Amnesiac

Minimal iOS boilerplate templates for developers who prefer programmatic UI over Interface Builder

Overview

Amnesiac provides clean, production-ready iOS project templates that are configured 100% programmatically — no Storyboards, no LaunchScreens, no XIBs. Perfect for developers who want full control over their UI code and prefer a code-first approach.

Why Amnesiac?

• No Interface Builder - Everything is in code, making it easier to review, merge, and understand
• Language Interoperability - Templates demonstrating Swift ↔ Objective-C bridging
• Production-Ready - Minimal, clean setup that's ready to build upon
• Educational - Learn how to set up iOS projects programmatically and bridge between languages

Available Templates

This repository contains four ready-to-use templates:

1. Swift (/Swift)

Pure Swift implementation with programmatic UI setup. Ideal for modern iOS development.

2. ObjC (/ObjC)

Pure Objective-C implementation. Perfect for maintaining legacy codebases or learning Objective-C.

3. ObjC2Swift (/ObjC2Swift)

Objective-C project calling Swift code. Demonstrates how to integrate Swift code into existing Objective-C projects.

4. Swift2ObjC (/Swift2ObjC)

Swift project calling Objective-C code. Shows how to use Objective-C libraries/code in Swift projects.

Features

• ✅ No Storyboards or XIBs
• ✅ No LaunchScreen storyboard
• ✅ Programmatic window and view controller setup
• ✅ Clean AppDelegate configuration
• ✅ Bridging header examples (for interop templates)
• ✅ Ready to build and run
• ✅ Minimal boilerplate code

Getting Started

Requirements

• Xcode 14.0+
• iOS 13.0+
• macOS 12.0+ (for development)

Installation

• Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/25harsh/Amnesiac.git
cd Amnesiac

• Choose your template and navigate to it:

cd Swift  # or ObjC, ObjC2Swift, Swift2ObjC

• Open the Xcode project:

open Amnesiac.xcodeproj

• Build and run (⌘ + R)

License

This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0