Get your Apple iOS (iPhone), iPadOS (iPad) and Mac Catalyst app Version and Build number programmatically.

Here is a small function that I have written that you can use in your iOS, iPadOS or macOS Catalyst app to get your app’s current version and build number and print it on screen whether will on the app’s about or support view.

Function: copy the below function in the Xcode project’s UIViewController Swift class file.

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Reset the Bluetooth module using the Terminal app on your Mac

Here is the simplest way to reset the Bluetooth module on your mac if you are facing any issues using your Bluetooth mouse (Magic Mouse) or Bluetooth keyboard (Magic Keyboard).

This command will reset Bluetooth on your mac then it will connect back to all Bluetooth devices again after the reset.

Step 01: Open the Terminal app from your Mac’s Applications > Utility folder.

Step 02: Now copy-paste the below command in the terminal to reset Bluetooth on your mac

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How to save your contact’s WhatsApp Profile Photo

A few years ago WhatsApp was allowing WhatsApp Mobile / iPhone / Android and Mac app used to save any contact’s profile photo by clicking on the action sheet button and then tapping save.

But then WhatsApp removed that button.

But somehow one trick works.

Assumption: We assume that you have connected WhatsApp iPhone & Mac apps. You have already added your WhatsApp mac app to your iPhone number by scanning a QR code.

Step 01: Choose any of your WhatsApp contacts.

Step 02: Click on their name or photo at the top header or navigation bar.

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Let’s learn how to use the ‘Meta Theme Color’ tag to colourise Apple Safari 15 user interface tailored for the website.

Apple Safari has started supporting theme-color Meta Tag from Safari 15 release.

Here is how to Implement theme-color meta tag in HTML.

You have to copy-paste theme-color meta tag in section of your website. It will look something like this:

<head>
<meta name="theme-color" content="#ff0000"/>
</head>

You can use the following code to implement theme color specific to system light mode or dark mode.

<meta name="theme-color" content="#ff0000" media="(prefers-color-scheme: light)">
<meta name="theme-color" content="#ff0000" media="(prefers-color-scheme: dark)">
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Here is how to locate downloaded Audio/Video Podcast app files on macOS. So that you can export or copy it to the new location on Macintosh HD.

You may have been listing to or watching a great podcast on Mac’s Podcast app, and you may want to export it and store it elsewhere on your Macintosh HD for safekeeping.

It seems Apple has disabled the functionality of dragging Podcast items to the desktop to store or export them elsewhere.

So here is how to do it in an alternative way.

Step 01: Click on Finder

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Let’s learn how to implement WKWebView in Your iOS, iPadOS and macOS Catalyst app

Before we jump into implementing WKWebView I would first introduce you to why you want to use it. WKWebView helps you when you want to load a webpage inside your app without throwing users to a third party browser outside of your app.

Let’s start coding,

Step 01: First Import WebKit

import WebKit

Step 02: Add ‘WKNavigationDelegate’ to your declaration of ViewController Class

WKNavigationDelegate

It will look something like this:

class ViewController: UIViewController, WKNavigationDelegate {
}

Step 03: Now create two variables for loading webView and one for button which will close webView

var webView: WKWebView!
var closeWebViewUIButton = UIButton(type: .system) as UIButton

Step 04: Now naviagte to your ViewDid Load method

override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
}

Step 05: Now in your ViewDidLoad method add the following code, Which will load WKWebView. You can change the URL as per your preference.

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How to fix and repair anything related to iCloud, App Store, Mac App Store if not at all working correctly on Apple iPhone, iPad and Mac with just one simple solution!

After using your Apple Mac, iPhone or iPad for more than 2 to 3 years upgrading the operating system multiple times you may realise after upgrading system some features like iCloud, Mac / App Store App Downloads and Updates, Keychain Sync, Safari Passwords Sync, Contacts Sync are not working across devices.

Precautions:

1. If you are on iPhone and iPad first backup your device using Mac. And also backup your iPhone and iPad photos using Apple Photos.

2. If you are on Mac backup your Mac using TimeMachine

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Choosing the right view between UILabel and UITextView to display text inside your iOS, iPadOS and macOS Catalyst App

The dilemma of choosing between UILabel and UITextView starts when you want to display text in your Apple iOS, iPadOS or macOS Catalyst App.

I have even gone through this process of choosing UILabel or UITextView to display text on my app.

So I have made a small numbered list to help you out to choose the right option…

Choose UILable to display text:

  1. If the text word count is small in number
  2. If Top Aligning text to the top border is not the requirement
  3. UILable is not tappable or interactive or selectable to the user’s input
  4. if you want to automatically adjust the font size and fit text to the UILabel bounding box layout

Here is Sample Code for UILabel:

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When using UINavigationController in your iOS, iPadOS and macOS app sometimes you need to show/hide the navigation bar on a particular view and here is how to do it without disturbing the navigation bar hierarchy in your Main.storyboard file.

Sometimes you want to hide Navigation Bar from a particular view without manually deleting it from Main.storyboard,

So here I have documented how to do it programmatically instead.

Step 01: Copy the following code to your ViewController’s Swift file’s ‘viewWillAppear’ method for which view you want to hide Navigation Bar on its load on your iPhone, iPad or Mac’s (Catalyst) app screen.

override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
super.viewWillAppear(true)
self.navigationController?.setNavigationBarHidden(true, animated: true)
}
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