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Mastering iOS 12 Programming - Third Edition

By : Donny Wals
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Mastering iOS 12 Programming - Third Edition

By: Donny Wals

Overview of this book

The iOS development environment has significantly matured, and with Apple users spending more money in the App Store, there are plenty of development opportunities for professional iOS developers. However, the journey to mastering iOS development and the new features of iOS 12 is not straightforward. This book will help you make that transition smoothly and easily. With the help of Swift 4.2, you’ll not only learn how to program for iOS 12, but also how to write efficient, readable, and maintainable Swift code that maintains industry best practices. Mastering iOS 12 Programming will help you build real-world applications and reflect the real-world development flow. You will also find a mix of thorough background information and practical examples, teaching you how to start implementing your newly gained knowledge. By the end of this book, you will have got to grips with building iOS applications that harness advanced techniques and make best use of the latest and greatest features available in iOS 12.
Table of Contents (35 chapters)
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Dedication
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Index

Adding a custom UI to Siri


When your user interacts with Siri, they aren't always looking at their device. But when they are, it's desirable that the experience a user has when using your app through Siri looks and feels a lot like when they're directly interacting with your app. One of the tools to achieve this is using custom vocabularies. You can use a vocabulary to map user- and app-specific terms to Siri's vocabulary, as you have seen in the previous section.

Another way we can customize the Siri experience is through an Intents UI Extension. Whenever you add an Intents Extension to your project, Xcode asks you if you also want to add a corresponding UI extension. If you select this checkbox, you don't have to do anything to add the UI extension, since it's already there. However, if you didn't check the checkbox, you should add a new Intents UI Extension by clicking the + icon in the list of targets for your project, just as you did when you added the Intents Extension before.

A custom...