Cards brings to XCode the card views you can see in the new iOS XI Appstore.
- Go to main.storyboard and add a blank UIView
- Open the Identity Inspector and type 'CardHighlight' the 'class' field
- Switch to the Attributes Inspector and configure it as you like.
- Drag a blank UIViewController and design its view as you like
- Move to the Identity inspector
- Type 'CardContent' in the StoryboardID field
// Aspect Ratio of 5:6 is preferred
let card = CardHighlight(frame: CGRect(x: 10, y: 30, width: 200 , height: 240))
card.backgroundColor = UIColor(red: 0, green: 94/255, blue: 112/255, alpha: 1)
card.icon = UIImage(named: "flappy")
card.title = "Welcome \nto \nCards !"
card.itemTitle = "Flappy Bird"
card.itemSubtitle = "Flap That !"
card.textColor = UIColor.white
let detailVC = storyboard?.instantiateViewController(withIdentifier: "CardContent")
// Or init a new one and programmatically design its view
card.detailView = detailVC?.view
view.addSubview(card)
- XCode 9.0 or newer
- Swift 4.0
use_frameworks!
pod 'Cards'
- Download the repo
- โC โV the 'Cards' folder in your project
- In your Project's Info go to 'Build Phases'
- Open 'Compile Sources' and add all the files in the folder
//Shadow settings
var shadowBlur: CGFloat
var shadowOpacity: Float
var shadowColor: UIColor
var backgroundImage: UIImage?
var backgroundColor: UIColor
var textColor: UIColor //Color used for the labels
var insets: CGFloat //Spacing between content and card borders
var cardRadius: CGFloat //Corner radius of the card
var icons: [UIImage]? //DataSource for CardGroupSliding
var blurEffect: UIBlurEffectStyle //Blur effect of CardGroup
let card = CardPlayer(frame: CGRect(x: 40, y: 50, width: 300 , height: 360))
card.textColor = UIColor.black
card.videoSource = URL(string: "http://clips.vorwaerts-gmbh.de/big_buck_bunny.mp4")
self.addChildViewController(card.player) /// IMPORTANT: Don't forget this
card.playerCover = UIImage(named: "mvBackground")! // Shows while the player is loading
card.playImage = UIImage(named: "CardPlayerPlayIcon")! // Play button icon
card.isAutoplayEnabled = true
card.shouldRestartVideoWhenPlaybackEnds = true
card.title = "Big Buck Bunny"
card.subtitle = "Inside the extraordinary world of Buck Bunny"
card.category = "today's movie"
view.addSubview(card)
let icons: [UIImage] = [
UIImage(named: "grBackground")!,
UIImage(named: "background")!,
UIImage(named: "flappy")!,
UIImage(named: "flBackground")!,
UIImage(named: "icon")!,
UIImage(named: "mvBackground")!
] // Data source for CardGroupSliding
let card = CardGroupSliding(frame: CGRect(x: 40, y: 50, width: 300 , height: 360))
card.textColor = UIColor.black
card.icons = icons
card.iconsSize = 60
card.iconsRadius = 30
card.title = "from the editors"
card.subtitle = "Welcome to XI Cards !"
view.addSubview(card)
- Patrick Piemonte - providing Player framework used in CardPlayer.swift
- Mac Bellingrath
Cards is released under the MIT License.