Introduction
Please carefully read this guide in order to fully configure this template, and remember to test it on a Real Device - the iOS Simulator may fail or not work properly.
Quick Start
You may just run this app on your own device via Xcode and play with it, it will work.
Anyway you need to customize this app into your own version, so just keep reading this guide.
General
Xcode
This template has native Apple Swift code, so you can edit it only with Xcode running on a Mac computer. If you don’t have it, download it for free on the Mac App Store.
PLEASE NOTE that you’ll need the latest official version of Xcode, NO BETAS, because Betas are always buggy and never work properly.
App Name and Bundle ID
You must change the Display Name and Bundle Identifier into the new ones in the General tab in Xcode:
Archive App for App Store Publishing
Once your app is ready to be submitted to the App Store for review, you need to Archive your Xcode project.
Click on Product and select Archive. Xcode will archive your project and automatically open the Organizer window, where you’ll find a button to submit your binary to your App Store Connect account.
Reskin the UI design of the app
This project has a Storyboard file called Main.storyboard
and you can find it in the list of file that is shown in left-side panel of the Xcode window.
You can edit all the UI elements of this app from the Storyboard, Colors, Fonts, Buttons, Views positions, etc.
The strings of the Alert Controllers are located in the code, so they can be edited only in the .swift
files.
The images are stores into the Assets.xcassets folder.
Configurations
The Configurations.swift
file
Open this file in Xcode and keep reading this guide, you’ll have to perform some edits in this file in order to get your template ready to run:
App Name
Replace this string with the new name you want to give to this app:
let APP_NAME = "Opposite"
AdMob Ads
Replace the string of the variable below with your own Interstitial Unit ID - you have to create such Unit ID on apps.admob.com, just follow the instructions on the AdMob’s website in case you don’t know how to generate a Unit ID:
let ADMOB_INTERSTITIAL_UNIT_ID = "ca-app-pub-3940256099942544/1033173712"
You also have to replace the string into Info.plist
with your own App ID:
![](../_docs/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/admob1.jpg)
You can get both App ID and Unit ID strings from your AdMob Unit page, after creating it:
![](../_docs/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/admob2.jpg)
Sometimes Apple reviewers reject apps because of Ads, the reason why is not clear yet, but a new submission on the App Store will fix the problem and get your app approved - just in case you’ll get a rejection because of IDFA issue.
Anyway, after clicking the Submit For Review button on the App Store Connect page of your application, you’ll get something that looks like the picture below. Mark the options shown below and everything should go smoothly on the next review you’ll get of your app:
![](../_docs/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/idfa-1024x547.jpg)
Custom Colors
You can edit the HEX
values of the following variables as you wish, change the numbers before #
symbol. The main color of the app and some UI will be affected by your change:
let TOP_COLOR = hexValue(hex: "#8FDAF4")
let BOTTOM_COLOR = hexValue(hex: "#48CFAE")
let YELLOW_COLOR = hexValue(hex: "#F6D55C")
PLEASE NOTE that NOT all Views in the app will change accordingly to the new RGB values you’ve set in the above variable, you will still need to adjust some colors in some Controllers in the Storyboard.
Custom fonts
This App uses some custom font, which is already stored into the Xcode Fonts library.
In case you want to add a new font, you have to first drag your .ttf
or .otf
font file into the left-side panel in Xcode and click the Finish button in the popup that will show up:
![](../_docs/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/add-file-1024x514.png)
Then select the Label, Button, TextFiled or textView you want to change font to, click the [T]
icon on the right-side Attributes inspector panel and select the font you want in the dropdown list:
![](../_docs/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/select-font-1024x543.jpg)
List of English and Italian words with their hints
Check the following arrays:
let ENWords = [
"'MOISTURE'-DRY-WET",
"'TEMPERATURE'-HOT-COLD",
"'STATES OF DAY'-DAY-NIGHT",
"'DIRECTIONS'-ABOVE-BELOW",
"'GOOD AND BAD'-ANGEL-DEVIL",
"'AGES'-ADULT-CHILD",
"'CONDITION OF LIFE'-ALIVE-DEAD",
"'QUANTITY'-ALL-NONE",
"'DAY AND NIGHT'-SUN-MOON",
"'THINGS HAPPEN'-ALWAYS-NEVER",
"'COLORS'-BLACK-WHITE",
"'SEASONS'-WINTER-SUMMER",
"'DIRECTIONS'-FRONT-BACK",
"'SOON OR LATER'-BEFORE-AFTER",
"'BETTER OR NOT'-BEST-WORST",
"'SIZE'-BIG-SMALL",
"'CUTTING'-SHARP-BLUNT",
"'STUFF CONDITION'-OLD-NEW",
// YOU CAN ADD WORDS HERE (THE NUMBER OF ITEMS OF THIS ARRAY MUST BE EQUAL TO THE OTHER ONES - PLEASE REFER TO THE DOCUMENTATION)
]
let ITWords = [
"'TEMPERATURA'-FREDDO-CALDO",
"'STATI DELLA GIORNATA'-GIORNO-NOTTE",
"'GIORNO E NOTTE'-SOLE-LUNA",
"'DIREZIONI'-SOPRA-SOTTO",
"'GENITORI' '-PADRE-MADRE",
"'PARTI DEL MONDO'-TERRA-CIELO",
"'VIVERE E...'-VIVO-MORTO",
"'QUANTITA' '-TUTTO-NIENTE",
"'COLORI'-BIANCO-NERO",
"'LE COSE ACCADONO'-SEMPRE-MAI",
"'CONDIZIONE DI UN OGGETTO'-VECCHIO-NUOVO",
"'DIREZIONI'-FRONTE-RETRO",
"'ARRIVARE IN TEMPO'-PRIMA-DOPO",
"'ALFA E OMEGA'-INIZIO-FINE",
"'PUO' DIVENTARE SOLIDO'-ACQUA-GHIACCIO",
"'ASPETTO FISICO'-BELLO-BRUTTO",
"'ESSERE UMANO'-ANIMA-CORPO",
"'CUTTING'-SHARP-BLUNT",
// YOU CAN ADD WORDS HERE (THE NUMBER OF ITEMS OF THIS ARRAY MUST BE EQUAL TO THE OTHER ONES - PLEASE REFER TO THE DOCUMENTATION)
]
You may notice that each of the above arrays name is made by the first 2 language code digits (EN
for English, IT
for Italian).
