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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

Summary


This chapter has shown you how to implement a relatively simple Core Data database that stores family members and their favorite movies. You used the Core Data model editor in Xcode to configure the models you wanted to store and define the relationship between these models. Once the models were set up, you implemented code that created instances of your models so they could be stored in the database and retrieved later.

Next, you retrieved the data from the database and saw that your table view's don't automatically update when the underlying data changes. You used an NSFetchedResult controller to fetch family members and listen to changes on the list of family members. You saw that this setup is very powerful because you can respond to changes in your data quite easily.

In the next chapter, you will learn how to enrich the data your users add to the database by fetching and storing data from the web.