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Issue #715
I remember this time last year in December 2019, I spent almost every single bit of my free time on Puma because I want a Swift friendly version of fastlane that suits my need and leverages Swift 5 features.
Here’s my review of my …
Issue #726
@propertyWrapper
struct UserDefault<Value> {
let key: String
let defaultValue: Value
let container: UserDefaults = .standard
var wrappedValue: Value {
get {
return container.object(forKey: key) as …Issue #725
When you want to check for existence using Bool, consider using Set over Dictionary with Bool, as Set guarantee uniqueness. If using Dictionary instead, the value for key is Optional<Bool> where we have to check for both optional and …
Issue #724
We can use .blur modifier, but with VisualEffectView gives us more options for material and blending mode.
public struct VisualEffectView: NSViewRepresentable {
let material: NSVisualEffectView.Material
let blendingMode: …Issue #723
Use @ViewBuilder to build dynamic content for our HUD. For blur effect, here I use NSVisualEffectView, but we can use .blur modifier also
struct HUD<Content>: View where Content: View {
let content: () -> Content
init(@ …Issue #722
With Xcode 12, we can fire up Instrument to profile our app. Select SwiftUI template
There are many profiles in that template, I find SwiftUI and Time Profile very useful. Here’s the profile I run for my app PastePal
Issue #721
For setFrame to take effect
mainWindow.setFrame(rect, display: true)
we can remove auto save frame flag
mainWindow.setFrameAutosaveName("MyApp.MainWindow")
Issue #720
NSStatusItem is backed by NSButton, we can animate this inner button. We need to specify position and anchorPoint for button’s layer so it rotates around its center point
guard
let button = statusItem.button
else { return }
let …Issue #719
From SwiftUI 2 for macOS 11.0, we have access to Menu for creating menu and submenu. Usually we use Button for interactive menu items and Text for disabled menu items.
The easy way to customize menu with image is to call Menu with content …
Issue #718
Use NSSharingService.sharingServices(forItems:) with an array of one empty string gives a list of sharing items. There we show image and title of each menu item.
We should cache sharing items as that can cause performance issue
import …Issue #717
Try to use predefined system colors in Human Interface Guidelines for macOS
Here we use this color unemphasizedSelectedTextBackgroundColor for button background
HStack(spacing: 1) {
makeUnderListButton(action: {}, icon: .plus) …Issue #716
I have an enum that conforms to CaseIterable that I want to show in Picker
enum Position: String, Codable, CaseIterable, Identifiable {
var id: String { rawValue }
case left
case right
case bottom
case top
}
Picker( …Issue #715
I remember this time last year in December 2019, I spent almost every single bit of my free time on Puma because I want a Swift friendly version of fastlane that suits my need and leverages Swift 5 features.
Here’s my review of my …
Issue #714
Below is an example of a parent ContentView with State and a child Sidebar with a Binding.
The didSet is only called for the property that is changed.
When we click Button in ContentView, that changes State property, so only the didSet in …
Issue #713
To setup toolbar, we need to implement NSToolbarDelegate that provides toolbar items. This delegate is responsible for many things
toolbarDefaultItemIdentifiersitemForItemIdentifier …Issue #712
Describe all possible paths in your program with enum. This is great to track down bugs and to not miss representing potential cases in UI. Errors can come from app layer, backend layer to network issues.
Enum is handy in both UIKit and …
Issue #711
List has a selection parameter where we can pass selection binding. As we can see here selection is of type optional Binding<Set<SelectionValue>>? where SelectionValue is any thing conforming to Hasable
@available(iOS 13.0, …Issue #710
Starting from macOS 11, we can use List with SidebarListStyle inside NavigationView to declare master detail view. The SidebarListStyle makes list translucent. It automatically handles selection and marks selected row in list with accent …
Issue #708
The best way to test is to not have to mock at all. The second best way is to have your own abstraction over the things you would like to test, either it is in form of protocol or some function injection.
But in case you want a quick way …
Issue #707
The trick is to set the button oinside of statusItem to send actions on both leftMouseUp and rightMouseUp.
Another thing to note is we use popUpMenu on NSStatusItem, although it is marked as deprecated on macOS 10.14. We can set menu but …
Issue #706
Use Mirror and set key value as NSManagedObject subclasses from NSObject
import CoreData
final class ManagedObjectConverter {
func convert<M>(m: M, context: NSManagedObjectContext) throws -> NSManagedObject {
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