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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

Controllers and classes

When working with UIViewController, UICollectionViewController, and UITableViewController, you need to create a class file for each of these elements. Each file handles all of the logic and interactions that the controller sends and receives. Along with interactions, the class file is responsible for receiving data. We can see what this looks like in Playground. Let's see how this works:

  1. Right-click on the Playgrounds folder and go to New File.
  1. Scroll to the bottom of the template screen, select a Blank playground, and hit Next.
  2. In the options screen that appears, name your new Playground CollectionViewBasics, and make sure that your Platform is set to iOS. Hit Next and then Create. Delete the variable and leave the import statement, then toggle open/on the Debug Panel, using either the toggle button or command + shift + Y.

Now that we are set...