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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

Connecting our Table View with our Location View Controller

Currently, we have no way to communicate with our Table View and our Location View Controller. Let's see how we can connect these two:

  1. Open the LocationViewController.swift file and add the following code after the class declaration:
@IBOutlet weak var tableView:UITableView!
  1. Save the file by hitting command + S. Your file should look like the following, with an empty circle next to the variable:

Before we get started, we are going to clean up our LocationViewController.swift file. Delete everything after viewDidLoad():

Next, let's connect our table view to the file:

  1. Open Locations.storyboard again and make sure that you have the Location View Controller selected in the Outline view.
  1. Then, in the Utilities Panel, select Connections inspector. Under the Outlets section, you will see an empty circle, tableView...