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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

Storyboard setup

Let's get familiar with the UI setup. To update your Main.storyboard, do the following:

  1. Select the Main.storyboard file in the Navigator panel:
  1. In this storyboard file, select View Controller scene in the OUTLINE VIEW:
  1. With the scene selected, press the Delete or Backspace key, and now your Main.storyboard file will be empty.
  2. In your UTILITIES PANEL, in the bottom pane, you will see the LIBRARY SELECTOR BAR. In the bar, select the object library:
  1. Pull up on the LIBRARY SELECTOR BAR to view more of the object library:
  1. Find the Tab Bar Controller:
  1. Drag the Tab Bar Controller out onto the canvas:

We now have our Tab Bar Controller, which will only have two tabs.

Next, we will get our app assets set up so that we can give our tabs image icons.

Adding...