SwifterSwift is a collection of over 500 native Swift extensions, with handy methods, syntactic sugar, and performance improvements for wide range of primitive data types, UIKit and Cocoa classes –over 500 in 1– for iOS, macOS, tvOS and watchOS.

Whats New in v4.0.0?

Requirements:

• iOS 8.0+ / tvOS 9.0+ / watchOS 2.0+ / macOS 10.10+
• Xcode 9.0+
• Swift 4.0+

Looking for Swift 3

• To use with Swift 3 / Xcode 8.x please ensure you are using v3.1.1.
• To use with Swift 3.2 / Xcode 9.x please ensure you are using v3.2.0.

Installation

CocoaPods

To integrate SwifterSwift into your Xcode project using CocoaPods, specify it in your Podfile:

- Integrate All extensions (recommended):

pod 'SwifterSwift'

- Integrate SwiftStdlib extensions only:

pod 'SwifterSwift/SwiftStdlib'

- Integrate Foundation extensions only:

pod 'SwifterSwift/Foundation'

- Integrate AppKit extensions only:

pod 'SwifterSwift/AppKit'

- Integrate CoreGraphics extensions only:

pod 'SwifterSwift/CoreGraphics'

- Integrate CoreLocation extensions only:

pod 'SwifterSwift/CoreLocation'

Carthage

To integrate SwifterSwift into your Xcode project using Carthage, specify it in your Cartfile:

github "SwifterSwift/SwifterSwift" ~> 4.0

Swift Package Manager

You can use The Swift Package Manager to install SwifterSwift by adding the proper description to your Package.swift file:

import PackageDescription

let package = Package(
    name: "YOUR_PROJECT_NAME",
    targets: [],
    dependencies: [
        .Package(url: "https://github.com/SwifterSwift/SwifterSwift.git", majorVersion: 4),
    ]
)

Note that the Swift Package Manager is still in early design and development, for more information checkout its GitHub Page

Manually

Add the extensions folder to your Xcode project to use all extensions, or a specific extension.

List of All Extensions

SwiftStdlib Extensions

• Array extensions
• Bool extensions
• Character extensions
• Collection extensions
• Dictionary extensions
• Double extensions
• Float extensions
• FloatingPoint extensions
• Int extensions
• Optional extensions
• SignedInteger extensions
• SignedNumeric extensions
• String extensions

Foundation Extensions

• Data extensions
• Date extensions
• Locale extensions
• NSAttributedString extensions
• URL extensions
• URLRequest extensions
• UserDefaults extensions

UIKit Extensions

• UIAlertController extensions
• UIBarButtonItem extensions
• UIButton extensions
• UICollectionView extensions
• UIColor extensions
• UIImage extensions
• UIImageView extensions
• UILabel extensions
• UINavigationBar extensions
• UINavigationController extensions
• UINavigationItem extensions
• UISearchBar extensions
• UISegmentedControl extensions
• UISlider extensions
• UIStoryboard extensions
• UISwitch extensions
• UITabBar extensions
• UITableView extensions
• UITextField extensions
• UITextView extensions
• UIViewController extensions
• UIView extensions

AppKit Extensions

• NSColor extensions
• NSView extensions

CoreGraphics Extensions

• CGColor extensions
• CGFloat extensions
• CGPoint extensions
• CGSize extensions

CoreLocation Extensions

• CLLocation extensions

Misc. Extensions

• SwifterSwift

How cool is this?

SwifterSwift is a library of over 500 properties and methods, designed to extend Swift's functionality and productivity, staying faithful to the original API design guidelines of Swift.

Check Examples.md for some cool examples!

Documentation

Complete documentation for all extensions with examples is available at swifterswift.com/docs

Get involved:

Your feedback is always appreciated and welcomed. Please refer to contributing guidelines before participating.

Slack Channel:

It is always nice to talk with other people using SwifterSwift and exchange experiences, Join Channel

Thanks:

Special thanks to:

• Steven Deutsch and Luciano Almeida for their latest contributions to extensions, docs and tests.
• Paweł Urbanek for adding tvOS, watchOS, and macOS initial support and helping with extensions.
• Mert Akengin and Bashar Ghadanfar for designing project website and logo.
• Abdul Rahman Dabbour for helping document the project.
• Many thanks to all other contributors of this project.