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iOS 10 Programming for Beginners

By : Craig Clayton
Book Image

iOS 10 Programming for Beginners

By: Craig Clayton

Overview of this book

You want to build iOS applications for iPhone and iPad—but where do you start? Forget sifting through tutorials and blog posts, this is a direct route into iOS development, taking you through the basics and showing you how to put the principles into practice. With every update, iOS has become more and more developer-friendly, so take advantage of it and begin building applications that might just take the App Store by storm! Whether you’re an experienced programmer or a complete novice, this book guides you through every facet of iOS development. From Xcode and Swift—the building blocks of modern Apple development—and Playgrounds for beginners, one of the most popular features of the iOS development experience, you’ll quickly gain a solid foundation to begin venturing deeper into your development journey. For the experienced programmer, jump right in and learn the latest iOS 10 features. You’ll also learn the core elements of iOS design, from tables to tab bars, as well as more advanced topics such as gestures and animations that can give your app the edge. Find out how to manage databases, as well as integrating standard elements such as photos, GPS into your app. With further guidance on beta testing with TestFlight, you’ll quickly learn everything you need to get your project on the App Store!
Table of Contents (26 chapters)
iOS 10 Programming for Beginners
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Getting Familiar with Xcode
Index

Understanding iMessages


Starting with the UI is always my preferred way to begin building an app, because you can really get a feel for what you need to code. We are going to implement a single screen that will be a list of restaurants (accessible by hitting the Sticker icon next to where a user writes his or her message). The user can choose a restaurant for which he or she has a reservation and send it via messages to another person. Once that other person receives the message, that user will be able to tap on the reservation and see all of the details.

In a messages View Controller, there are two types of presentation styles: compact and expanded.

Apple recommends that you have two different View Controllers for each style. However, since our screen is simple, we will use just one. Keep in mind, however, that, if you want to do a more complex layout, you should use two Controllers.

Creating our extension

Let's get started by working on the UI now:

  1. In the Navigator panel, select the Project...