension is enabling an app to save a URL as rich content and to configure some options. Building a share extension in iOS with Swift programming language is pretty easy and simplifies some essential tasks. It enables displaying an icon on the common share sheet associated with the main mobile app while handling the content sharing as requested by a user. This helps a user in switching easily from one app to another.

Hire an Experienced iOS App Development Company

Apple launched its latest version of iOS in September 2018, iOS 12. The technology has advanced to such a stage that currently, there are almost 2.2 million applications in the App store. In fact, approximately 2450 applications are added on an average daily basis. On top of that, the virtual assistant Siri is becoming smarter than ever. A recent study found out that the answers provided by Siri hold almost 70% correctness.

One of the growth trends of Apple is the huge number of free apps in the store. According to the reports, free apps constitute almost 89% of the total, whereas, the remaining are the paid ones. Moreover, compared to the app downloads in the year 2017, the first half of the year 2018 has already seen an increase of 10.6%.

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Apple ARKit New Features & Format

What is an ARKit? AR - Augmented Reality. ARKit is Apple’s framework for AR apps and games. It is a developers tool that user don't need to worry about. It is a development platform used by the developers of an iOS app development company. Overview The ARKit library was introduced by Apple in WWDC 2017. It allows the developers to build apps using the AR (Augmented Reality) technology. ~ AR apps allow us to view virtual objects in the real environment through the camera. ~ AR describes user experience that adds 2D or 3D elements to the live view from a device’s camera in a way that makes those elements appear to inhabit the real world. ~ For a 2D object, SpritKit Library is used. For 3D Objects, SceneKit is used. ~ With 2D AR, you can add overlays or signposts, which respond to geographic location or visual features in...

What’s new in Xcode 10

With time technology is moving fast too. This article will provide information about Xcode 10 tool and what is new in Xcode 10 compared to its earlier version. It is beneficial for the developers who like to add new features to their apps. Our experts use the latest tools & technologies to deliver the best to our clients. Xcode 10 is one of the tools we used after thorough testing. 9series always ensures to test all the tools before they use it for your solutions. Below is the synopsis of the blog in case you just want an overview of the same ~ Xcode 10 was announced at WWDC 2018 on 4 June 2018. ~ Xcode 10 includes Swift 4.2 and SDKs for iOS 12, watchOS 5, tvOS 12, and macOS 10.14. ~ Xcode 10 requires a Mac running macOS 10.13.4 or later. ~ It is capable of running multiple simultaneous versions of...

Why Choose Swift Over Objective C?

Dedicating 6 years in improving & using the Objective-C, Apple finally decided to snap another challenge to developers. Again, iOS developers will have to learn this new programming language - Swift. In this article, we are going to look at some points of Swift compared to Objective-C. If you know Objective-C (at least the basics) then this tutorial is best suited to you and want to see what the equivalents are in Swift. So let’s get into it! Swift Language is Easier than the Objective-C: ~ Objective-C has been created using two languages: C and Smalltalk. hence, Objective-C has such a complex, Verbus Syntax. ~ Objective-C obtains its object syntax from Smalltalk while Syntax for the non-objective operations is similarly as C. ~ While the Swift Language is an option to the Objective-C language, the Swift Language is defined as “Objective-C without the C”. ~ Swift is a comparatively a new programming language. Apple started to work on Swift...

Enhanced Performance & Features with iOS 12

Every year, Apple announces the new functionalities for the users & developers through WWDC. In 2018, WWDC they introduced iOS 12 with new and enhanced features. Here, we will see what is new in iOS 12. Introduction Apple announced iOS 12 at WWDC 2018 on 4 June 2018. In iOS 12 Apple’s prime focus is on the performance improvement and enhancements in all new and old devices. With this, the device performance will be 70% faster in iOS 12. Now, let’s see all the new features coming to your iOS soon. Screen Time Screen Time will show you every little detail of your apps like how much time you spent on it, when you used it, etc. It also keeps a record of the number times you used your phone and number of notifications you received from the apps on your phone. It will also provide you with a weekly summary...

MVVM Architecture For iOS

1. Introduction: MVVM is an abbreviation of Model View ViewModel. A Model-View-ViewModel is software architectural pattern that was created way back in 2005 by John Gossman. MVVM is quite similar to MVC, but it provides better connect of the UI and business sense than that of MVC. In MVVM pattern, each view on the screen will be backed by a view model and it represents the data for the view. 2. MVVM flow Layout & Theoretical Background: In an MVC-based project, View is Connecting with its ViewController. ViewController is easily overloaded and increases its size when the application becomes bigger. So ViewController is affected in MVC. This drawback Solution in MVVM pattern. MVVM Data flow shown in Below Fig 1. As per above figure, the three core components of MVVM model respectively are, 1. As per above figure, the three core components of MVVM model respectively are, 2. Model: it is class that holds...

How Natural Language Processing Works?

As we all know that Apple has introduced an API for natural language processing from iOS 5, which allows us to tokenize text, detect the language and determine parts of speech. Basically Natural Language Processing (NLP) is used to either predict your next word or suggest a correction while typing a word. NLP is likely used in Siri. The main API is NSLinguisticTagger which is used in analyzing and tagging text, segmenting content into paragraphs, sentences, and words. In iOS 11, NSLinguisticTagger becomes more powerful. It is used for following schemes,

• Identifying the specific language
• Tokenization: classifies each character as either a word, punctuation, or whitespace.
• Lemmatization: Identifies all the forms of a word.
• Parts of Speech: Breaks a sentence into nouns, verbs, and adjectives.
• Named entity recognition: It helps us identify whether the token is named entity like person name and place name.

Let’s take experiment with the new NLP API....

Planning to Write an iOS Application? Check these Points

As we all know following a procedure can be very boring, hectic and time-consuming in the development process. Most of the developers working in an iPhone app development company in USA have the tendency to jump directly into the coding because of all the effects and fun there. According to our experience in application development, it is very helpful to follow some practices before jumping into the coding part. It always helps in reducing complexity, increasing the readability, easier to maintain, avoiding redundancy, etc. Also, it is helpful to other team members to understand the concept and the flow of the application if working in a team. So, let us check and dig the topics one-by-one which will be helpful to create a proper architecture of the application and also be helpful for the entire team in the future.

1. Define Coding Style

Coding Style...

Build a Share Extension in iOS Using Swift

Hello everyone, as we all know that Share Extension is appeared from iOS 8, then the capability to share content with other entities, such as social sharing websites or upload services can be done in an easy and convenient way. We, 9series, an iOS application development company has started doing all the development using Advanced Programming Language Swift. So today, we are going to build a Shared Extension app in iOS10 with Swift 3.0, an ability to show an icon on the common share-sheet that associates with our main app, which handles the sharing of the content that the user has requested. So the user can easily switch from one app to another, for example, we are sharing a photo from the album with some content that switches our app where we want to upload data to the server. This is mainly a programming article, so you...