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Development Utilities

Useful Utilities brings together small, practical helper libraries for building Silverpine mobile apps faster, with UUSwift for iOS and UUKotlin for Android.

iOS / Swift

UUSwift

UUSwift is a collection of helper classes that extend or complement UIKit framework classes. It has been used in hundreds of shipping macOS and iOS apps.

GitHub Swift Package Index MIT License

Packages

UUSwiftCore

Core primitives and helpers shared by the Swift utility family.

UUSwiftNetworking

Networking conveniences for application service calls and data movement.

UUSwiftImage

Image loading, manipulation, and app-facing image utilities.

UUSwiftUX

UIKit-oriented helpers for polished app interface work.

Installation

  • Swift Package Manager is supported natively by the individual subprojects.
  • Carthage is supported with the SilverPineSoftware/UUSwift repository.
  • Original requirements: iOS 10.0 or greater, macOS 10.10 or greater, and Swift 4.0.
github "SilverPineSoftware/UUSwift"

Android / Kotlin

UUKotlin

UUKotlin is the Android utility family for Silverpine apps, split into focused Kotlin packages for app foundations, networking, data, Bluetooth, UI helpers, testing, and shared build tooling.

GitHub Maven Central Kotlin Android-first

Packages

UUKotlinCore

Core Android Kotlin utilities and shared foundation helpers. Published as com.silverpine.uu:uu-core-ktx:0.0.13.

UUKotlinNetworking

Networking utilities for service calls and request/response work. Published as com.silverpine.uu:uu-networking-ktx:0.0.5.

UUKotlinData

Database helpers and data-layer utilities for Android apps.

UUKotlinBluetooth

Bluetooth helpers for Kotlin-based Android integrations. Published as com.silverpine.uu:uu-bluetooth-ktx:0.0.5.

UUKotlinUX

Interface and interaction helpers for native Android UI work. Published as com.silverpine.uu:uu-ux-ktx:0.04.

UUKotlinTest

Useful unit test helpers for Kotlin projects. Published as com.silverpine.uu:uu-test-ktx:0.0.6.

UUKotlinBuild

Common build scripts for UUKotlin open source components.

Installation

  • Published artifacts use the com.silverpine.uu group on Maven Central.
  • Use the -ktx artifacts for the Kotlin-focused package line.
  • Legacy non-ktx artifacts are also published for uu-core, uu-bluetooth, and uu-ux.
implementation("com.silverpine.uu:uu-core-ktx:0.0.13")
implementation("com.silverpine.uu:uu-networking-ktx:0.0.5")
implementation("com.silverpine.uu:uu-bluetooth-ktx:0.0.5")
implementation("com.silverpine.uu:uu-ux-ktx:0.04")
testImplementation("com.silverpine.uu:uu-test-ktx:0.0.6")
uu-core-ktx uu-networking-ktx uu-bluetooth-ktx uu-ux-ktx uu-test-ktx