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Build a framework on the command line to gain an understanding of build errors and Swift and Objective-C interoperability.

The switch statement is an indubitable strength of the Swift language. Behind the switch statement is Swift’s pattern-matching, which makes for more readable, safer code. It is possible to take the switch’s pattern-matching readability and power and apply it elsewhere in your code.

Take a deep dive into the internals of iOS frameworks and learn how to best use (and not use) frameworks for cleaner, faster code and debugging.

Develop more intuitive and creative tvOS apps by adding animation and custom focus behaviors. This tutorial walks you through controlling focus between a split view controller and animating the custom collection view layout from part 1.

The tvOS focus engine and collection views can bring a robust and interactive control to the television screen, but to design any layout that is non-linear, you will need to create a custom layout. In this post, we’ll create a custom control for a tvOS app to show how to create a custom layout in the shape of a circle.