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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

Summary

In this chapter, we worked with a Table View that has dynamic cells, which allows the Table View to change based on the data. We looked at plists once more, learning how to create them from scratch, as well as how to add data to them. Finally, we created our locations data manager, which is responsible for giving data to the View Controller.

In the next chapter, we will work with a Table View that has static cells to build out our restaurant detail. Static cells are excellent for forms or detail views. We could build out the restaurant detail using a Collection View; however, a static Table View will work well and will be less complicated.

At this point, before moving on to the next chapter, you may want to download the starter project for this chapter and try to do it again without using the book as your guide. Going back helps solidify your understanding of what you...