Discover @nicklockwood Open Source projects

A command-line tool and Xcode Extension for formatting Swift code

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SwiftFormat

FXBlurView

iRate

FXForms

SwipeView

SwipeView is a class designed to simplify the implementation of horizontal, paged scrolling views on iOS. It is based on a UIScrollView, but adds convenient functionality such as a UITableView-style dataSource/delegate interface for loading views dynamically, and efficient view loading, unloading and recycling.

A declarative UI framework for iOS

2,646

layout

iVersion

NullSafe

NullSafe is a simple category on NSNull that returns nil for unrecognised messages instead of throwing an exception

Tutorial series demonstrating how to build a retro first-person shooter from scratch in Swift

1,943

RetroRampage

XMLDictionary

AutoCoding

AutoCoding is a category on NSObject that provides automatic support for NSCoding and NSCopying to every object.

A simple NSData category for gzipping/unzipping data in iOS and Mac OS

1,068

GZIP

A faster and more flexible binary file format replacement for NSCoding, Property Lists and JSON

983

FastCoding

AsyncImageView

iConsole

Expression

A cross-platform Swift library for evaluating mathematical expressions at runtime

FXLabel

CountryPicker

CountryPicker is a custom UIPickerView subclass that provides an iOS control allowing a user to select a country from a list. It can optionally display a flag next to each country name, and the library includes a set of 249 high-quality, public domain flag images from FAMFAMFAM (http://www.famfamfam.com/lab/icons/flags/) that have been painstakingly re-named by country code to work with the library.

A Swift library for creating and manipulating 3D geometry

740

Euclid

Simple sound and music player class for playing audio on Mac and iPhone

637

SoundManager

FXImageView is a class designed to simplify the application of common visual effects such as reflections and drop-shadows to images, and also to help the performance of image loading by handling it on a background thread.

630

FXImageView

Base64

FXKeychain

MustOverride

Provides a macro that you can use to ensure that a method of an abstract base class *must* be overriden by its subclasses.

LayerSprites is a library designed to simplify the use of sprite sheets (image maps containing multiple sub-images) in UIKit applications without using OpenGL or 3rd-party game libraries. Can load sprite sheets in the Coco2D format.

523

LayerSprites

GLView

FXNotifications

An alternative API for NSNotificationCenter that doesn't suck

The ShapeScript 3D modeling app for macOS and iOS

392

ShapeScript

LRUCache is an open-source replacement for NSCache that behaves in a predictable, debuggable way

391

LRUCache

A Swift library for Mac and iOS that implements common 2D and 3D vector and matrix functions, useful for games or vector-based graphics

378

VectorMath

ReflectionView

Swiftenstein

Simple Wolfenstein 3D clone written in Swift

JPNG is a bespoke image file format that combines the compression benefits of JPEG with the alpha channel support of a PNG file. The JPNG library provides an Objective-C implementation of this format along with transparent JPNG loading support for iOS and Mac OS.

359

JPNG

StandardPaths is a category on NSFileManager for simplifying access to standard application directories on iOS and Mac OS and abstracting the iCloud backup flags on iOS. It also provides support for working with device-specific file suffixes, such as the @2x suffix for Retina displays, or the -568h suffix for iPhone 5 and can optionally swizzle certain UIKit methods to support these suffixes more consistently.

340

StandardPaths

ViewUtils is a collection of category methods designed that extend UIView with all the handy little properties and functionality that you always wished were built-in to begin with.

336

ViewUtils

Simple, drop-in replacement for the iPhone UIPageControl that allows customisation of the dot colour, size and spacing.

324

FXPageControl

BaseModel provides a base class for building model objects for your iOS or Mac OS projects. It saves you the hassle of writing boilerplate code, and encourages good practices by reducing the incentive to cut corners in your model implementation.

298

BaseModel

This library provides OrderedDictionary and MutableOrderedDictionary subclasses.

288

OrderedDictionary

ColorUtils

Tribute

A command-line tool for tracking Swift project licenses

246

OSNavigationController

Mac and iOS library for parsing structured text

233

Consumer

iNotify

FPSControls

An experimental implementation of touch-friendly first-person shooter controls using SceneKit and Swift

OSCache is an open-source re-implementation of NSCache that behaves in a predictable, debuggable way.

215

OSCache

A simple Chess game for iOS, written in Swift

200

Chess

RequestQueue

FXReachability

Lightweight reachability class for Mac and iOS

A library for formatting strings on iOS and macOS

173

Sprinter

CryptoCoding is a superset of the NSCoding protocol that allows for simple, seamless AES encryption of any NSCoding-compatible object.

166

CryptoCoding

A collection of category methods designed to simplify the process of HTTP request construction and manipulation in Cocoa.

148

RequestUtils

CubeController is a UIViewController subclass that can be used to create a rotating 3D cube navigation.

142

CubeController

HTMLLabel

NSOperationStack

SVGPath

Cross-platform Swift library for parsing SVGPath strings

HRCoder is a replacement for the NSKeyedArchiver and NSKeyedUnarchiver classes that uses a human-readable/editable format that can easily be stored in a regular Plist or JSON file.

111

HRCoder

iPrompt

Presentations

Code samples and projects for presentations that I have given

FXPhotoEditView

StackView is a class designed to simplify the implementation of vertical stacks of views on iOS. You can think of it as a bit like a simplified version of UITableView.

StackView

WebContentView

StringCoding is a simple Mac/iOS library for setting object properties of any type using string values. It can automatically detect the property type and attempt to interpret the string as the right kind of value. It's particularly oriented towards iOS app theming (see README for details).

StringCoding

ArrayUtils

Swift/UIKit reimplementation of the Dune II RTS game

Swune

Supporting code for my talk entitled "Parsing Formal Languages with Swift"

Parsing

MACAddress

FXParser

RotateView

RandomSequence

A class for creating independent, repeatable pseudorandom number sequences on Mac and iOS

This is the source code for a simple game called Floaty Balloon, based on the gameplay of Flappy Bird. It was created as a tutorial for http://iosdevelopertips.com

FloatyBalloon

Full source code for a simple currency calculator app

Concurrency

FXJSON

This is a simple benchmark app to compare JPEG vs PNG loading performance on iOS. Spoiler: JPEG wins.

PNGvsJPEG