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iOS Programming Cookbook

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iOS Programming Cookbook

Overview of this book

Do you want to understand all the facets of iOS programming and build complex iOS apps? Then you have come to the right place. This problem-solution guide will help you to eliminate expensive learning curves and focus on specific issues to make you proficient at tasks and the speed-up time involved. Beginning with some advanced UI components such as Stack Views and UICollectionView, you will gradually move on to building an interface efficiently. You will work through adding gesture recognizer and touch elements on table cells for custom actions. You will work with the Photos framework to access and manipulate photos. You will then prepare your app for multitasking and write responsive and highly efficient apps. Next, you will integrate maps and core location services while making your app more secure through various encryption methods. Finally, you will dive deep into the advanced techniques of implementing notifications while working with memory management and optimizing the performance of your apps. By the end of the book, you will master most of the latest iOS 10 frameworks.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
iOS Programming Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface

Introduction


In this chapter, we will talk about a very interesting topic in iOS development, which is working with interface builder. Being an iOS developer requires being professional in dealing with interface builder to build your UI and application flow. Even today, I meet iOS developers who don't know anything about interface builder and still build all screens and components programmatically. Using this method wastes your time and makes your Xcode project huge with hundreds of lines of code just to draw the screens. Within time, Apple introduces new devices every year and sometimes with totally new screen sizes. Without using interface builder and Autolayout, your app will not work properly with these screen sizes, and you will have to write new code to handle these new screens. If you're still not convinced about interface builder magic, stay tuned with us in this chapter to see the magic that we can do in UI without writing a single line of code.