What is FLEX?
FLEX (Flipboard Explorer) is a set of in-app debugging and exploration tools for iOS development. When presented, FLEX shows a toolbar that lives in a window above your application. From this toolbar, you can view and modify nearly every piece of state in your running application.
FLEX is a tool in the Mobile Runtime Inspector category of a tech stack.
FLEX is an open source tool with GitHub stars and GitHub forks. Here’s a link to FLEX's open source repository on GitHub
Who uses FLEX?
Companies
5 companies reportedly use FLEX in their tech stacks, including Flipboard, Jisuanke, and Pixium Digital Pte Ltd.
Developers
10 developers on StackShare have stated that they use FLEX.
Pros of FLEX
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FLEX's Features
- Inspect and modify views in the hierarchy.
- See the properties and ivars on any object.
- Dynamically modify many properties and ivars.
- Dynamically call instance and class methods.
- Access any live object via a scan of the heap.
- View the file system within your app's sandbox.
- Explore all classes in your app and linked systems frameworks (public and private).
- Quickly access useful objects such as [UIApplication sharedApplication], the app delegate, the root view controller on the key window, and more.
- Dynamically view and modify NSUserDefaults values.
FLEX Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to FLEX?
Yoga
Yoga is a cross-platform layout engine which implements Flexbox. Yoga enables maximum collaboration within your team by implementing an API familiar to many designers and opening it up to developers across different platforms.
jQuery Mobile
jQuery Mobile is a HTML5-based user interface system designed to make responsive web sites and apps that are accessible on all smartphone, tablet and desktop devices.
React Navigation
Start quickly with built-in navigators that deliver a seamless out-of-the box experience. Navigation views that deliver 60fps animations, and utilize native components to deliver a great look and feel.
SwiftUI
Provides views, controls, and layout structures for declaring your app's user interface. The framework provides event handlers for delivering taps, gestures, and other types of input to your app.
Replit
It is a platform for creating and sharing software. You can write your code and host it all in the same place. It is also a place to learn how to code.
