¶ Setup Swift App with Base Code
Setup a new Swift project using SwiftUI for UIKit and Combine for reactive programming
¶ Introduction
Swift, created by Apple, is a powerful and user-friendly programming language for all Apple platforms, including iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS. Designed to be easy to learn and use, Swift offers a balance between ease for beginners and power for experienced developers. The language prioritizes security, performance, and expressiveness, allowing developers to write code that is not only safe but also fast and efficient.
This guide provides instructions for setting up iOS apps using SwiftUI as the user interface framework, Combine for reactive programming to handle asynchronous tasks, and Alamofire and Moya for networking. With the basic code already in place, the iOS app development process will become faster and more efficient.
The architecture used is MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel), which is a common and popular architectural design in mobile application programming. One of the advantages of this architecture design is that it helps separate the business logic and presentation of the application from the user interface (UI). This separation facilitates better application testing, maintenance, and development.
¶ Technologi Stack
- Swift 5.x or higher
Always use the latest stable version of Swift to take advantage of language improvements, performance enhancements, and new features. Xcode automatically comes bundled with the latest version of Swift. - Architecture
Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) Provides advantages for separation of business logic and interface presentation - Networking: Alamofire & Moya
- Alamofire: Simplifies network request generation and API response handling.
- Moya: Simplify API layer writing and improve endpoint management.
- Dependency Injection: Swinject
Helps manage dependencies in applications in a more modular and testable way. - Caching and Image Loading: Kingfisher
Helps in managing asynchronous and cached image downloads with a simple and friendly interface. - Local Storage: UserDefaults
An interface used to persistently store small and simple data in the form of key-value pairs.