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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

Integrating iMessage app with iMessage app


Using iMessage apps will let users use your apps seamlessly from iMessage without having to leave the iMessage. Your app can share content in the conversation, make payment, or do any specific job that seems important or is appropriate to do within a Messages app.

Getting ready

Similar to the Stickers app we created earlier, you need Xcode 8.0 or later version to create an iMessage app extension and you can test it easily in the iOS simulator. The app that we are going to build is a Google Drive picker app. It will be used from an iMessage extension to send a file to your friends just from Google Drive.

Before starting, ensure that you follow the instructions in Google Drive API for iOS from https://developers.google.com/drive/ios/quickstart to get a client key to be used in our app.

Installing the SDK in Xcode will be done via CocoaPods. To get more information about CocoaPods and how to use it to manage dependencies, visit https://cocoapods.org/.

How...