Blackboard: An iOS Storyboard and Asset Manager

Purpose

Blackboard is an iOS Storyboard, Localization and Asset Manager written in Swift.

Requirements

• iOS 13.0+
• Xcode 11.0+
• Swift 5.1+

Installation

• Mint
• SwiftLint
• CocoaPods
• Manually

Configuration

• Command Line
• Configuration File

Usage

The DeclarativeApp project uses Blackboard using SwiftUI.

The ExampleApp project uses Blackboard using UIKit. The StandardApp project is the same as the ExampleApp project, except that it does not use Blackboard. You compare these to see the difference between using and not using Blackboard.

• Asset Usage
  • CoreGraphics
    • CGColor
  • SwiftUI
    • Color
    • Image
  • UIKit
    • NSDataAsset
    • UIColor
    • UIImage
• Symbols
  • SwiftUI
    • Image
  • UIKit
    • UIImage
  • SF Symbols App
    • Collection
• Storyboard Usage
  • Cells
    • Dequeue Collection View Cell
    • Dequeue Table View Cell
  • Controllers
    • Instantiate Navigation Controller
    • Instantiate View Controller
  • Segues
    • Perform Segue
    • Prepare Segue
    • Should Perform Segue
• Localization
  • Localizable
  • L Convenience

Storyboard Resources Validation

Blackboard will also verify that the resources referenced in each processed storyboard exist. When a storyboard is referencing a color or image that is no longer available, one of the two following warning messages will be generate:

Missing Named Color

Missing Named Image

Nib Resources Validation

Additionally, Blackboard will also verify that the resources referenced in nib files exist. When a nib is referencing a color or image that is no longer available, one of the two following warning messages will be generate:

Missing Named Color

Missing Named Image

San Francisco Symbol

• Symbol Availability

Authors

• Nathan E. Walczak, knate@knate.com
• Jon Shier, jon@jonshier.com

License

Blackboard is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.