iOS + Swift + Parse + UICollectionView + Uploading files — Part 1 of 2

iOS 8.4+ Swift 1.2 Parse 1.7.4 Over the weeks and months I have had many people ask how they can use Parse with native UI components, how they can allow their users to upload images and other files to Parse, and, how to deal with users forgetting their passwords. I thought I’d wrap all these ideas and questions into a single tutorial and show how easy all of these features are to implement. Howeve