Last year, our small idea to share favorite iOS and Android libraries each month, ended up with quite a buzz among fellow devs. To keep up the good vibe, we decided to continue with the tradition in the new year too. With this list of top iOS libraries, we wish you all the best in the new year in front of us :)
1. Spring
Animations are great if you want to raise your app to the higher level, but they can also make developer’s life much harder. Still, if you are feeling ambitious and want to have it all, Spring might be the library you are looking for. This library helps you create animations both in code and directly in Storyboard. Also, it works great even if you only use example application to see what you need and then reuse code in your own app (to be honest, that’s actually our preferred way of using it).
2. SwiftRichString
Mladen, our iOS team lead, still remembers the times before iOS 6 and how hard it was to use attributed text back then. And, even if we went through a long way since then, SwiftRichString is proving how this is still not as easy as it could be. Our favorite thing about it? You can define your own styles and then reuse it.
3. GLTableCollectionView
Do you need TableView where every cell is CollectionView? Stop looking and stop thinking about making it by yourself.
4. SwiftMonkey
Always wanted to have your own personal monkey, but still don’t have one? Well, of course you don’t, but this lib can act as one for you. :) In order to have a successful application, you need to be ready for some massive testing. SwiftMonkey is a great library to start the testing with, of course, assuming that this will not be the only kind of testing you are going to use.
5. CleanroomLogger
Do you ever feel blind without having a text explaining what’s really happening and where are you currently in your app? And the NSLog/print is not being helpful enough? CleanroomLogger, configurable and extensible logging API, might be exactly what you need.
That’s it for January!(There is a list with Android libs too!) If you like what you are reading, spread the word, and feel free to leave us your proposals in the comment section.
