Facebook SDK for Swift (Beta)
@nlutsenko of the Facebook team:
“Earlier this year we provided a complete Swift implementation for Bolts that exposes many native Swift features, including proper generic types, support for value types, and native Swift error handling.”
Building on that idea, the Facebook SDK for Swift beta has been announced.
Google Maps Utilities for iOS
“This open-source library contains classes that are useful for a wide range of applications using the Google Maps SDK for iOS.”
Here are the two primary takeaways :
- Display of a large number of points
- Indexes 2D geometry points & performs 2D range queries
Building an App with iOS Photo App Extensions
If you are looking for a complete working example of using iOS Photo Extensions, the open source project Celluloid is a good place to start.
Check out the finished product by downloading Celluloid from the App Store.
Here’s another good reference on learning to program with iOS Photo Extensions.
Error Handling Techniques in Swift
Gemma Barlow of the RayWenderlich team:
“…preferred error handling techniques in Swift can vary, depending upon the type of error encountered, and the overall architecture of your app.”
Check out error handling as it exists today and
“…gaze into your crystal ball at the possible future of error handling in Swift!”
Swift NSFileManager for Local and Remote Files
“This Swift library provide a swifty way to deal with local and remote files and directories in a unified way.”
Beyond the local file system, the FileProvider project works with WebDAV protocol. Implementations are planned for SMB/CIFS, Dropbox, FTP and Amazon S3.
FileProvider was written by Amir Abbas Mousavian : @ext_downloader