Protocol Conformance vs. Mapping Functions — Data transformation, a common task for iOS engineers, arises in various forms throughout one’s career. Whether it’s translating an API response into a model object or adapting a model object for display purposes, the process of conversion is inevitable. Yet, amidst this array of scenarios, how do you determine the…

Originally published at blog.malcolmk.com. In this article, I will be discussing why I believe that Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile (KMM) is the future of cross-platform development from the viewpoint of an iOS Engineer. This is a highly opinionated piece and I am very aware that some might have opposing opinions hence…

Originally published at https://blog.malcolmk.com. In this post, I’ll share the tools, architecture, and resources I’m currently using to develop. A little about me: I’m an iOS engineer in Cape Town, South Africa 🏝👋🏾. I have been developing iOS applications for over 5 years now in FinTech and E-commerce. …

SwiftMatters blog saw this article first! Subscribe to my blog to receive my articles as they are published. Welcome to the Swift Network Layer Series! 👋🏾 In this series, we will be covering how we can code our own declarative protocol-orientated networking layer using our beloved Swift. Knowing how to communicate with a server and present the response…

A bit late into the new year but let’s get to it… Firstly I would like to wish everyone a Happy and Blessed New year! Don’t take it for granted that we made it into 2019. …

I will be starting a series of short posts where I share a small snippet of code. These will be short reads and focus on one main idea. In the first post of this series, we will look at loading images in our application more efficiently by making use of…

Navigation is one of, if not, the most important aspect of any application. Choosing how users will navigate through the different screens plays a vital role in your applications success. With the dawn of the AppStore it was very clear what was the most favoured means of navigation. Hamburger menus…

Firstly I would like to express my gratitude to everyone who clapped, commented on my previous post Writing a Network Layer in Swift: Protocol-Oriented Approach 😁👏🏾. After some feedback in the comments and more research, I thought it would be beneficial to address the suggested improvements in this post. We…

Moya is a Swift Network Abstraction Library. It provides us with an abstraction to make network calls without directly communicating with Alamofire. With this tutorial we will learn how to get started with the framework, discover some tips & tricks and learn all basics from code examples. Why Moya? Let’s firstly discuss…