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Download File in Swift5 Start Pause and Resume

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Several years ago, I post an article to demostrate how to implement download file features in iOS. In that article, I am using swift 2 to write all features including start, pause, resume and show progress. Lots of readers ask me to improve a new version with swift4 or swift5. As the language changes a lot, some of the APIs has been deprecated. That’s the reason why I write this artiel. In this article, I will use the latest version of Swift (current version is 5) to show you how to implement download file features.

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8 Best iPhone Tips & Tricks to Try

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Each year in autumn, Apple has a tradition to surprise its fans with new devices, features, and new operating systems.

Thus Apple devices, including iPhones, have so many features that no matter if you purchased an iPhone yesterday or have been using it for two years, it is very unlikely that you don’t know all of the functionalities of this device.

To help you enjoy your Apple device even more, today, we want to share a list of 8 short tips & tricks about iPhones that you might not have known.

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Joomla Extensions vs Components vs Modules vs Plugins

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Joomla is a very powerful CMS with high scalability. Last time, I mentioned about WordPress vs Joomla in Joomla 4 news. That may not be 100% precisely true. But for my perspective, Joomla is a very suitable platform to build multi-functional site with thousands of extensions support.

In one simple comment, Joomla extension is similer with WordPress plugin, but the more complicated thing is, Joomla extension have several types, while WordPress has only one type.

In WordPress, everything is plugin. But in Joomla, it’s called the “extension”. The extension could be a component, a module or a plugin. To make it easier to understand, I move a picture from Joomla document.

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