Why and How to Split an iOS App into Microfeatures

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Describes breaking a large iOS monolith into micro-features (uFeatures), explaining why the team did it, the difficulties encountered, and how they solved them. Covers concrete tools and techniques used to split the app, the practical benefits gained, and guidance for both new projects planning architecture and teams wanting to decompose an existing app.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 3:33What are microfeatures
3. 16:05Microfeature benefits
4. 19:38Splitting the app
5. 22:07Project structure
6. 24:21Feature access
7. 25:48Routing implementation
8. 30:13Modular tools
9. 36:48Dependency Injection
10. 38:16Testing challenges
11. 40:06Summary and resources
12. 40:27Q&A

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