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tencent/qmui_ios

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TLDR

QMUI iOS is a UI development toolkit by Tencent for building iPhone and iPad apps faster, offering a one-file global style system, extended Apple components, pre-built controls, and utility helpers.

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    What it does
      iOS UI development
      Faster app building
    Four main areas
      Global style config
      UIKit extensions
      Pre-built controls
      Utility helpers
    Compatibility
      Objective-C
      Swift projects
      iOS 9 and above
    Setup
      CocoaPods install
      Demo app included
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Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Apply a consistent color scheme and font across your entire iOS app by editing one configuration file.

USE CASE 2

Drop pre-built UI controls like styled lists and input fields into an iPhone app without writing them from scratch.

USE CASE 3

Add QMUI to an existing Swift or Objective-C project in minutes using a single CocoaPods line.

Tech stack

Objective-CSwiftCocoaPods

Getting it running

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 30min

Requires CocoaPods and an active Xcode project, the library is written in Objective-C but supports Swift.

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In plain English

QMUI iOS is a UI development toolkit for building iPhone and iPad apps, created by Tencent. Its purpose is to help developers build apps faster by providing ready-made visual components and utilities, so they spend less time on repetitive layout and styling work and more time on the actual features of their product. The toolkit has four main areas. First, a global style configuration system: you edit one file to set colors, fonts, and the look of things like navigation bars, input fields, and lists, and that change applies everywhere in the app at once. Second, extensions to Apple's built-in UIKit components that add extra capabilities and smooth over compatibility differences between iOS versions. Third, a library of pre-built UI controls that are ready to drop into a project and customize. Fourth, a collection of utility helpers for common tasks such as reading device information, handling the on-screen keyboard, and managing the status bar. The library is written in Objective-C and works with Swift projects as well. It supports iOS 9 and above on older versions, and iOS 13 and above on the most recent releases. It can be added to a project via CocoaPods, which is the standard iOS dependency manager, with a single line of configuration. A separate demo app is available to browse all the included components in action.

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Prompt 1
Show me how to add QMUI iOS to my Xcode project using CocoaPods and apply a custom color scheme.
Prompt 2
How do I use QMUI's global style configuration to change the navigation bar color and font across my whole app?
Prompt 3
Walk me through using a QMUI pre-built list component inside a Swift UIViewController.
Prompt 4
What QMUI utilities can help me handle the on-screen keyboard appearing and disappearing smoothly in my iOS app?
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