Usable utility methods, categories, macros and helpers to speed up your iOS development.
- Modified appName capitalisation.
Just add pod ‘BTUtils’ to your Podfile or drag class files into your project.
BTUtils fully supports ARC.
iOS 5+
RGB(r, g, b)
UIColor on-liner for native colorWithRed method without alpha.
RGBA(r, g, b, a)
UIColor on-liner for native colorWithRed method with alpha.
SYSTEM_VERSION_GREATER_OR_EQUAL_TO(v)
Checks if system version is greater than or equal to specific string version.
RADIANS_TO_DEGREES(radians)
Converts radians to degrees.
DEGREES_TO_RADIANS(angle)
Converts degrees to radians.
IS_NOT_NULL(dictionary, key)
Checks if given key exists in given dict.
IS_ARRAY(array)
Checks if given array is array.
IS_DICTIONARY(dict)
Checks if given dictionary is dictionary.
IS_EMPTY(string)
Checks if given string is nil or zero length.
BSLog(format, …)
Drop-in replacement for standard NSLog with much nicer console output.
+ (NSString *)OSVersion;
Returns the current version of the operating system.
+ (NSString *)appVersion;
Returns app version string using key 'CFBundleShortVersionString'.
+ (NSString *)appBuild;
Returns app build string using key 'CFBundleVersion'.
+ (NSString *)appName;
Returns app name string using key 'CFBundleDisplayName'.
+ (NSString *)deviceModel;
Returns device model.
+ (CGSize)screenSize;
Returns screen size.
+ (UIInterfaceOrientation)orientation;
Returns interface orienation.
+ (BOOL)isPad;
Returns YES when UIUserInterfaceIdiom is Pad.
+ (BOOL)isPhone;
Returns YES when UIUserInterfaceIdiom is Phone.
+ (PhoneScreenSize)phoneScreenSize;
Returns iPhone screen size.
+ (BOOL)isPhone4Inch; -deprecated
Returns YES if device is phone and 4inch (a.k.a. iPhone 5/5s/5c).
+ (BOOL)isRetina;
Returns YES if device screen has retina resolution.
+ (NSString *)CFUUID;
Returns the string representation of a specified CFUUID object.
+ (void)showNetworkLoader:(BOOL)show;
Toggles network activity indicator.
+ (NSString *)resourcePath:(NSString *)name;
Returns resource path for selected file name.
+ (NSString *)appStoreLinkForAppId:(NSString *)appId;
Returns App Store link for selected appId.
+ (NSString *)urlEncodedString:(NSString *)string;
Url encodes string.
+ (NSArray *)traceCallStack;
Call this private instance method from the class you want to trace stack.
+ (NSString *)traceCallClassWithDetails:(BOOL)withDetails;
Call this private instance method from the class you want to trace class.
+ (NSArray *)propertyNamesForObject:(id)object;
Returns class property names.
+ (UIImage *)imageNamed:(NSString *)name; -deprecated
Returns uncached image from filesystem.
+ (UIImage *)imageWithColor:(UIColor *)color andSize:(CGSize)size;
Generates new UIImage for selected color and size.
+ (UIImage *)captureView:(UIView *)view;
Captures screen for selected view.
+ (UIImage *)captureFrame:(CGRect)frame inView:(UIView *)view;
Captures frame inside selected view.
- (NSString *)stringByDecodingHTMLEntities;
Decode all HTML entities using GTM.
- (NSString *)stringByEncodingHTMLEntities;
Encode all HTML entities using GTM
- (NSString *)stringByConvertingHTMLToPlainText;
Strip HTML tags from HTML string to plain text.
- (NSUInteger)indexOf:(NSString *)character;
Get index of character within string.
- (BOOL)containsString:(NSString *)substring;
Returns YES if substring is part of string.
- (NSString *)urlEncode;
Returns url encoded string.
- (NSString *)trim;
Trims leading and trailing whitespace and newline characters from a given string.
