Swiftpack.co - Package - yakovmanshin/YMKit
Swiftpack.co is a collection of thousands of indexed Swift packages. Search packages.

YMKit

Build Status — master Build Status — dev

YMKit is a collection of tools that make development of iOS apps quicker and easier.

The framework provides a set of small hacks, such as UIColor initialization from HEX values, string localization, date and number formatters, and more.

Usage Examples

Here's a few examples of how YMKit can make your development routine just a little easier.

Localized Strings

When you need to substitute a localizable string key with its localized value at runtime, you usually do something like that:

// Without arguments
let helloWorld = NSLocalizedString("HelloWorldKey", comment: "")

// With arguments
let greeting = String(format: NSLocalizedString("LocalizableGreetingKey", comment: ""), firstName, lastName)

With YMKit, it's shorter and simpler:

// Without arguments
let helloWorld = "HelloWorldKey".localized

// With arguments
let greeting = "LocalizableGreetingKey".localized(with: firstName, lastName)

UIColor from HEX

When you need to parse a HEX color string (such as #ff4600), things get so ugly I won't even demostrate them.

However, with YMKit, all it takes to get a UIColor instance is one line of code:

let myColor = UIColor(hexString: "#ff4600")

This single initializer works with both three- (#fff) and six-digit (#aeaeae) codes; with or without the # character.

Individual RGB Channels from UIColor

If you've ever needed to extract just one channel from UIColor, then you certainly know what a mess it is, with variables used only once, in-out parameters, and so on.

YMKit will make your life easier—much easier:

let green = myColor.getRGBComponent(.green)

CMYK support is coming later.

Number Formatting

Formatting numbers (prices, for examples) for different locales is no easy task. Fortunately, you don't have to remember formats for all countries—Foundation's NumberFormatter will take care of it. Unfortunately, using it quickly gets overwhelmingly verbose.

YMKit takes another, more declarative approach.

Let's say you need to display a price in euros that's formatted according to the user's locale and has up to two decimal digits. Here's how you do it with NumberFormatter:

let numberFormatter = NumberFormatter()
numberFormatter.numberStyle = .currency
numberFormatter.locale = .current
numberFormatter.currencyCode = currencyCode
numberFormatter.minimumIntegerDigits = 1
numberFormatter.minimumFractionDigits = 0
numberFormatter.maximumFractionDigits = 2

let priceString = numberFormatter.string(from: NSNumber(value: myItem.price))

And here's YMKit:

let priceString = myItem.price.getBasicPriceString(maxFractionDigits: 2, currencyCode: myItem.currencyCode)

Of course there's many options for further customization: "significant digits," grouping sepator, and currency symbol literal are just a few examples. If they're still not enough, you can even have a closure and set the remaining properties manually (as in the first example above): it will still be nicer to use because you don't have to worry about creating and managing lifecycle of the NumberFormatter object manually.

Installation

There are multiple ways to install YMKit and keep it up to date.

Swift Package Manager

The easiest way to add YMKit to your project is with Swift Package Manager (SPM). Xcode 11 has an SPM client built right in, so you can use the GUI. Click File → Swift Packages → Add Package Dependency…, paste YMKit repository URL (https://github.com/yakovmanshin/YMKit) into the search field, and select preferred update policy (Up to Next Major should be fine for most uses).

Xcode will check for newer versions that comply with the specified update policy from time to time. You can always check for updates manually: File → Swift Packages → Update to Latest Package Versions.

If you prefer working with the Package.swift file manually, or need to use YMKit as a dependency in a Swift package of your own, add the following entry to the dependencies array in the Package.swift file:

.package(url: "https://github.com/yakovmanshin/YMKit.git", from: "3.0.0")

Should you like to learn more about Swift packages and SPM, there's a WWDC session on that.

CocoaPods

Alternatively, you can use CocoaPods to install YMKit. If you’ve never worked with CocoaPods before, watch this detailed (and funny) video from Google on how to install and use the tool.

To install YMKit, add the following to your Podfile:

pod 'YMKit', '~>3.0'

Run the following command in your project directory to install the newly-added pod:

pod install

From now on, use the created / updated .xcworkspace (not .xcodeproj) to work on your app.

Binary XCFramework

XCFramework is a binary format for framework distribution, which solves the most annoying problem of binary frameworks: architecture incompatibility. One bundle contains versions for all supported architectures: physical devices (armv7 and arm64) and simulators (i386 and x86_64). Learn more about binary frameworks and XCFramework in this WWDC session.

On the releases page, you will find binary XCFramework files attached to YMKit releases starting with v2.0.0. To use on of those files, just unzip it and drag the XCFramework bundle to the Frameworks, Libraries, and Embedded Content section in your target's General settings.

Keep in mind there's no auto-update feature for XCFrameworks at this time. You have to repeat the steps above every time a new version is released.

