Text messaging started with just simple text and the creation of emoticon faces using special characters. As smartphones became more commonplace, so did text messaging. Messages are now a significant form of communication for the vast majority of people. People find it easier to respond to a text message than to answer a phone call.
When Apple announced iMessage apps and stickers, it took messaging to another level. We had stickers before this announcement, but now we had a fully-integrated system. iMessage does not only allow you to send a sticker to express a feeling or an emotion more effectively than words, you can now use messages to send the basketball score or even play games through text messages.
In this chapter, we are going to create an iMessages app. This app will allow the user to look for restaurants and send reservations to others. We will build our UI...