PlayNow alternatives and similar libraries
Based on the "Tools" category.
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SwiftGen
The Swift code generator for your assets, storyboards, Localizable.strings, โฆ โ Get rid of all String-based APIs! -
Xcodes.app
The easiest way to install and switch between multiple versions of Xcode - with a mouse click. -
Lona
A tool for defining design systems and using them to generate cross-platform UI code, Sketch files, and other artifacts. -
FBSimulatorControl
idb is a flexible command line interface for automating iOS simulators and devices -
GDPerformanceView-Swift
Shows FPS, CPU and memory usage, device model, app and iOS versions above the status bar and report FPS, CPU and memory usage via delegate. -
AppDevKit
AppDevKit is an iOS development library that provides developers with useful features to fulfill their everyday iOS app development needs. -
iSimulator
iSimulator is a GUI utility to control the Simulator, and manage the app installed on the simulator. -
Blade
Better asset workflow for iOS developers. Generate Xcode image catalogs for iOS / OSX app icons, universal images, and more. -
Realm Browser
DISCONTINUED. DEPRECATED - Realm Browser for Mac OS X has been replaced by realm-studio which is cross platform. -
Cookiecutter
DISCONTINUED. A template for new Swift iOS / macOS / tvOS / watchOS Framework project ready with travis-ci, cocoapods, Carthage, SwiftPM and a Readme file -
SuperDelegate
DISCONTINUED. SuperDelegate provides a clean application delegate interface and protects you from bugs in the application lifecycle -
abandoned-strings
Command line program that detects unused resource strings in an iOS or OS X application. -
AVXCAssets-Generator
AVXCAssets Generator takes path for your assets images and creates appiconset and imageset for you in just one click
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PlayNow.app
Tired of having to think of directories and names for your throwaway playground files? PlayNow is here solve all your problems!
Installation
Best way to install is using curl so it bypasses Gatekeeper (Thanks mxcl for the tip!):
cd /Applications && curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apalancat/PlayNow/gh/PlayNow.tgz | tar x
You can also download it and Control-click to have Gatekeeper give you the option to open it.
Install with Homebrew Cask
- Install Homebrew:
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
- Install Cask:
brew install cask
- Install PlayNow:
brew cask install playnow
Configuration
PlayNow creates an iOS playground by default.
If you prefer OS X or tvOS playgrounds you can open the file PlayNow.app/Contents/MacOS/PlayNow
with your favorite text editor and change platform = "ios"
to platform = "osx"
or platform = "tvos"
(non-favorite text editors could also work).
How to use it?
- Open the app with your App Launcher (or manually)
- It creates a new Playground in /tmp
- The Playground opens automatically in Xcode
- ??
- Profit
What is it?
It's just a simple ruby script wrapped in an app that creates empty Swift playground files in your /tmp directory and opens them with Xcode. The script itself is here.