General Usage Tips

Just as with all frameworks, you need to import YMKit in files you'd like to use its methods in. You've most likely done it before: the most trivial example is UIKit. It's recommended to put all import statements at the top of your code files, but you can do it anywhere, in fact. Anyway, just add the following to your .swift file:

import YMKit

Here's a pro tip. You can activate extensions of all built-in types (such as Date, UIColor, String, etc.) for your entire project at once—to do it, import YMKit in AppDelegate.swift.

// AppDelegate.swift

import UIKit

// Import YMKit here:
import YMKit

// That's it!

@UIApplicationMain
class AppDelegate: UIResponder, UIApplicationDelegate {
// ...

This hack won't work with types declared in YMKit, such as YMFormatter: to use them, you'll still need to import YMKit in individual code files.

In-Depth Documentation

My ultimate goal is to cover 100% of types, properties, and methods with accurate, detailed, and extensive documentation. At the moment, the rate is near 90%.

To view documentation for a given type, property, or method, just Option-click its name, and the [likely] familiar pop-up will appear. You can browse source files as well, of course.

Thanks to Jazzy, documentation for YMKit is also available on the web at kit.ym.dev. However, it is only valid for the most recent release version.

Github

link
Stars: 1

You may find interesting

Crash Reporting for Server-side Swift Apps

Releases

v3.2.0 - 2020-08-22T13:44:29

via PR #66

  • Introduced preferredFont(for:weight:) on UIFont
  • Introduced Key Path-based filtering
  • Refactored Key Path-based sorting
  • [#62] Updated CI configuration for Xcode 11.6 (#63)
  • [#65] Updated documentation

v3.1.0 - 2020-05-21T22:36:44

via PR #60

  • [#54] Added locale parameter to date formatters (#57)
  • [#55] Updated CI configuration (#56)
  • [#58] Refreshed documentation (#59)

v2.3.1 (180) - 2020-01-27T14:36:47

This version adds a warning message about a recently-discovered bug. This bug can’t be fixed without breaking backward compatibility. It is already fixed in v3.0.0, and the best thing to do is upgrade to YMKit v3.x.x as soon as possible.

v3.0.0 (200) - 2020-01-24T21:40:56

via PR #53

  • [#37] Switched to the Swift Package format (#38)
  • Introduced key path-based operations on Sequence: sorting and mapping
  • [#35 et al.] String localization updates (#49)
  • Updated UIView’s Auto Layout Extensions
  • [#40] Removed deprecated code (#45)
  • [#34, #47] Updated documentation (#36, #52)
  • [#12, #39 et al.] Updated README (#50 et al.)

v2.3.0 (179) - 2019-12-10T23:10:16

via PR #33

  • Updated YMKitInfo
  • Updated YMStringRepresentable
  • Updated UITableView+Extensions
  • [#27] Added Data+Extensions tests (#32)
  • [#27] Added Date+Extensions tests (#32)
  • [#30] Added UIColor+Extensions tests (#31)
  • [#27] Updated String+Extensions tests (#32)
  • Updated documentation
  • Code formatting fix

The binary XCFramework file is attached.

v2.2.0 (170) - 2019-11-16T22:12:09

via PR #29

  • Refactored YMFormatter (#28)
  • Added constrainToSuperview(withInsets:) to UIView
  • Other updates
  • Added documentation with Jazzy
  • Added new unit tests
  • CI updates
  • Scheme updates

The binary XCFramework file is attached.

v2.1.0 (160) - 2019-10-16T17:45:44

via PR #21

  • Updated regular expression matching
  • Updated localization methods
  • Updated YMJSONDataCodable
  • [#16] Added unit tests (part 1) (#19)
  • [#17] Added a GitHub Actions workflow (#18)
  • Code improvements and fixes
  • Documentation updates
  • Updated build settings
  • Updated Travis CI configuration

The binary XCFramework file is attached.

v2.0.0 (150) - 2019-09-29T19:21:12

via PR #15

  • Added support for Swift Package Manager and binary XCFrameworks
  • Code improvements and updates
  • Documentation updates
  • Project organization updates

The binary XCFramework is attached.

v1.3.0 (120) - 2019-09-14T16:25:00

via PR #13

  • Introduced instantiate(withStoryboardID:fromStoryboardNamed:in), a new static UIViewController method for instantiating view controllers
  • Added remove(at:if:), a method for conditional removal of Array elements
  • Removed Array’s conformance to deprecated YMSafeSubscripting
  • Updated formatting of animate(_:withDuration:)
  • Replaced structs with enums for the purposes of namespacing
  • Updated documentation
  • Updated README
  • Updated the URL in LICENSE
  • Updated section marks
  • Switched to the proper semantic versioning scheme

v1.2 (110) - 2019-08-29T13:23:48

via PR #10

  • Introduced a new UIImageView initializer, init(withImageNamed:in:tinted:)
  • Deprecated UIImageView’s init(imageName:intWidth:intHeight:tintColor:) initializer
  • Introduced new properties on YMKit.AppInfo: bundleID and name
  • Introduced YMSafeSubscriptable, a conventionally named version of YMSafeSubscripting (which is now deprecated)
  • Added Array methods for conditional append and insertion of elements
  • Code styling update

