AREK is a clean and easy to use wrapper over any kind of iOS permission written in Swift.

Why AREK could help you building a better app is well described by Apple here:

Request personal data only when your app clearly needs it.
...
Explain why your app needs the information if it’s not obvious.
...
Request permission at launch only when necessary for your app to function.
...

Every goal could be easily reached using AREK.

• show a native popup used to avoid burning the possibility to ask to iOS the real permission
• show a popup to invite the user to re-enable the permission if it has been denied
• manage through an easy configuration how many times to ask the user to re-enable the permission (Only once, every hour, once a day, weekly, always😷)

🚨 AREK is a Swift 4.2 and Xcode 10 compatible project 🚨

Important!

• If you want to use it with Xcode 10, swift 4.2, point to the version 4.0.1
• If you want to use it with Xcode 9, point to any prior version

Build Status

Branch	Status
Master
Develop

Table of Contents

1. Implemented permissions
2. How to use AREK
3. Permissions Configuration
4. How to install AREK
5. How to contribute
6. TODO
7. License and Credits

Implemented permissions

• Camera
• Bluetooth
• CloudKit
• Contacts
• Events (Calendar)
• Health
• Location (Always)
• Location (When in use)
• Media Library
• Microphone
• Motion
• Notifications
• Photo
• Reminders
• Siri
• Speech Recognizer

How to use AREK

Check permission status

    let permission = ArekPhoto()

    permission.status { (status) in
        switch status {
        case .authorized:
            print("! ✅ !")
        case .denied:
            print("! ⛔️ !" )
        case .notDetermined:
            print("! 🤔 !" )
        case .notAvailable:
            print("! 🚫 !" )
        }
    }

Request a permission

    let permission = ArekEvent()

    permission.manage { (status) in
        switch status {
        case .authorized:
            symbol = "✅"
        case .denied:
            symbol = "⛔️"
        case .notDetermined:
            symbol = "🤔"
        case .notAvailable:
            return "🚫"
        }
    }

Permissions Configuration

General configuration

Each permission type included in AREK is configurable through the ArekConfiguration struct. Each permission has a default configuration, so if you are happy with the basic configuration you don't have to care about how it works behind the scenes.

An ArekConfiguration is made up by:

frequency: ArekPermissionFrequency (.Always, .EveryHour, .OnceADay, .OnceAWeek, .JustOnce) This frequency value is related to how often you want to the user to re-enable a permission if that one has been disallowed.

Set by default to .OnceADay

---

presentInitialPopup: Bool This is an initial popup used to ask kindly to the user to allow a permission. This is useful to avoid burning the possibility to show the system popup.

Set by default to true

---

presentReEnablePopup: Bool This is the popup used to kindly to the user to re-enable that permission. The frequency value is related to this popup.

Set by defaul to true

Configure the initial and the re-enable popup: ArekPopupData

ArekPopupData is the struct used to configure both the pre-permission popup and the re-enable popup. These popups could be instances of the amazing PMAlertController by Codeido or native iOS alerts.

The configuration is the following:

public struct ArekPopupData {
    var title: String!
    var message: String!
    var image: String!
    var type: ArekPopupType!

    public init(title: String = "", message: String = "", image: String = "", type: ArekPopupType = .codeido) {
        self.title = title
        self.message = message
        self.image = image
        self.type = type
    }
}

This is an example of the ArekContacts pre-enable popup using PMAlertController:

If you want to present a native UIAlertController set the type to .native otherwise if you want to setup a PMAlertController set the type to .codeido.

Localized Strings

AREK by convention expects to find localized strings in your Localizable files in order to configure the UI.

In the following table there are the configurations for:

• Pre-permission popup title
• Pre-permission popup message
• Re-enable popup title
• Re-enable popup message
• Popup image for that permission
• Allow button title
• Deny button title

Messages related to the iOS native permission popup should be configured following the conventions described here.

