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How to Build an iOS Chat App for Swift
BuildSep 6, 2022

How to Build an iOS Chat App for Swift

As of Feb 2023, PubNub no longer actively supports iOS chat components. They are available as-is in our github and supported by our community.
Chandler Mayo
Chandler Mayo
Solution Engineer, PubNub
Build a Fully-Featured iOS Chat App using Swift
ChatApr 13, 2020

Build a Fully-Featured iOS Chat App using Swift

Team Chat offers an example for how to implement PubNub Chat on Apple platforms with SwiftUI and PubNub’s Client State Management framework.
Craig Lane
Craig Lane
Senior Software Engineer
Introducing the Native Swift SDK for PubNub
Product UpdatesOct 21, 2019

Introducing the Native Swift SDK for PubNub

The native Swift SDK provides Swift developers a simplified and more streamlined experience to effectively develop their iOS application using PubNub with common best practice architecture patterns.
David Lin
David Lin
Engineering Manager, PubNub
How to Build an iOS Mobile Group Chat App with Swift 5
ChatApr 30, 2019

How to Build an iOS Mobile Group Chat App with Swift 5

A tutorial on building an iOS mobile group chat app with Swift 5 and PubNub, including messaging and message history.

Samba Diallo
Samba Diallo
Developer Relations Engineer, PubNub
Build Multiplayer Apps with Apple ARKit and World Mapping
GamingOct 8, 2018

Build Multiplayer Apps with Apple ARKit and World Mapping

An ARKit-focused interview and code walkthrough on building multiplayer experiences with Apple ARKit and World Mapping.

Jordan Schuetz
Jordan Schuetz
Developer Advocate, MuleSoft
Adding Push Notifications to IOS apps: APNS2 Tokens + PubNub
BuildAug 3, 2018

Adding Push Notifications to IOS apps: APNS2 Tokens + PubNub

Learn how to integrate APNs push notifications for iOS apps with PubNub and Swift 4.

Syed Ahmed
Syed Ahmed
Developer Relations, PubNub
Create a IoT UV Index Monitor with Mobile Push Notifications
BuildJul 30, 2018

Create a IoT UV Index Monitor with Mobile Push Notifications

How to build your own IoT UV index monitor, complete with mobile push notifications for Android and iOS using Arduino, PubNub, and Firebase Cloud Messaging.

Chandler Mayo
Chandler Mayo
Solution Engineer, PubNub
Introducing the PubNub Best Practices Playbook
News Jun 5, 2017

Introducing the PubNub Best Practices Playbook

Announcing our new PubNub Best Practices Playbook for JavaScript, iOS, and Android, on how to build apps with PubNub correctly.

Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
Building a Multiplayer Hangman Game for iOS in Swift
GamingMar 7, 2017

Building a Multiplayer Hangman Game for iOS in Swift

With the launch of PubNub BLOCKS last year, PubNub extended its functionality to enable you to execute functions on your data streaming over the PubNub network. And it fits in great with simple turn-based multiplayer games for both web and mobile. In this tutorial, we’ll walk you through a simple...
Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll