Strengthening our AI knowledge on mobile apps
In today's digital age, mobile applications have become an integral part of our daily lives. From ordering food to managing finances, there seems to be an app for every need. Behind the scenes, these apps are powered by a technology that has revolutionize...
How to use SwiftUI in a UIKit app
SwiftUI was initially announced 4 years ago, and last year Apple said clearly that the best way to build an app is with Swift and SwiftUI. However, some of us are still working on codebases that were started in UIKit more than 4-5 years ago and that is po...
Empowering Mobile Applications through Blockchain: Our Journey, Part 2
Welcome back to our blog series on blockchain technology! In our previous post, we explored the fundamentals of blockchain and its potential impact on various industries. If you haven't read it yet, you can find it here. Today, we're excited to delve deep...
Empowering Mobile Applications through Blockchain: Our Journey, Part 1
Introduction In a world that is rapidly digitalizing, the need for a secure, transparent, and decentralized mode of operations is ever-increasing. Enter the realm of Blockchain, a groundbreaking technology that has revolutionized industries across the glo...
Team Rakshak's experience taking part in MonstarHacks 2023
Participating in MonstarHacks, Monstarlab's yearly internal hackathon, for the first time was an experience outside our everyday project routine. Below, we share our experience and provide insight into the product we aimed to create. Why was this challeng...
An Introduction to WeatherKit and Alternative Weather Service APIs for iOS Developers
Nowadays weather APIs are used in a wide range of applications from travel sites that help people plan their daily outdoor activities to distribution logistics where severe weather warnings can help companies plan for supply problems. Many mobile develope...
How to set up Firebase dSYM upload for an iOS project with multiple environments (Xcode 14)
If you ever used Firebase Crashlytics for an iOS app's crash reports, chances are you also encountered the “missing dSYM files” warning in the Firebase console. The crash reports are basically useless without these files. The Firebase Crashlytics document...
Automating tasks with SPM plugins
Swift Package Manager plugins are a great way of automating tasks, like, enforcing code conventions and style. In this tutorial we're going to learn what are package plugins and implement 2 plugins; one that outputs code statistics and another that genera...
How to implement realtime updates with Live Activities
Live Activities were introduced in iOS 16.1 as a way to display up-to-date information on the iPhone Lock screen and in the Dynamic Island. In this article, we're going to explore the Live Activity API by implementing a fake Delivery App where the user wi...
iOS Accessibility Support Within SwiftUI
Accessibility in our iOS applications is something we should all strive for. To be inclusive and have our applications available to all is a massive goal for us at Monstarlab in every project we undertake. To accommodate to each user, whatever their needs...