If you want to add a new array of words, let’s says a German array, follow these steps:
- Copy the
ENWords
array - Paste it below the
ITWords
array - Rename your new array into
GEWords
and edit all its items into the words and hints you want for the German language
After you’ve added your new array of words and hints, you may need to add your language’s alphabet list, like the English and Italian ones of these variables:
let ENAlphabet = ["A","B","C","D","E","F","G","H","I","J","K","L","M","N","O","P","Q","R","S","T","U","V","W","X","Y","Z"]
let ITAlphabet = ["A","B","C","D","E","F","G","H","I","L","M","N","O","P","Q","R","S","T","U","V","Z"]
In this case, copy the ENAlphabet
array and paste it below the ITAlphabet
one, name it GEAlphabet
and set all the characters of the alphabet of that language. here’s an example of how it should look:
let GEAlphabet = ["A","B","C","D", ...etc. ]
Then you need to add your new language name into the following array:
let languagesArray = [
"English",
"Italiano",
]
So add "German",
right below "Italiano"
.
You have also to add all translated strings into the setTextsIntoSelectedlanguage(_ language: String)
function. Thake the existing switch cases as an example, copy the code from case "English":
to break
and paste it below the following comment:
// YOU CAN ADD TRANSLATIONS HERE - PLEASE REFER TO THE DOCUMENTATION
Then edit all the strings into your new language (here’s an example):
// German
case "German":
LANGUAGE = "GERMAN",
etc...
...
break
One last thing to do is to enter GameScreen.swift
and check the beginning of the loadWords()
function:
switch selectedLanguage {
case "English": alphabet = ENAlphabet; wordsArr = ENWords[lastLevel].components(separatedBy: "-"); break
case "Italiano": alphabet = ITAlphabet; wordsArr = ITWords[lastLevel].components(separatedBy: "-"); break
// YOU CAN ADD YOU CASES HERE IN CASE YO HAVE ADDED SOME MORE LANGUAGE (PLEASE REFER TO THE DOCUMENTATION)
Below that comment, you must add a line like this (still considering the German language as an example):
case "German": alphabet = GEAlphabet; wordsArr = GEWords[lastLevel].components(separatedBy: "-"); break
PLEASE NOTE: Each item of the arrays is made by 3 words:
- The 1st one is between
' '
because it’s a hint, and it’ll be shown on the top of the screen, below the LEVEL number. - The 2nd and 3rd words are the words that players have to guess, one is the opposite meaning of the other.
If you want to add new items to the arrays, just keep their formatting style, which separates hint and words by the -
symbol.
Example: let’s pretend you want to add COLD and HOT in the ENwords
array, you have to think about a hint and add a line like this:
"'TEMPERATURE'-HOT-COLD",
PLEASE NOTE that the number of items of an array, either the ENWords
or the ITwords
one (or even a new array of words you may add), must be the same, which means that if the ENWords
array has 20 items, for instance, all the other arrays must have 20 items as well.
IMPORTANT: The maximum number of characters allowed for each of the 2 words to guess is 6
, so do not insert words that are longer than 6 characters otherwise the app will crash. Instead, for the hint
string, you can type anything, anyway just make it short an clear, it must be a simple hint to helpo player to guess the 2 words, not the solution to them 🙂
Sound clips
There’s a folder in Xcode called Sounds which contains a few .wav
files, you may replace those sound clips with other .wav
files, just don’t rename them, name your new sound files like the existing ones and replace the existing ones with your new ones, so you won’t have to edit a single line of code.
Utility Functions
Unless you are familiar with iOS programming, you should leave the code of this section as it is since it includes useful functions to show alerts and perform other things in the app.
Useful stuff
F.A.Q.
What kind of support is offered?
Free support is offered in case of bugs encountered in the original template, either in the code or the UI design.
In case you have edited the code - and so created bugs because of your editing - I may apply some fee to fix your bugs by a remote connection through AnyDesk, or by you sending me your source code for verification.
Should I use Xcode to edit this template?
Yes, you must always use the latest stable official version of Xcode to edit this application.
Download the latest version on the Mac App Store from your Mac.
I’ve performed all configurations mentioned in this Guide, but something is wrong. What should I do?
• Double-check all your configurations, probably you have missed something.
• Always check the Console log in Xcode if the app crashes.
The Console log helps to debug your app, it’s really important.
Is it possible to have more than 6 characters per word?
Not with this code, you would need to make several changes in the code and UI design in order to have more than 6 characters per word. This is something you may request as an extra customization job by contacting me.
How do I remove AdMob ads?
It’s super easy, just open the Find tool on the left-side panel in XCode and search for this line:
showinterstitial
Xcode will show you a list of swift
files where such code is located. Click on each row and just comment that line of code in each the swift
file:
![](../_docs/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/hideinterstitial.jpg)
IMPORTANT: DO NOT COMMENT the line of code in Configurations.swift
, comment (or remove) the lines in the other swift
files.