raywenderlich.com Weekly - Issue 142

Tutorials on Android Intents, iOS Slide-Out Navigation, Natural Language Processing, Optical Character Recognition, & more! Issue 142 - Nov 21, 2017 Note from Ray Two quick announcements this week. First, if you're like me and enjoy learning new things and sharing your knowledge with the community, we have a [cool opportunity for you]( Second, mark your calendars: this Friday begins our [Massive Black Friday Sale]( You won't want to miss it. iOS [Natural Language Processing with NSLinguisticTagger]( by Sam Davies Our iOS screencasts for [raywenderlich.com subscribers]( are now back to their normal schedule! Sam Davies kicks us off by teaching us how iOS can understand language via Natural Language Processing & NSLinguisticTagger. [How to Create Your Own Slide-Out Navigation Panel in Swift]( by Nicholas Sakaimbo This tutorial will show you how to build a slide-out navigation panel, which is a popular alternative to using a UINavigationController or a UITabBarController that allows users to slide content on or off screen. [Tesseract Optical Character Recognition Tutorial]( by Lyndsey Scott Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is the process of extracting digital text from images. Once extracted, a user may then use the text for document editing, free-text searches, compression, etc. In this tutorial, you’ll use OCR to woo your true heart’s desire. You’ll create an app called Love In A Snap using Tesseract, an open-source OCR engine maintained by Google. Now fully up-to-date for Swift 4 & iOS 11! Android [Android Intents Tutorial with Kotlin]( by Steve Smith In this tutorial, you'll learn what Android Intents are, and their wider role in Android. Specifically, learn how you can use an Intent to create and retrieve content from other apps for use in your own, as you create a fun meme generator. Now updated to Kotlin, and the latest version of Android Studio! Sponsored Links [Instabug: Comprehensive Bug Reporting for Mobile Apps]( Instabug is a lightweight bug reporting SDK that allows mobile users and testers to report bugs and send feedback directly from the app. Instabug attaches screenshots, screen recordings, device details and repro-steps, to minimize debugging time and avoiding tracing weird bugs. It also works with JIRA, Slack and GitHub. [Get Your Free Trial]( [Sponsor raywenderlich.com Weekly and reach 92,897 subscribers!]( Conferences [Introducing RWConnect at RWDevCon 2018!]( by Ray Wenderlich Why do people go to conferences? There's one reason I hear more than any other: it's all about the people. At RWDevCon 2018, we're introducing a new feature called RWConnect in order to help attendees get to know each other, and have fun! Check out what's inside. [Creating Community]( by Sarah Olson As Director of Women Who Code Twin Cities, Sarah Olson has spent the past two years creating a safe space for marginalized developers to connect and learn. In this process, she’s learned many things about building a community. What makes a community thrive? How do we make it as inclusive and welcoming as possible? Sarah shares what she's found in this inspiration talk from RWDevCon 2017. Books [Advanced Apple Debugging & Reverse Engineering – Updated for Xcode 9 and iOS 11!]( by Chris Belanger We’re excited to announce that Advanced Apple Debugging & Reverse Engineering has been updated for Xcode 9 and iOS 11 is available now! The new version shows you how you can use secret gestures to invoke UIDebuggingInformationOverlay in iOS 11 - a handy debugging panel you can use to display view hierarchies and other handy info directly from inside your app. Where To Go From Here? [A Beginner's Guide to Getting Things Done]( by Siobhan O'Rorke I have been doing a variant of Getting Things Done for 7 years now and it's helped me a lot in my business and life. If you're curious about how it works, this is a great guide to help you get started! :] [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Website]( [View this email online]( [Unsubscribe]( | Razeware LLC, 1882 Hawksbill Rd McGaheysville, VA 22840 Copyright © 2017 Razeware LLC, All rights reserved.