🔨 Real-time Rendering & Stunning Imagery
Featuring React Native Vision Camera, Starscream, & Lottie for iOS
This week, our newsletter showcases tools that enrich iOS development with a focus on interactive and dynamic features. Starting with React Native Vision Camera, a tool that reimagines the way moments are captured through photos, videos, and snapshots, and offering a customizable platform to extend your app's capabilities. Next, we highlight Starscream, a Swift WebSocket library that caters to multiple functionalities while providing a reliable and versatile platform. Finally, we delve into Lottie for iOS, a cross-platform library that brings vector-based animations to life in real-time, creating visually appealing experiences.
React Native Vision Camera - Capture the World Differently
React Native Vision Camera redefines the way you capture moments . The library offers not only photo and video capture but also a snapshot capture feature. Seamlessly switch between devices and multi-cameras, even zoom out to a "fish-eye" camera with smooth ease. Frame Processors allow you to add QR-Code scanning, facial recognition, AI object detection, real-time video chats, and more to your apps. The library is customizable, providing a range of FPS, and supports HDR & Night modes.
What we love about it:
Multi-functional: capture photos, videos, and snapshots all in one.
Allows for smooth zooming and a fast pause and resume mechanism.
Frame Processors: Extend your app's capabilities with AI-based features.
Support for HDR & Night modes, catering to all environmental conditions.
Created by @mrousavy
Starscream - Swift WebSocket Powerhouse
Starscream is a comprehensive WebSocket library in Swift that seamlessly conforms to RFC 6455. This non-blocking tool handles everything in the background courtesy of GCD, leaving you free to focus on crafting a spectacular app experience. It offers WSS support, and even features Compression Extensions support (RFC 7692). Whether you need to send text, data, ping or pong frames, Starscream handles it all in stride.
What we love about it:
Strict adherence to the base Autobahn test suite, ensuring reliability.
Its support for TLS and Compression Extensions (RFC 7692) boosts versatility.
SSL pinning and allowance for self-signed certificates provides robust security.
Customizable queue for delegate methods, delivering a flexible workflow.
Created by Dalton
Lottie for iOS - Enliven Your App with Animated Art
Lottie is a cross-platform library that renders vector-based animations and art in real-time, offering a visually appealing experience to your users. Developed by Airbnb, Lottie works seamlessly across iOS, macOS, tvOS, Android, and the Web. The library utilizes the bodymovin JSON format, enabling it to load and render animations and vectors exported from After Effects, Sketch, and Haiku. With Lottie, designers can create and deliver beautiful animations without the need for meticulous, manual recreation by developers.
What we love about it:
Render vector-based animations in real-time with minimal coding.
Enjoy the flexibility to play, resize, loop, speed up, slow down, and reverse animations.
Ability to alter animations at runtime in various ways – from colors to keyframe values.
Supports Swift Package Manager, CocoaPods, and Carthage, allowing for easy installation.
Created by @Airbnb
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