Chapter 1, Welcome to the World of Swift, introduces the Swift syntax and the most important features brought forth by the language. To show you how to build a project with Xcode, a simple app is created.

Chapter 2, A Memory Game in Swift, shows the creation of a complete game, with images and animations, without using any game framework and using only the fundamental iOS libraries.

Chapter 3, A TodoList App in Swift, teaches you how to create a real-world utility app, handling library dependencies with Cocoapods.

Chapter 4, A Pretty Weather App, shows you how to create a nice-looking app that retrieves data from third-party servers.

Chapter 5, Flappy Swift, covers SpriteKit, the 2D iOS game engine, and the creation of a clone of the famous game Flappy Bird.

Chapter 6, Polishing Flappy Swift, completes the game by adding Game Center support and various "added value" touches.

Chapter 7, Cube Runner, covers SceneKit and 3D programming by implementing a 3D endless runner game with a space theme.

Chapter 8, Completing Cube Runner, demonstrates the addition of final touches and Game Center support to the game.

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If you are a seasoned Objective-C programmer who wants to learn Swift, or if you are an enthusiastic developer without any prior experience in developing iOS apps, this book is for you.

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Code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles are shown as follows: "We can include other contexts through the use of the include directive."

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let mainWindow = UIWindow(frame: UIScreen.mainScreen().bounds)
 mainWindow.backgroundColor = UIColor.whiteColor()
 mainWindow.rootViewController = navigatorViewController
 mainWindow.makeKeyAndVisible()
 window = mainWindow
 return true

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let mainWindow = UIWindow(frame: UIScreen.mainScreen().bounds)
 mainWindow.backgroundColor = UIColor.whiteColor()
 mainWindow.rootViewController = navigatorViewController
 mainWindow.makeKeyAndVisible()
 window = mainWindow
 return true

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