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Convert a Figma Prototype to a Working iOS App With AI: a reflective 3D App Store icon on a blue and purple gradient
Guides 8 min read

Convert a Figma Prototype to a Working iOS App With AI

A Figma prototype is visuals, not an app, and AI reads it as web. Here is how the Figma-to-iOS paths really compare, and the cleanest way to get native code.

Lawrence Arya · June 8, 2026
Build an Iron Dome-Style Critical Alert App in SwiftUI: the App Store logo as a frosted glass icon on a pink and blue gradient with bubbles
Guides 7 min read

Build an Iron Dome-Style Critical Alert App in SwiftUI

An Iron Dome-style alert app is a critical public-safety UI. Here is how to build the full-screen alert, the take-cover countdown, and the region map in SwiftUI.

Lawrence Arya · June 8, 2026
Build a Pet Vaccination Record PDF Generator on iOS: the App Store logo on a glass tile over a blue gradient with bubbles
Guides 9 min read

Build a Pet Vaccination Record PDF Generator on iOS

Generate a real, paginated PDF of a pet's vaccination records, not a screenshot. Here is how to build the record PDF generator UI on iOS with PDFKit.

Lawrence Arya · June 8, 2026
Build a Sideloading iOS App Install Animation in SwiftUI: a glass iPhone UI wireframe icon on a holographic purple gradient
Guides 8 min read

Build a Sideloading iOS App Install Animation in SwiftUI

In the EU, an alt-marketplace install is a real, system-gated flow. Here is how to build the sideloading install animation in SwiftUI, honestly.

Lawrence Arya · June 8, 2026
Build a Smooth, Scrolling Social Media Feed in SwiftUI: a glass iPhone UI wireframe icon on a holographic purple gradient
Guides 6 min read

Build a Smooth, Scrolling Social Media Feed in SwiftUI

A social media feed in SwiftUI is a scrolling list of post cards. Here is how to build it so it stays smooth with images, likes, and infinite scroll.

Lawrence Arya · June 8, 2026
Build a Sora-Style AI Video Progress Bar in SwiftUI: a glass photo icon surrounded by chat, music, heart, camera and shopping app icons on a pastel gradient
Guides 9 min read

Build a Sora-Style AI Video Progress Bar in SwiftUI

AI video generation is slow and server-side, so honest progress beats a fake percentage. Here is how to build the Sora-style progress UI in SwiftUI.

Lawrence Arya · June 8, 2026
Build a Spatial Video Recording Camera UI in SwiftUI: the App Store logo as a frosted glass icon on a pink and blue gradient with bubbles
Guides 6 min read

Build a Spatial Video Recording Camera UI in SwiftUI

Spatial video is stereoscopic 3D recorded on iPhone Pro and Vision Pro. Here is how to build the spatial video recording camera UI in SwiftUI with capture guidance.

Lawrence Arya · June 8, 2026
Build a Starlink Dish Alignment Compass UI in SwiftUI: a glossy App Store icon on a blue, pink and orange gradient with bubbles
Guides 6 min read

Build a Starlink Dish Alignment Compass UI in SwiftUI

A dish alignment compass aims an antenna using the phone's heading and tilt. Here is how to build the Starlink dish alignment compass UI in SwiftUI with two sensors.

Lawrence Arya · June 8, 2026
Use Apple Intelligence On-Device Models in SwiftUI: a reflective 3D App Store icon on a blue and purple gradient
Guides 6 min read

Use Apple Intelligence On-Device Models in SwiftUI

Apple Intelligence lets a SwiftUI app call an on-device model with the Foundation Models framework. Here is a working example, with the honest limits included.

Lawrence Arya · June 8, 2026
Build a Custom Keyboard Extension Template in SwiftUI: a glass app tile showing the VP0 logo on a pink and blue gradient
Guides 7 min read

Build a Custom Keyboard Extension Template in SwiftUI

A custom keyboard is an app extension with real constraints. Here is how to build a custom keyboard extension in SwiftUI, from the key layout to Full Access.

Lawrence Arya · June 8, 2026
macOS Catalyst App Template: Catalyst or Native?: a glass photo icon surrounded by chat, music, heart, camera and shopping app icons on a pastel gradient
Guides 8 min read

macOS Catalyst App Template: Catalyst or Native?

Catalyst, native macOS, or Designed for iPad: the choice is effort versus Mac feel. Here is how to decide and build a Mac-native Catalyst app template.

Lawrence Arya · June 8, 2026
Build a SwiftUI Photo Gallery Grid with Pinch to Zoom: a glass iPhone app-grid icon on a mint and teal gradient
Guides 6 min read

Build a SwiftUI Photo Gallery Grid with Pinch to Zoom

A SwiftUI photo gallery has two pinch gestures: pinch the grid to change density, pinch a photo to zoom. Here is how to build both with LazyVGrid and bounded zoom.

