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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

SiriKit

Last year, Apple announced the addition of a new framework called SiriKit. This framework allows developers to leverage Siri in their apps. For the last year, SiriKit has been slowly adopted by developers. This year, Apple added even more supported domains. In this chapter, we are going to add SiriKit support to our app.

My original goal was to have Siri set up restaurant reservations, but unfortunately, Apple software requires this feature to be done using MapKit. Using MapKit is not the real issue, though. The real problem is that you have to work with Apple to get this setup, so we can not make restaurant reservations using Siri directly. If you are working on an app that needs this feature, then you need to contact Apple support. In this chapter, we are going to set up the framework so that we can request money from someone. The setup for SiriKit is quite similar,...