Not every app on the App Store is made for everyone and not every app can be found on the App Store. Private app distribution is a common practice and is required for a multitude of reasons, the most common being having custom apps for specific organizations like businesses or schools. Another common reason is…
When we talk about iOS app performance, the term “performance” can mean just about anything, but you hear it all the time. Anything and everything can be related to performance. In this specific case, let’s about technical application performance monitoring. This is still a broad term when it comes to performance monitoring — should you…
You’re launching your first app, or maybe it’s been a while since the last time. Submitting an app to the App Store isn’t as simple as pushing a launch button, but it’s not as complicated as it may seem either. This step-by-step post assumes that you are already enrolled in the Apple Developer Program, your…
While powerful on its own, Swift can always be improved with different libraries and frameworks. It usually starts with a developer finding difficulties or not being able to do a certain thing, and finds a creative solution to the problem that others can use. Whether you’re still starting out as an iOS developer or you’re…
When an app crashes, a crash report containing the app conditions leading up to the crash is generated. With Instabug’s crash reporting tool, you can have detailed crash reports sent to your dashboard instantly. Each Instabug crash report captures a detailed snapshot of the running environment, the different threads’ states, the steps to reproduce the crash,…
Alright, so hopefully by now, you’ve had a chance to integrate the Instabug SDK for iOS into your application and have received your first bug, crash, and feedback report. If you still haven’t, you can read here to learn how. For this post, I want to explain some of the features available with the SDK and how…
Welcome to part two of Creating UI Elements Programmatically Using PureLayout. In the first part, we built a simple mobile application’s UI completely in code without the use of Storyboards or NIBs. In this tutorial, we will cover some of the most used UI elements in all applications: UINavigationController/Bar UITableView Self-sizing UITableViewCell UINavigationController Explained…
When TestFlight hit the market in 2011, it revolutionized beta app distribution. It eliminated the hassle associated with distributing and managing beta builds and simplified the process on the tester’s side. Apple was quick to recognize the value beta testing with TestFlight adds to developers and was quick to acquire the service and integrate it…
iOS app beta testing is a critical stage in the application development lifecycle. It helps maintain your mobile app quality and improve its user experience, among many other things. Below, we take you through all the basics of beta testing your iOS app in order to help you prepare for this phase. From what beta…
Today, I’ll walk you through how to create constraints programmatically by building a simple mobile application’s UI completely in code without the use of Storyboards or NIBs. I will not go into the debate of which is better because, simply, they all have their pros and cons, so I’ll just leave this link here which…
It seems like everyone nowadays has an idea for the next big app. But looking to get it off the ground can be a daunting task without knowing iOS development. There are almost 1.85 million apps on the App Store and that number isn’t going down anytime soon. Whether you’re starting out or looking to…
MetricKit was introduced last year with iOS 13, offering a relatively simple API to access a wide range of on-device power and performance metrics for your app. With the introduction of iOS 14, MetricKit added three new trackable metrics: CPU instructions, animation hitches, and exit reasons. Out of those three new metrics, the exit reasons…