You will not see apps (successful ones) in the App Store using native components without customization. You need your app to look great, unique, appealing, attractive, and eye-catching. This can't be achieved without getting your hands dirty with drawing, animation, and getting the skills of how to build custom components. In this chapter, we will see how to draw simple shapes and animate them. We will draw lines, shapes, and text and animate them. We will see how to add gradients or shadows to shapes. Lastly, we will discuss the various ways of animating views or layers.
iOS Programming Cookbook
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iOS Programming Cookbook
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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)
Preface
Free Chapter
Swift Programming Language
The Essentials
Integrating with Messages App
Working with Interface Builder
Working with UITableView
Animations and Graphics
Multimedia
Concurrency
Location Services
Security and Encryption
Networking
Persisting Data with Core Data
Notifications
App Search
Customer Reviews