iOS

Introduction I always wanted an iOS app that would allow me to economize my time by converting speech to text. I know this option is built into the keyboard, but you first need to click the text field, then tap on the microphone, and finally speak. I wanted a one-click option with the possibility to integrate it into all my daily routines. Here is what I discovered: First Step The first step is to request authorization to access the device’s microphone using the Privacy - Speech Recognition Usage Description key and the Privacy - Microphone Usage Description key....

Introduction I previously never had a chance to work with GraphQL. I was excited to learn when to apply this technology, what tools I can use, and how I can implement it. Here’s what I found: For testing, I used the Star Wars GraphQL API with AllFilmsQuery: query AllFilmsQuery { allFilms { films { title director created producers releaseDate } } } I requested allFilms with title, director, created, producers, and releaseDate information....

Introduction I was curious about how to add Dynamic Island and implement it into a Video Streaming App. Here are a few steps on how you can achieve this. Caveats Debugging Dynamic Island can be a bit tricky; it only works when the main app is running. If you try to run it separately, you will encounter the error SendProcessControlEvent:toPid: encountered an error: Error Domain=com.apple.dt.deviceprocesscontrolservice Code=8 "Failed to show Widget". The solution is to configure live activities and run them through the main app....

Introduction I was exploring the idea of creating a YouTube-like widget for the lock screen on iOS devices. It wasn’t easy because most articles on the Internet discussed general implementations, such as for a coffee shop or a to-do list. Even when I found some similar versions, the project wouldn’t compile. I made the decision to approach it my way, so here’s what I found out: Caveats After being stuck for two or more hours without understanding why, after tapping on a button, I wasn't able to receive a callback from it and the widget always opened the main iOS app, I realized that I forgot to add AppIntent - without it, you can’t handle actions for iOS 17....

Introduction I was looking for a way to add a video player to my iOS app that could be able to play remote videos. Caveats Problem I found that you can’t open Vimeo or Youtube videos because of AVFoundationErrorDomain Code=-11850 "Operation Stopped" UserInfo={NSLocalizedFailureReason=The server is not correctly configured Domain=NSOSStatusErrorDomain Code=-12939 error. I don’t know exactly what this means, but I’m speculating it’s related to some protection. Solution My solution was to find another video that is not related to those platforms....