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cprovatas / gist:8d4dafaa13da058da32b0f68f625b424
Created October 19, 2017 17:49
Solution to eliminate boilerplate code when Implementing Equatable for Associated Value Enums
import UIKit
protocol AutoEquatableEnum {
static func == (lhs: Self, rhs: Self) -> Bool
}
extension AutoEquatableEnum {
static func == (lhs: Self, rhs: Self) -> Bool {
return lhs.data == rhs.data
}
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cprovatas / BlockBasedSelector.h
Last active June 1, 2023 01:34
Block-Based Selectors in Swift
//
// BlockBasedSelector.h
//
// Created by Charlton Provatas on 11/2/17.
// Copyright © 2017 CharltonProvatas. All rights reserved.
//
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
@interface BlockBasedSelector : NSObject
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cprovatas / gist:6acef442fc43123bcd5d5e937dc7951a
Created January 6, 2018 21:57
Monitor Mouse Event for any arbitrary application on macOS in Swift
let callback: CGEventTapCallBack = { (tapProxy, eventType, event, refcon) -> Unmanaged<CGEvent>? in
debugPrint("we are monitoring the mouse event here")
return nil
}
let eventMask = (1 << CGEventType.leftMouseDown.rawValue) | (1 << CGEventType.leftMouseUp.rawValue)
let machPort = CGEvent.tapCreateForPid(pid: 40529, place: .tailAppendEventTap, options: .defaultTap, eventsOfInterest: CGEventMask(eventMask), callback: callback, userInfo: nil)!
let runLoopSource = CFMachPortCreateRunLoopSource(kCFAllocatorDefault, machPort, 0)
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cprovatas / ActivateFileNavigatorSearch.applescript
Last active January 15, 2018 13:26
Make file navigator search bar active in Xcode 7,8,9
on is_running(appName)
tell application "System Events" to (name of processes) contains appName
end is_running
tell application "Xcode" to activate
if is_running("Xcode") then
tell application "System Events"
tell application "Xcode"
if (count of windows) < 1 then
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cprovatas / TopLevelCollection.swift
Created January 19, 2018 23:05
Auto-implement class/struct as envelope for top level arrays in JSON by implementing this simple protocol
protocol TopLevelCollection: Codable {
associatedtype ElementType: Codable
var elements: [ElementType] { get set }
init(elements: [ElementType])
}
extension TopLevelCollection {
public init(from decoder: Decoder) throws {
var container = try decoder.unkeyedContainer()
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cprovatas / RoundedSecond.swift
Created February 21, 2018 19:06
Round Date to Second
extension Date {
var roundedToSecond: Date {
let date = self
let diff = 1000000000 - Calendar.current.component(.nanosecond, from: date)
return Calendar.current.date(byAdding: .nanosecond, value: diff, to: date)!
}
}
/// USAGE:
let roundedDate = Date().roundedToSecond /// zero nanoseconds
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cprovatas / Trim.swift
Created March 8, 2018 16:40
trim null values out of a dictionary in Swift 4
//Uses only O(n) complexity.
extension Dictionary where Key == String, Value == Any? {
var trimmingNullValues: [String: Any] {
var copy = self
forEach { (key, value) in
if value == nil {
copy.removeValue(forKey: key)
}
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cprovatas / Throttle.swift
Last active April 9, 2018 19:46
Throttle , similar to RxSwift's throttle but can be used on any arbitrary block
/// throttle a procedure for the given time interval, operation identifer is used to uniquely identify operation to prevent from firing multiple times
private var throttledOperations: Set<String> = []
func dispatchThrottle(_ interval: TimeInterval, operationIdentifier: String, queue: DispatchQueue = .main, _ closure: @escaping () -> Void) {
guard !throttledOperations.contains(operationIdentifier) else { return }
throttledOperations.insert(operationIdentifier)
closure()
queue.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + interval) {
throttledOperations.remove(operationIdentifier)
}
}
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cprovatas / Data+PrettyPrint.swift
Created May 23, 2018 15:52
Pretty print JSON string from Data in Swift 4.1 (especially useful printing to Xcode console)
import Foundation
extension Data {
var prettyPrintedJSONString: NSString? { /// NSString gives us a nice sanitized debugDescription
guard let object = try? JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: self, options: []),
let data = try? JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: object, options: [.prettyPrinted]),
let prettyPrintedString = NSString(data: data, encoding: String.Encoding.utf8.rawValue) else { return nil }
return prettyPrintedString
}
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cprovatas / CGImage+Utilities.swift
Last active July 6, 2018 23:00
Determine if a CGImage is completely white
import UIKit
extension CGImage {
var isBlank: Bool {
guard let data = dataProvider?.data, let buffer = CFDataGetBytePtr(data) else { return false }
let length = CFDataGetLength(data)
var i = 0
while i < length {
if buffer[i] < 255, buffer[i + 1] < 255, buffer[i + 2] < 255 {
return false