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An iOS Developer's Guide to SwiftUI

By : Michele Fadda
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An iOS Developer's Guide to SwiftUI

By: Michele Fadda

Overview of this book

– SwiftUI transforms Apple Platform app development with intuitive Swift code for seamless UI design. – Explore SwiftUI's declarative programming: define what the app should look like and do, while the OS handles the heavy lifting. – Hands-on approach covers SwiftUI fundamentals and often-omitted parts in introductory guides. – Progress from creating views and modifiers to intricate, responsive UIs and advanced techniques for complex apps. – Focus on new features in asynchronous programming and architecture patterns for efficient, modern app design. – Learn UIKit and SwiftUI integration, plus how to run tests for SwiftUI applications. – Gain confidence to harness SwiftUI's full potential for building professional-grade apps across Apple devices.
Table of Contents (25 chapters)
Free Chapter
1
Part 1: Simple Views
5
Part 2: Scrollable Views
8
Part 3: SwiftUI Navigation
11
Part 4: Graphics and Animation
14
Part 5: App Architecture
17
Part 6: Beyond Basics

Part 4: Graphics and Animation

In this part, you’ll be introduced to the art of styling apps with the least amount of effort, by creating custom modifiers and integrating Core Graphics within the Canvas view. You’ll learn how it is possible to combine CALayers with SwiftUI and explore CustomLayout for tailored UI designs.

Additionally, you’ll be introduced to the basics of SwiftUI view animations. You’ll discover the built-in, state-driven, reactive approach to animating UI elements using SwiftUI’s declarative syntax. You’ll then delve into the use of built-in modifiers, such as animation, transition, and scaleEffect, to add dynamic, engaging elements to your UI app designs.

This part contains the following chapters: