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iOS 12 Programming for Beginners - Third Edition

By : Craig Clayton
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iOS 12 Programming for Beginners - Third Edition

By: Craig Clayton

Overview of this book

Want to build iOS 12 applications from scratch with the latest Swift 4.2 language and Xcode 10 by your side? Forget sifting through tutorials and blog posts; this book is a direct route to iOS development, taking you through the basics and showing you how to put principles into practice. Take advantage of this developer-friendly guide and start building applications that may just take the App Store by storm! If you’re already an experienced programmer, you can jump right in and learn the latest iOS 12 features. For beginners, this book starts by introducing you to iOS development as you learn Xcode and Swift. You'll also study advanced iOS design topics, such as gestures and animations, to give your app the edge. You’ll explore the latest Swift 4.2 and iOS 12 developments by incorporating new features, such as the latest in notifications, custom-UI notifications, maps, and the recent additions in Sirikit. The book will guide you in using TestFlight to quickly get to grips with everything you need to get your project on the App Store. By the end of this book, you'll be ready to start building your own cool iOS applications confidently.
Table of Contents (27 chapters)
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1
Getting Familiar with Xcode

Adding a modal

Let's review the design for the section header:

Note that we have a + Location button that will display our locations. Let's add that modal now:

  1. While in the Main.storyboard file, select the object library and, in the filter field at the bottom of the Library pane, type button.
  1. Drag and drop the Button component into the section header we created in our Explore View Controller:

Ignore the layout warning. We will format the button later regarding location and size, and that will get rid of the warning.

Next, we need to add another View Controller to our storyboard:

  1. In the filter, type viewcontroller, and drag and drop the ViewController component above the Explore View Controller in Main.storyboard.
  2. With the View Controller selected, navigate to Editor | EmbedIn | NavigationController.

  1. Control + drag from where it says Button in the View Controller...