A Swift GUI library for displaying popups, notifications, and blocking overlays in iOS apps.
SwiftOverlays is a Swift GUI library designed for iOS developers to easily display various popups, notifications, and overlays within their applications. It solves the problem of implementing common UI notification patterns—like loading indicators, text alerts, and status bar notifications—with minimal code and customization.
iOS developers building Swift applications who need a lightweight, easy-to-integrate solution for displaying user notifications and blocking overlays.
Developers choose SwiftOverlays for its simplicity, ready-to-use components, and seamless integration with iOS projects, eliminating the need to build custom overlay systems from scratch.
SwiftOverlays is a Swift GUI library for displaying various popups and notifications
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Supports Carthage and Cocoapods with clear installation steps, reducing setup time. The README provides detailed commands for both package managers.
Offers convenience methods like showWaitOverlay() and removeAllOverlays() that are easy to implement with minimal code. Examples in the README demonstrate this simplicity.
Includes wait overlays, text-only overlays, image overlays, and status bar notifications, covering a range of common UI feedback needs. The features list shows various options with supporting gifs.
Provides blocking overlays that prevent user interaction, useful for critical operations where user input should be halted. The README explicitly mentions showBlockingWaitOverlayWithText.
Cannot be used directly with UITableViewController or UICollectionViewController; requires workarounds like adding overlays to the superview, as admitted in the README's usage section.
For animated GIF support, it relies on the external library PPSwiftGifs, adding complexity and an extra dependency. The README mentions this in the image and text overlay feature.
Focuses on functionality over design, so extensive styling or theming requires additional work. The philosophy emphasizes simplicity without unnecessary complexity.
Has separate branches for different Swift versions (e.g., swift-3.0), which can lead to confusion and migration challenges when updating projects. The README notes requirements and links to older branches.