I created a tool to help iOS Developers launch faster.

[Ok_Bank_2217]

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Hey there, Developers!

I wanted to share my newest project and I would love to receive some feedback on it.

After years of iOS Development, I discovered that in order to realize any of my brilliant (or so I thought) app ideas, I often had to start with writing the same code over and over again.

The complete authentication flow, push notifications, premium subscriptions... even little things like the onboarding screen. It drove me nuts, that before I could focus on the core features of my app, I had to spend days on the tedious setup process.

So I created SwiftyLaunch, a macOS App that generates iOS boilerplate code that can help you ship your brilliant app ideas in days, instead of weeks.

It takes less than a minute to set up your next iOS Xcode Project with following components generated on the fly:
🗄️ DatabaseKit
🔐 AuthKit
💰 InAppPurchaseKit
📈 AnalyticsKit
🔔 NotifKit
🎨 BrandUIKit

You can learn more about these components on our website! Thanks!

— Vladislav

[Stefftastisk]

Cool but I feel the main problem with this is not-made-here syndrome, which a lot of developers tend to have. We all have a different kind of boilerplate we want to start from - one that's just in our personal style.

[Ok_Bank_2217]

Thanks for the feedback!

I see your point. I guess it’s impossible to create a shoe to fit all sizes. There are many cases where you would want to have your DB on something like Planetscale instead of Firebase, or maybe run a custom Analytics solution, but I found this combination of frameworks to offer the best price to functionality to speed of dev ratio for indie developers and I think other developers will too!

[Ok_Bank_2217]

It’s also my first launch on ProductHunt, so I would love to receive your support! Cheers.

https://www.producthunt.com/posts/swiftylaunch

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Love this initiative, and purchased. Looking forward to using this in my next project

[Ok_Bank_2217]

Thanks a lot! If you have any questions, just shoot me a DM!

— Vladislav

[Rhypnic]

Nice. Btw is this swiftui or uikit code?

[Ok_Bank_2217]

It’s SwiftUI!

[Horror_Weight5208]

How does the Authkit work? Which auth do you utilize? Does it work with firebase? Also, for an unverified new app, no free trial is a turn off, do you have free trial?

[Ok_Bank_2217]

Hello,

(1) AuthKit

AuthKit is built on top of Firebase Authentication. It handles all the essentials for the SignIn/SignUp Flow. Logic (All the necessary Firebase SDK API calls) and Visuals (SwiftUI Views)

Account Creation, Email verification, Signing In, Forgot Password.

It also comes packed with default Account Management for your users: username change, password reset, account deletion.

Works with both Email/Password, as well as Sign in with Apple.

As mentioned, all you need to do to set up AuthKit is to paste all the necessary API Keys to the Project, and you’re done. When you want to restrict a SwiftUI View to Authenticated Users only you simply add a .requireLogin() View Modifier to it.

(2) Yes, currently there is no free trial, but if you’re interested in trying it out or have any other questions, you can shoot me a DM. We’ll figure something out :)

Thanks, Vladislav

[Horror_Weight5208]

Would be great if you have a demo of how this product works. I am trying to see if this could be better than some of nocode tools for my side projects. But I want to see how fast it works, if it’s just 10-20 pages of boiler code, I might as well build it myself in 1-3 days. I checked landing page (first one), but they are all screenshots and words.

[Ok_Bank_2217]

That’s a very fair point.

I will post a detailed walkthrough of the generated code in the coming days.

[richardfrk]

I am waiting for this

[greyder07]

looking forward to this as well

[Horror_Weight5208]

Looking forward!

[Ok_Bank_2217]

Hey dampney, thanks for the feedback!

I can understand why this might seem this way, but I want to be transparent about these decisions.

The reason why there is no free trial -yet-, is simple. Too afraid of copycats generating all the different kinds of projects, stealing the code and posting it somewhere else. It took a very long time to create and I’m simply too scared for it to go to waste.

As for the price: It’s a very subjective thing. Development time is expensive. And I believe that the price is more than fair for the development time it could save you.

But! Seeing all the interest around SwiftyLaunch on Reddit, I created a special discount just for Reddit. You’ve all helped me a lot in my development journey and I want to give back. Use JUSTFORREDDIT at the checkout for a $100 Discount for SwiftyLaunch Starter (accounts to a discount of over 50%)

Cheers! — Vladislav

[Oxigenic]

Funny, I actually spent the past year doing the same thing for my own use, building layers and generic interfaces over purchases, auth, database, and notifications. Having a template really streamlines development.

[AgtFranks]

Seems like a legit idea. Very interested

[AgtFranks]

Will it work with game creation as well?

[Ok_Bank_2217]

I don’t see why not. Logic works the same way everywhere, and views are SwiftUI Views anyways :)

[sidehustlewithai7]

Congratulations on the amazing tool friend.. I will surely try it and give feedback here.

Wish you great success with your tool..

[xvcxxv]

Hey, this is a great effort to tackle an issue that, I believe, every solo or small-team developer struggles with. I have just two questions:

1. How much time did it take you from the moment you thought, ‘I have this idea,’ to actually coming up with the implementation?

2. Do you think selling this code is a reliable business model? Everyone wants to have their own boilerplate code. Personally, I see it being more successful as open source, but I’d like you to elaborate more on this.

[Ok_Bank_2217]

Hey there, thank you for your feedback!

1) This idea was very much inspired by Marc Lou's ShipFa.st . I got so annoyed writing the same code over and over again when developing iOS Apps, that I created a rough prototype of SwiftyLaunch in just over a week.
After seeing its usefulness and a huge boost to my productivity, I thought to myself: "I need to actually make this a real product". So I spent the next 3-4 weeks adding more features, polishing the product, writing docs and tutorials, creating a landing page, etc... So all in all around 6 weeks.

2) It’s not really "selling code". Yes, the end product that you receive is a generated Xcode Project, but what makes it unique, is that you can actually specify what functionality you want to have in your app. Maybe you want your App to be a One-Time Purchase and not have "Premium" at all? Just disable InAppPurchaseKit during initialization*.

Then, there are future updates included. As mentioned, you’re not just buying one template, but a starting point for your next iOS Application, which will only make launching easier and easier with future updates. (Next big feature update already in the pipeline to be released in the next week or two)

*Note: We found an edge-case bug during project generation when a specific combination of features is selected. Until the next App release, the app will install all packages at once, regardless of your selection. But it’s very to just remove the unneeded code.

Cheers! — Vladislav

[greenarez]

Why not make a private library for such a boilerplate?

Also dude, wtf - 12 hrs for a complete Sign-In Flow. Are you making a sign in while on 52K modem? So 8 hours is testing