A collection of classes that extend the Foundation framework. Compatible with iOS/OSX, 7.0+/10.9+.

Documentation

The headers are documented. Read them.

Tests

There are tests for the NSString related methods.

Headers

• MEDebugging.h, debugging related macros and a function for timing blocks
• MEFunctions.h, wrappers around dispatch_async() and dispatch_sync()
• MEGeometry.h, functions for dealing with CGRect
• MEMacros.h, macros wrapping __weak, and __unsafe_unretained declarations

Categories

• NSArray+MEExtensions.h, methods to create NSSet or NSMutableSet from the receiver, method to create a shuffled array
• NSMutableArray+MEExtensions.h, methods to remove the first object or shuffle the receiver
• NSBundle+MEExtensions.h, properties to access common keys in the info plist (identifier, display name, executable name, short version string, and version)
• NSData+MEExtensions.h, methods to create MD5, SHA1, and SHA512 hashes of the receiver
• NSDate+MEExtensions.h, wrapers around the various NSCalendar date methods, methods to get start/end of day/week/month
• NSFileManager+MEExtensions.h, property to get the application support directory url and create if it does not already exist
• NSObject+MEExtensions.h, property to attach a represented object to an arbitrary instance (similar to the representedObject and setRepresentedObject: methods on NSCell)
• NSObject+MELocalizationExtensions.h, macros and methods for managing localization switching while the app is running
• NSSet+MEExtensions.h, methods to create an NSArray or NSMutableArray from the receiver
• NSString+MEExtensions.h, various string manipulation methods
• NSURL+MEExtensions.h, methods to access various NSURL related keys