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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


We don't live offline nowadays. It's become very rare nowadays to find an app that has no backend to pull data from, or to be updated by users' actions or by any data that seems important. A lot of apps have a user system where users can log in and register themselves to use the app. Each user has different information or data that needs to be saved. This data needs a server to be saved in and, pulled from any client side (a mobile app or website). Even if you don't have a server, you need a place to fetch data from and keep your app up to date. You don't need an app update in Appstore if you want to update anything in the data you deal with. Some heavy tasks need a server to take care of them, thanks to its power and its accessibility to all information that the tasks need. Networking is one of the core skills that every iOS developer should know, as it's used heavily in most of the apps these days. In this chapter, we will give you a good introduction to networking in iOS...