v1.1 (101) - 2019-08-05T09:50:01

via PR #9

  • Introduced two new UIViewController methods, displayLocalizedAlert(titled:saying:cancelOptionLabel:cancelOptionAction:primaryOptionLabel:primaryOptionStyle:primaryOptionAction:) and displayLocalizedInfoAlert(titled:saying:triggering:), for displaying alerts with automatically localized labels
  • Added two new String methods, matchesRegularExpression(_:) and matchesRegularExpression(fromPattern:withOptions:), for matching strings against regular expressions
  • Added UITableView extensions for adjusting its header’s and footer’s height
  • Documentation updates
  • Updated Travis CI configuration to run checks with Xcode 11 and iOS 13

v1.0 - 2019-06-29T17:02:03

via PR #7

  • YMStringRepresentable
    • Added a new protocol, YMStringRepresentable, that enables easy access to string representations of properties
    • Int and Double now conform to YMStringRepresentable
    • Disabled YMErrorStringConvertible in favor of YMStringRepresentable
    • Removed excessive code
  • YMJSONDataCodable updates
    • Fixed an error in YMJSONDataEncodable that prevented automatic conformance resolving
    • Added a new throwing initializer to YMJSONDataDecodable, init(throwingJSONData:)
    • Updated YMJSONDataDecodable’s init(jsonData:) initializer
    • Added a new throwing method to YMJSONDataEncodable, getJSONData()
    • Added documentation to properties and methods in YMJSONDataDecodable and YMJSONDataEncodable
  • Easier Data / String conversion
    • Added the getString(using:) method for seamless conversion of Data values to String values
    • Added the utf8String and utf16String computed properties for even quicker access
  • New Date initializer and property
    • Added a Date initializer that accepts strings in the yyyy-MM-dd format
    • Added a ymdString computed property
    • Deprecated init(apiString:) and apiString
  • YMKit Meta
    • Added a new struct, DeviceInfo, for retrieving information about the device
    • Added a new struct, AppInfo, for retrieving information about the host application
    • Deprecated the old methods, appVersion and appBuild
    • Added code documentation to properties and methods in YMKit
  • Changed open to public in all access control statements
  • Removed deprecated code
  • Updated bundle identifier to dev.ym.kit
  • Minor code improvements
  • Updated Podspec

v0.17 - 2019-06-25T09:40:41

via PR #8

  • Updated deprecation statements

v0.16 - 2019-06-01T22:42:33

via PR #6

  • Added the stringValue computed properties to Int and Double
  • Introduced new Date initializers
  • Introduced new initializers for UIImageView
  • Updated documentation for UIColor extensions
  • Introduced the new protocol, YMJSONDataCodable, which consists of YMJSONDataDecodable and YMJSONDataEncodable
  • Project organization updates

v0.15.2 - 2019-05-26T13:15:57

  • Introduced YMErrorStringConvertible, a protocol for ensuring Error values have adequate string representations
  • Added init(withImageNamed:width:height:tintColor:), a new initializer for UIImageView
  • Added another UIImageView initializer that allows setting image dimensions as Int values

v0.14 - 2019-05-08T09:26:37

via PR #4

  • Inline code documentation updates
  • Added UIView.animate(_:withDuration:), a new way to animate changes to UI objects' properties, without the need of closures
  • Added applyingTransformChain(_:), a new way to apply a bunch of string transformations at once
  • Added YMKit.__DeviceInfo, an experimental struct for accessing the device and the operating system properties, such as model or version (this struct is EXPERIMENTAL; it may become unavailable without notice; don't use it in production code!)
  • Code improvements
  • Updated README

v0.13 - 2019-04-19T10:35:27

  • Introducing the new, more advanced and more customizable price formatting method, getPriceString(significantDigits:minSignificantDigits:maxSignificantDigits:fixedFractionDigits:minFractionDigits:maxFractionDigits:groupingSeparator:locale:currencyCode:currencySymbol:)
  • Added three new price formatting helper methods:
    1. getBasicPriceString(minFractionDigits:maxFractionDigits:locale:currencyCode:currencySymbol:)
    2. getPriceStringWithFixedFractionDigits(numberOfFractionDigits:locale:currencyCode:currencySymbol:)
    3. getPriceStringUsingSignificantDigits(min:max:locale:currencyCode:currencySymbol:)
  • Deprecated older price formatting methods
  • Configured inlining for certain methods

v0.12 - 2019-04-17T21:51:04

via PR #3

  • Added a new String computed variable suitableForComparison which returns a string suitable for comparison by performing certain optimizations
  • Improved the getPriceString(in:currencyCode:currencySymbol:fixedFractionDigits:maxSignificantDigits:) method
  • Other code updates
  • Enabled Travis CI checks
  • Updated README
All releases