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iOS 10 Programming for Beginners

By : Craig Clayton
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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

Useful terms


Before we dig in and start getting our UI set up, we need to take a few minutes to introduce (or re-introduce) you to some terms that you should understand while we build our app:

  • View Controller

  • Table View Controller

  • Collection View Controller

  • Navigation Controller

  • Tab Bar Controller

  • Storyboard

  • Segue

  • Auto layout

  • Model View Controller (MVC)

View Controller

View Controllers (UIViewControllers) are blank scenes that you can use to hold other UI elements. They give you the ability to create a custom interface.

Table View Controller

A Table View Controller (UITableViewController) is one of the most common UI elements and is used to display a list of items. For example, Apple's Settings screen uses Table View Controller to display the list of settings a user can access and change:

Collection View Controller

Collection View Controllers (UICollectionViewControllers) are typically used when you want to display elements within a grid. They are highly customizable and, because of that, are becoming...