Permission	Pre-permission Title	Pre-permission Message	Re-Enable Title	Re-Enable Message	Image	Allow Button Title	Deny Button Title
Camera	ArekCamera_initial_title	ArekCamera_initial_message	ArekCamera_reenable_title	ArekCamera_reenable_message	ArekCamera_image	ArekCamera_allow_button_title	ArekCamera_deny_button_title
CloudKit	ArekCloudKit_initial_title	ArekCloudKit_initial_message	ArekCloudKit_reenable_title	ArekCloudKit_reenable_message	ArekCloudKit_image	ArekCloudKit_allow_button_title	ArekCloudKit_deny_button_title
Contacts	ArekContacts_initial_title	ArekContacts_initial_message	ArekContacts_reenable_title	ArekContacts_reenable_message	ArekContacts_image	ArekContacts_allow_button_title	ArekContacts_deny_button_title
Events	ArekEvents_initial_title	ArekEvents_initial_message	ArekEvents_reenable_title	ArekEvents_reenable_message	ArekEvents_image	ArekEvents_allow_button_title	ArekEvents_deny_button_title
HealthKit	ArekHealth_initial_title	ArekHealth_initial_message	ArekHealth_reenable_title	ArekHealth_reenable_message	ArekHealth_image	ArekHealth_allow_button_title	ArekHealth_deny_button_title
Media Library	ArekMediaLibrary_initial_title	ArekMediaLibrary_initial_message	ArekMediaLibrary_reenable_title	ArekMediaLibrary_reenable_message	ArekMediaLibrary_image	ArekMediaLibrary_allow_button_title	ArekMediaLibrary_deny_button_title
Microphone	ArekMicrophone_initial_title	ArekMicrophone_initial_message	ArekMicrophone_reenable_title	ArekMicrophone_reenable_message	ArekMicrophone_image	ArekMicrophone_allow_button_title	ArekMicrophone_deny_button_title
Motion	ArekMotion_initial_title	ArekMotion_initial_message	ArekMotion_reenable_title	ArekMotion_reenable_message	ArekMotion_image	ArekMotion_allow_button_title	ArekMotion_deny_button_title
Notifications	ArekNotifications_initial_title	ArekNotifications_initial_message	ArekNotifications_reenable_title	ArekNotifications_reenable_message	ArekNotifications_image	ArekNotifications_allow_button_title	ArekNotifications_deny_button_title
Photo Library	ArekPhoto_initial_title	ArekPhoto_initial_message	ArekPhoto_reenable_title	ArekPhoto_reenable_message	ArekPhoto_image	ArekPhoto_allow_button_title	ArekPhoto_deny_button_title
Reminders	ArekReminders_initial_title	ArekReminders_initial_message	ArekReminders_reenable_title	ArekReminders_reenable_message	ArekReminders_image	ArekReminders_allow_button_title	ArekReminders_ deny_button_title
Siri	ArekSiri_initial_title	ArekSiri_initial_message	ArekSiri_reenable_title	ArekSiri_reenable_message	ArekSiri_image	ArekSiri_allow_button_title	ArekSiri_deny_button_title
Speech Recognizer	ArekSpeechRecognizer_initial_title	ArekSpeechRecognizer_initial_message	ArekSpeechRecognizer_reenable_title	ArekSpeechRecognizer_reenable_message	ArekSpeechRecognizer_image	ArekSpeechRecognizer_allow_button_title	ArekSpeechRecognizer_deny_button_title
Bluetooth	ArekBluetooth_initial_title	ArekBluetooth_initial_message	ArekBluetooth_reenable_title	ArekBluetooth_reenable_message	ArekBluetooth_image	ArekBluetooth_allow_button_title	ArekBluetooth_deny_button_title
Location	ArekBaseLocation_initial_title	ArekBaseLocation_initial_message	ArekBaseLocation_reenable_title	ArekBaseLocation_reenable_message	ArekBaseLocation_image	ArekBaseLocation_allow_button_title	ArekBaseLocation_deny_button_title

How to install AREK

CocoaPods

Add AREK to your Podfile

use_frameworks!
target 'MyTarget' do
    pod 'arek', '~> 2.0.2'
end

If you want to install just a specific permission, let's say Bluetooth, you have to specify:

use_frameworks!
target 'MyTarget' do
    pod 'arek/Bluetooth', '~> 2.0.2'
end

$ pod install

Carthage

github "ennioma/arek" ~> 4.0.2

Then on your application target Build Phases settings tab, add a "New Run Script Phase". Create a Run Script with the following content:

/usr/local/bin/carthage copy-frameworks

and add the following paths under "Input Files":

$(SRCROOT)/Carthage/Build/iOS/arek.framework
$(SRCROOT)/Carthage/Build/iOS/PMAlertController.framework

Swift Package Manager

import PackageDescription

let package = Package(
  name: "YourApp",
  dependencies: [
    .Package(url: "https://github.com/ennioma/arek.git", versionMajor: 2, minor: 0)
  ]
)

• Note that if you want to install a Swift 3 version of Arek, the latest compatible version is the 1.7.0.
• If you need to build it on Xcode 10, you have to point to the version 3.0.0.

Add AREK source code to your project

Add https://github.com/ennioma/arek/tree/master/arek/arek/Arek folder to your project.

🙏 Take care about adding the ArekHealth class to your project. It includes HealthKit in your project, so if you do this without using HealthKit, your app will be rejected during the AppStore review.

How to contribute

Contributions are welcome 🙌 If you'd like to improve this projects I've shared with the community, just open an issue or raise a PR from the current develop branch.

For any information or request feel free to contact me on twitter (@ennioma).

TODO

• [] Provide a way to inject a custom PMAlertController in a permission
• [] Provide a way to inject the popup type when the init() is called on a permission
• [] Update the Swift Package Manager installation

License and Credits

License:

AREK is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.

Arek on the Web:

1. This week in Swift - Natasha The Robot
2. iOS Dev Weekly - Dave Verwer

Credits:

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