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iOS Programming Cookbook

iOS Programming Cookbook

By : Hossam Ghareeb
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iOS Programming Cookbook

iOS Programming Cookbook

3.5 (2)
By: Hossam Ghareeb

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.
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Working with gestures like swipe, pan, rotation, and tap


When users use your app, clicking is not only the possible way that user can interact with the app. iOS provides you with gesture recognizers such as the most commonly used gestures by users, such as swipe or tap gestures. Although it is very nice to support gestures in you app, misusing them may lead to a very bad user experience and cause conflicts to your users. Another problem is that most users don't know that you have to swipe in a specific area to get an action done, so it's recommended that you show a tutorial or notes on screen, telling users about what gestures you support so that they become aware of them.

Getting ready

In this recipe, we will show you a simple UIView that can interact with multiple gesture recognizers; but before getting started, let's explain briefly the difference between the various gesture recognizers:

  • UITapGestureRecognizer: This is a gesture recognizer that detects taps on UIViews with any number of...

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