- (NSData *)dataFromBase64String;
Creates an NSData object containing the base64 decoded representation of the base64 string.
- (NSString *)hexValue;
Returns UTF8 hexadecimal representation of string.
- (NSString *)addUrlParam:(NSString *)param withValue:(NSString *)value;
Adds new param with value to the existing url with correct formatting.
- (NSString *)MD5;
MD5 crypto hash.
- (NSString *)SHA1;
SHA1 crypto hash.
- (CGSize)textSizeWithFont:(UIFont *)font fieldSize:(CGSize)size;
Returns text bounds size for specified text in predicted field.
- (BOOL)isEmailValid;
Returns BOOL whenever email is valid or not.
- (BOOL)isURLValid;
Returns BOOL whenever URL is valid or not.
- (NSString *)base64EncodedString;
Creates an NSString object that contains the base 64 encoding of the receiver's data. Lines are broken at 64 characters long.
- (UIImage *)imageWithBorderWidth:(CGFloat)borderWidth inColor:(UIColor *)borderColor
Returns image with rounded corners and border color.
- (UIImage *)imageWithRoundedCornersRadius:(float)radius andBorderColor:(UIColor *)borderColor;
Returns image with rounded corners and border color.
- (UIImage *)imageByScalingAndCroppingForSize:(CGSize)targetSize;
Returns scaled image for target size.
- (UIImage *)imageByApplyingAlpha:(CGFloat)alpha;
Returns image with given opacity.
- (UIImage *)imageWithShadowSize:(CGFloat)size shadowColor:(UIColor *)color;
Returns given image with shadow.
- (UIImage *)imageTintedWithColor:(UIColor *)tintColor;
Returns image tinted with given tintColor.
- (void)maskRoundCorners:(UIRectCorner)corners radius:(CGFloat)radius;
Returns masked view with rounded corners.
- (void)pulseEffectToSize:(CGFloat)size duration:(CGFloat)duration;
Add pulse animation to view.
- (void)spinWithDuration:(CFTimeInterval)duration angle:(CGFloat)angle;
Spin view's layer.
- (void)dashedLineWithColor:(UIColor *)color;
Returns dashed line/view.
- (CGSize)size;
Gets frame size.
- (void)setSize:(CGSize)size;
Sets frame size.
- (CGFloat)width;
Gets frame width.
- (void)setWidth:(CGFloat)width;
Sets frame width.
- (CGFloat)height;
Gets frame height.
- (void)setHeight:(CGFloat)height;
Sets frame height.
- (CGFloat)x;
Gets frame x origin.
- (void)setX:(CGFloat)originX;
Sets frame x origin.
- (CGFloat)y;
Gets frame y origin.
- (void)setY:(CGFloat)originY;
Sets frame y origin.
static inline CGFloat CGHorizontalCenterInParent(CGRect frame, CGFloat childWidth)
Returns horizontally centered x coordinate for given child width in parent frame.
static inline CGFloat CGVerticalCenterInParent(CGRect frame, CGFloat childHeight)
Returns vertically centered y coordinate for given child height in parent frame.
static inline CGRect CGCenterInParent(CGRect parent, CGFloat childWidth, CGFloat childHeight)
Returns centered frame for given child width and height in parent frame.
- (NSArray *)reversedArray;
Reverses array values.
- (NSArray *)uniqueObjects;
Returns unique objects in array.
- (UIColor *)colorWithHexString:(NSString *)hexString;
Returns color for given from hex color format.
- (void)showTabBarAnimated:(BOOL)animated;
Shows tabBar with/without animation.
- (void)hideTabBarAnimated:(BOOL)animated;
Hides tabBar with/without animation.
- (BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation
- (BOOL)shouldAutorotate
- (NSUInteger)supportedInterfaceOrientations
- (BOOL)shouldAutorotate
- (NSUInteger)supportedInterfaceOrientations
- (UIInterfaceOrientation)preferredInterfaceOrientationForPresentation