Flex
An in-app debugging and exploration tool for iOS (by FLEXTool)
SwiftFormat
A command-line tool and Xcode Extension for formatting Swift code (by nicklockwood)
| Flex | SwiftFormat | |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | 5 | |
| 13,864 | 7,483 | |
| 0.2% | - | |
| 5.7 | 9.2 | |
| 17 days ago | 9 days ago | |
| Objective-C | Swift | |
| NOASSERTION | MIT License |
The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Flex
Posts with mentions or reviews of Flex.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-05-29.
- [question] Tweak to edit/spoof app output?
- What kind of Flex does twitterBH is using?
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How do you debug UIView? Are you using Debug View Hierarchy in XCode? I made the XRay library to help you debug UIView more conveniently link: https://github.com/ShawnBaek/XRay
How does this compare to FLEX?
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What tools/libraries/practices do you use that improve your iOS development?
https://github.com/FLEXTool/FLEX which is amazing in app debugging.
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Add UIView below UISearchController in UINavigationController
I used FLEX to inspect the app, unfortunately this requires a jailbroken device I order to inject into apps and processes other than your own.
- [request] flex 4.4.1 deb
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PSA: when people post screenshot of Buying / selling GME use fotoforensics.com to check if it’s been edited (using /u/XtraLyf 's post as an example)
There's also other ways to fake screenshots. For example on a jailbroken iPhone using flex you can literally change the content in a UILabel and then take the screenshot. No image editing necessary.
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What little dev helper tools do you have integrated in your projects?
I use FLEX to quickly reverse engineer frameworks and debug UI. https://github.com/FLEXTool/FLEX
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Capture Websocket Traffic by "Method swizzling" on URLSessionWebsocketTask
This approach is similar to the FLEX library, but it's only for HTTP traffic, not Websocket, and you have to directly inspect your iOS apps.
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Create my first article on iOS network debugging, need your opinion on it
FLEX
SwiftFormat
Posts with mentions or reviews of SwiftFormat.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-12-15.
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With AppCode leaving, are there any good alternatives to xcode left?
For code formatting you're going to want to use something like this: https://github.com/nicklockwood/SwiftFormat
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Multiliner, an Xcode source extension to expand lengthy lines. https://github.com/aheze/Multiliner
Yeah this is annoying especially in SwiftUI. SwiftFormat could help: https://github.com/nicklockwood/SwiftFormat
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Little big improvements in Xcode 14
Can I also recommend https://github.com/nicklockwood/SwiftFormat. Autoindents and completely cleans up your code
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Flex and SwiftFormat you can also consider the following projects:
SwiftLint - A tool to enforce Swift style and conventions.
Dotzu
Swimat - An Xcode formatter plug-in to format your swift code.
Clue - Flexible bug report framework for iOS
MLeaksFinder - Find memory leaks in your iOS app at develop time.
IBLinter - A linter tool for Interface Builder
FBMemoryProfiler - iOS tool that helps with profiling iOS Memory usage.
OCLint - A static source code analysis tool to improve quality and reduce defects for C, C++ and Objective-C
PIDOR
CleanArchitectureRxSwift - Example of Clean Architecture of iOS app using RxSwift