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Mastering iOS 12 Programming - Third Edition

By : Donny Wals
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Mastering iOS 12 Programming - Third Edition

By: Donny Wals

Overview of this book

The iOS development environment has significantly matured, and with Apple users spending more money in the App Store, there are plenty of development opportunities for professional iOS developers. However, the journey to mastering iOS development and the new features of iOS 12 is not straightforward. This book will help you make that transition smoothly and easily. With the help of Swift 4.2, you’ll not only learn how to program for iOS 12, but also how to write efficient, readable, and maintainable Swift code that maintains industry best practices. Mastering iOS 12 Programming will help you build real-world applications and reflect the real-world development flow. You will also find a mix of thorough background information and practical examples, teaching you how to start implementing your newly gained knowledge. By the end of this book, you will have got to grips with building iOS applications that harness advanced techniques and make best use of the latest and greatest features available in iOS 12.
Table of Contents (35 chapters)
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Dedication
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Index

Passing data between view controllers


The final bridge to cross for the HelloContacts app is to display some actual information about a selected contact. In order to do this, a couple of new outlets should be added to ContactDetailViewController. The code that fetches contact information also needs to be expanded a little bit so a contact's phone number, email address, and postal address are fetched.

Finally, the contact data needs to be passed from the overview to the details page so the details page is able to actually display the data. The steps involved in this process are the following:

  1. Update the data loading and model.
  2. Pass the model to the details page.
  3. Implement new outlets and display data.

Updating the data loading and model

Currently, the code in ViewController.swift specifies that just the given name, family name, image data, and image availability for a contact should be fetched. This needs to be expanded to the email address, postal address, and phone number are fetched as well...