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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 (16 chapters)

Working with navigation controller and navigation bar


In iOS, we have multiple native view controllers that manage list of other view controllers, such as UINavigationController, UITabBarViewController, or UIPageViewController. Navigation controller is one of the most common controllers used to manage list of view controllers, and all iOS developers or users are familiar with this component. This component is one of the essential components that every iOS developer should know how to master and use.

Getting ready

In this recipe, we will see how to build an iOS app which uses a navigation controller. We will see how to push and pop between the view controllers of the navigation controller. We will discuss the navigation bar, which you can see at the top of the navigation controller, and how to customize it.

There is some information that you should know about UINavigationController:

  • The view controllers that it manages are put in a stack; when you push a view controller, you put it at the top...