By default, Xcode 6 creates a Main.storyboard
file instead of a MainWindow.xib
file for newly-created iOS projects. A new UIMainStoryboardFile
key in the Info.plist
file points to the application's main storyboard name (without the extension). When the application starts up, Main.storyboard
is loaded instead of the NSMainNib
entry. Prior versions of Xcode allowed developers to opt in or out of storyboards, but with Xcode 6, storyboards are the default and developers cannot easily opt out. It is still possible to use xib
files for individual sections of an application or to use them to load custom classes for prototype table cells. In addition, Xcode 6 creates a LaunchScreen.xib
to display as a splash screen (on iOS 8 and higher) while the application is loading, in preference to pre-rendered screens at fixed resolutions. This allows devices with many different resolutions (including future unannounced ones) to render pixel-perfect splash screens without having...
Swift Essentials
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Swift Essentials
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Overview of this book
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Swift Essentials
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Free Chapter
Exploring Swift
Playing with Swift
Creating an iOS Swift App
Storyboard Applications with Swift and iOS
Creating Custom Views in Swift
Parsing Networked Data
Building a Repository Browser
Index
Customer Reviews