Lawrence Arya · June 8, 2026
Build a TikTok-Style Vertical Video Pager in SwiftUI: a glowing iPhone home-screen icon on a purple and blue gradient
Guides 8 min read

Build a TikTok-Style Vertical Video Pager in SwiftUI

A TikTok pager's hard part is player management, not the swipe. Here is how to build the vertical video pager in SwiftUI without overlapping audio or lag.

Lawrence Arya · June 8, 2026
What a tvOS Sports Scoreboard App UI Kit Needs: a phone toggle icon surrounded by location, calendar, settings, wallet and chart app icons on a coral gradient
Guides 8 min read

What a tvOS Sports Scoreboard App UI Kit Needs

Apple TV has no touch, so the focus engine and a 10-foot view change everything. Here is what a tvOS sports scoreboard UI kit needs, and where to get one.

Lawrence Arya · June 8, 2026
Build a visionOS-Style Window and Drag Bar on iOS: a glass iPhone UI wireframe icon on a holographic purple gradient
Guides 8 min read

Build a visionOS-Style Window and Drag Bar on iOS

On visionOS the window drag bar is system chrome you do not draw. Here is how to replicate the visionOS window look on iOS, and what is actually real.

Lawrence Arya · June 8, 2026
Build a WHOOP-Style Recovery Score Dial in SwiftUI: a reflective 3D App Store icon on a blue and purple gradient
Guides 9 min read

Build a WHOOP-Style Recovery Score Dial in SwiftUI

A WHOOP-style recovery dial is a circular gauge, but the score behind it is a derived metric. Here is how to build the recovery score radial dial in SwiftUI.

Lawrence Arya · June 8, 2026
Apple External Purchase Link Modal UI in SwiftUI: The Build: a reflective 3D App Store icon on a blue and purple gradient
Guides 6 min read

Apple External Purchase Link Modal UI in SwiftUI: The Build

The link-out door is open but regional: eligibility-gated ExternalPurchaseLink, a trust-handoff modal with visible domain and price, and both paths shipped forever.

Lawrence Arya · June 7, 2026
Apple HealthKit Intermittent Fasting Timer Ring in SwiftUI: a phone toggle icon surrounded by location, calendar, settings, wallet and chart app icons on a coral gradient
Guides 6 min read

Apple HealthKit Intermittent Fasting Timer Ring in SwiftUI

A date-anchored ring that times the window honestly: TimelineView and trimmed circles, HealthKit correlation without a fasting type, and guardrails as features.

Lawrence Arya · June 7, 2026
Apple Intelligence Siri Overlay Clone in SwiftUI: the App Store logo as a frosted glass icon on a pink and blue gradient with bubbles
Guides 5 min read

Apple Intelligence Siri Overlay Clone in SwiftUI

The system overlay has no API, but the grammar is buildable: layered gradient strokes, a layerEffect shader for the fluid motion, and a glow that tells the truth.

Lawrence Arya · June 7, 2026
Cursor AI for Native SwiftUI: A Mobile Tutorial: a glowing iPhone home-screen icon on a purple and blue gradient
Guides 5 min read

Cursor AI for Native SwiftUI: A Mobile Tutorial

Cursor writes, Xcode builds. The honest SwiftUI workflow keeps each tool in its lane and treats the green Xcode build as proof, not the AI's confidence.

Lawrence Arya · June 7, 2026
Floating Keyboard Avoidance UI on iPad: The Honest Fix: the App Store logo on a glass tile over a blue gradient with bubbles
Guides 6 min read

Floating Keyboard Avoidance UI on iPad: The Honest Fix

The iPad has four keyboards and three break height math. UIKeyboardLayoutGuide, scroll-to-reveal, and when the right avoidance is none at all.

Lawrence Arya · June 7, 2026
FlutterFlow Custom Action to SwiftUI Export: The Honest Answer: a glass photo icon surrounded by chat, music, heart, camera and shopping app icons on a pastel gradient
Guides 6 min read

FlutterFlow Custom Action to SwiftUI Export: The Honest Answer

FlutterFlow builds Flutter and exports Dart, not SwiftUI. Wanting SwiftUI is a stack decision with three honest paths, not an export button that does not exist.

Lawrence Arya · June 7, 2026
Golf GPS Rangefinder Map UI in SwiftUI: The Real Build: the App Store logo on a glass tile over a blue gradient with bubbles
Guides 5 min read

Golf GPS Rangefinder Map UI in SwiftUI: The Real Build

Three numbers in sunlight-grade type, course data as the moat, and a competition mode the rules actually require: the golf GPS app golfers keep.

Lawrence Arya · June 7, 2026
Google Sign-In Button in SwiftUI: Code and the Contracts: a reflective 3D App Store icon on a blue and purple gradient
Guides 5 min read

Google Sign-In Button in SwiftUI: Code and the Contracts

The branding rules, the Apple 4.8 sibling requirement, and the ID-token verification that makes it real: the Google button without the rejection.

Lawrence Arya · June 7, 2026