SwifterSwift is a collection of over 500 native Swift extensions, with handy methods, syntactic sugar, and performance improvements for wide range of primitive data types, UIKit and Cocoa classes –over 500 in 1– for iOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS and Linux.
Whats New in v5.3?
Requirements
- iOS 10.0+ / tvOS 9.0+ / watchOS 2.0+ / macOS 10.10+ / Ubuntu 14.04+
- Swift 5.0+
Looking to use SwifterSwift for older versions of Swift
SwifterSwift is Swift v5.0+ compatible starting from v5
- To use with Swift 3 / Xcode 8.x please ensure you are using
v3.1.1
. - To use with Swift 3.2 / Xcode 9.x please ensure you are using
v3.2.0
.
Installation
CocoaPods
To integrate SwifterSwift into your Xcode project using CocoaPods, specify it in your Podfile
:
- Integrate All extensions (recommended):
pod 'SwifterSwift'
- Integrate SwiftStdlib extensions only:
pod 'SwifterSwift/SwiftStdlib'
- Integrate Foundation extensions only:
pod 'SwifterSwift/Foundation'
- Integrate UIKit extensions only:
pod 'SwifterSwift/UIKit'
- Integrate AppKit extensions only:
pod 'SwifterSwift/AppKit'
- Integrate MapKit extensions only:
pod 'SwifterSwift/MapKit'
- Integrate CoreGraphics extensions only:
pod 'SwifterSwift/CoreGraphics'
- Integrate CoreLocation extensions only:
pod 'SwifterSwift/CoreLocation'
- Integrate CryptoKit extensions only:
pod 'SwifterSwift/CryptoKit'
- Integrate SpriteKit extensions only:
pod 'SwifterSwift/SpriteKit'
- Integrate SceneKit extensions only:
pod 'SwifterSwift/SceneKit'
- Integrate StoreKit extensions only:
pod 'SwifterSwift/StoreKit'
- Integrate Dispatch extensions only:
pod 'SwifterSwift/Dispatch'
- Integrate WebKit extensions only:
pod 'SwifterSwift/WebKit'
- Integrate HealthKit extensions only:
pod 'SwifterSwift/HealthKit'
Carthage
To integrate SwifterSwift into your Xcode project using Carthage, specify it in your Cartfile
:
github "SwifterSwift/SwifterSwift" ~> 5.3
Swift Package Manager
You can use The Swift Package Manager to install SwifterSwift
by adding the proper description to your Package.swift
file:
import PackageDescription
let package = Package(
name: "YOUR_PROJECT_NAME",
targets: [],
dependencies: [
.package(url: "https://github.com/SwifterSwift/SwifterSwift.git", from: "5.3.0")
]
)
Next, add SwifterSwift
to your targets dependencies like so:
.target(
name: "YOUR_TARGET_NAME",
dependencies: [
"SwifterSwift",
]
),
Then run swift package update
.
Note that the Swift Package Manager doesn't support building for iOS/tvOS/macOS/watchOS apps – see Accio in the next section for that.
Accio
Accio is a dependency manager based on SwiftPM which can build frameworks for iOS/macOS/tvOS/watchOS. Therefore the integration steps are exactly the same as described above. Once your Package.swift
file is configured, you need to run accio update
instead of swift package update
though.
Manually
Add the SwifterSwift folder to your Xcode project to use all extensions, or a specific extension.
For your test targets you can also add the XCTest folder.
List of All Extensions
SwiftStdlib Extensions
Array extensions
BidirectionalCollection extensions
BinaryFloatingPoint extensions
Bool extensions
Character extensions
Collection extensions
Comparable extensions
DecodableExtensions extensions
DefaultStringInterpolationExtensions extensions
Dictionary extensions
Double extensions
Float extensions
FloatingPoint extensions
Int extensions
Optional extensions
RangeReplaceableCollection extensions
Sequence extensions
SignedInteger extensions
SignedNumeric extensions
String extensions
StringProtocol extensions
Foundation Extensions
UIKit Extensions
UIActivity extensions
UIAlertController extensions
UIApplication extensions
UIBarButtonItem extensions
UIButton extensions
UICollectionView extensions
UIColor extensions
UIDatePicker extensions
UIEdgeInsets extensions
UIFont extensions
UIGestureRecognizer extensions
UIImage extensions
UIImageView extensions
UILabel extensions
UILayoutPriority extensions
UINavigationBar extensions
UINavigationController extensions
UINavigationItem extensions
UIRefreshControl extensions
UIScrollView extensions
UISearchBar extensions
UISegmentedControl extensions
UISlider extensions
UIStackView extensions
UIStoryboard extensions
UISwitch extensions
UITabBar extensions
UITableView extensions
UITextField extensions
UITextView extensions
UIViewController extensions
UIView extensions
UIWindow extensions
CoreGraphics Extensions
SceneKit Extensions
How cool is this?
SwifterSwift is a library of over 500 properties and methods, designed to extend Swift's functionality and productivity, staying faithful to the original Swift API design guidelines.
Check Examples.playground from the project for some cool examples!
Documentation
Documentation for all extensions, with examples, is available at swifterswift.com/docs
Get involved
We want your feedback. Please refer to contributing guidelines before participating.
It is always nice to talk with other people using SwifterSwift and exchange experiences, so come join our Slack channel.
Thanks
Special thanks to:
- Steven Deutsch, Luciano Almeida and Guy Kogus for their latest contributions to extensions, docs and tests.
- Paweł Urbanek for adding tvOS, watchOS, and macOS initial support and helping with extensions.
- Mert Akengin and Bashar Ghadanfar for designing project website and logo.
- Abdul Rahman Dabbour for helping document the project.
- Many thanks to all other contributors of this project.
License
SwifterSwift is released under the MIT license. See LICENSE for more information.