Swift
Swift is a general-purpose, open-source programming language developed by Apple Inc. for their platforms and Linux. Use the tag only for questions about language features, or requiring code in Swift. Use the tags [ios], [osx], [watch-os], [tvos], [cocoa-touch], and [cocoa] for (language-agnostic) questions about the platforms or frameworks.
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Why create "Implicitly Unwrapped Optionals", since that implies you know there's a value?
Why would you create a "Implicitly Unwrapped Optional" vs creating just a regular variable or constant? If you
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Swift: print() vs println() vs NSLog()
What's the difference between print, NSLog and println and when should I use each? For example, in Pytho
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How to add constraints programmatically using Swift
I'm trying to figure this out since last week without going any step further. Ok, so I need to apply some
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Any way to replace characters on Swift String?
I am looking for a way to replace characters in a Swift String. Example: "This is my string" I would like to
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Why Choose Struct Over Class?
Playing around with Swift, coming from a Java background, why would you want to choose a Struct instead of a C
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How would I create a UIAlertView in Swift?
I have been working to create a UIAlertView in Swift, but for some reason I can't get the statement right
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How to check if an element is in an array
In Swift, how can I check if an element exists in an array? Xcode does not have any suggestions for contain, i
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What does an exclamation mark mean in the Swift language?
The Swift Programming Language guide has the following example: class Person { let name: String init
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Why are emoji characters like ???? treated so strangely in Swift strings?
The character ???? (family with two women, one girl, and one boy) is encoded as such: U+1F469 WOMAN,
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How to enumerate an enum with String type?
enum Suit: String { case spades = "♠" case hearts = "♥" case diamonds = "♦" case clubs =
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How do I check if a string contains another string in Swift?
In Objective-C the code to check for a substring in an NSString is: NSString *string = @"hello Swift"; NSRan
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Swift how to sort array of custom objects by property value
lets say we have a custom class named imageFile and this class contains two properties. class imageFile {
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UIScrollView Scrollable Content Size Ambiguity
Fellow devs, I am having trouble with AutoLayout in Interface Builder (Xcode 5 / iOS 7). It's very basic
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dispatch_after - GCD in Swift?
I've gone through the iBook from Apple, and couldn't find any definition of it: Can someone explain
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How can I make a weak protocol reference in 'pure' Swift (without @objc)
weak references don't seem to work in Swift unless a protocol is declared as @objc, which I don't wa
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Using a dispatch_once singleton model in Swift
I'm trying to work out an appropriate singleton model for usage in Swift. So far, I've been able to
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Convert Int to String in Swift
I'm trying to work out how to cast an Int into a String in Swift. I figure out a workaround, using NSNum
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UITextField text change event
How can I detect any text changes in a textField? The delegate method shouldChangeCharactersInRange works for
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iOS app with framework crashed on device, dyld: Library not loaded, Xcode 6 Beta
This crash has been a blocking issue I used the following steps to reproduce the issue: Create a Cocoa Touch
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Do Swift-based applications work on OS X 10.9/iOS 7 and lower?
Will Swift-based applications work on OS X 10.9 (Mavericks)/iOS 7 and lower? For example, I have a machine ru
