James TappinginLevel Up CodingBeginner iOS Dev — CardView in SwiftUI — Lets build that deceptively simple looking UI (or how to…Lets build that deceptively simple looking UI (or how to please the UI/UX team)·5 min read·Oct 23, 2023----
James TappingXCode /SwiftUI project with Firebase Crashlytics (How to really make it work …)I hadn’t used Firebase’s Crashlytics before in a project but thought I’d give it a spin in my latest SwiftUI project(A petrol ”gas”…·3 min read·May 12, 2022--1--1
James TappingHow much money am I making from my first iOS app and the mistakes I’ve made so far.My first iOS app went live on the Apple Store in September 2020 just 4 and a half months after opening Xcode for the first time :/·5 min read·Feb 23, 2022--6--6
James TappinginLevel Up CodingBeginner iOS Dev — Toggle light/dark & follow system modes in Swift/iOSAdopting light and dark mode in iOS and allowing users to switch between themes (or modes) is surprisingly complex (I think so at least ……·2 min read·Dec 17, 2021----
James TappingGmail — How to easily delete old email.Around 1.5 Billion people use Gmail and that was a statistic from 2019. Gmail obviously makes money from targeted email that they send…·3 min read·Aug 16, 2021----
James TappingiOS Swift Apple iTunes API — how to use high quality imagesIf you have ever used the iTunes API you’ll know that the the provided images (for movies at least) only come in three different sizes :·2 min read·Jun 24, 2021----
James TappinginLevel Up CodingEmbed a secure text entry toggle button into a UITextField in iOSBeginner iOS Dev·3 min read·Jun 14, 2021--2--2
James TappingI sent my Apple Airtag to Paris for a day — and here’s how it went …As an Apple die hard fan, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on Apple’s latest device, their most affordable yet :) Ordered on launch day my…·4 min read·May 4, 2021----
James TappinginLevel Up CodingBeginner iOS Dev — embed a UITextView inside a UITableView cell·5 min read·Apr 2, 2021----
James TappingBeginner iOS Dev —Custom UIButtons — shadows, toggle buttons, animated with frames , designable…I recently put together a project as a reference for myself, a way of noting down difference techniques for building buttons.·7 min read·Mar 5, 2021----