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Xcode Test Plans

Running your tests with different environments, localizations and sanitizers is a good way to catch more bugs. You can use schemes to create the different configurations but that quickly becomes unmanageable.

Apple added test plans to Xcode 11 to make it easier to rerun tests with varying test configurations. Here’s my notes on how to get started with test plans.

Adding Context Menus In iOS 13

Apple is replacing Peek and Pop with context menus in iOS 13. They don’t depend on hardware support for 3D Touch so are available on all devices running at least iOS 13. Here’s my guide to adding context menus to your App.

Cleaning Up With Swift Defer

The Swift defer statement isn’t something you’ll need to use often. It becomes useful when you want to be certain that you clean up resources before they go out of scope. I came across a good use case when working with security scoped iCloud files.

Hiding the Safe Area Layout Guide

Interface Builder has many ways to create a constraint, but getting it to do what you want requires some technique. For example, have you ever wanted to pin a view to the edges of the root view instead of the safe area? It’s not obvious how to do that as Interface Builder assumes you want to use the safe area.

Self Sizing Table View Cells In Interface Builder

Self-sizing table view cells have been around a long time but are still a regular source of confusion. Interface Builder added to the confusion by not automatically sizing the cells in the canvas. That’s finally fixed in Xcode 11!