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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

Project setup


Now that we have gotten a tour of the app, we are going to build the Let's Eat app. First, we will set up the app, and then we will create the UI. Lastly, we will design our app in a storyboard.

For the initial setup of the app, we will look at some basics of iOS, starting with creating a new project.

Creating a new project

To create a new project:

  1. Open Xcode, and the Xcode welcome screen will appear. Click on Create a new Xcode project in the left panel of the welcome screen.

  2. Select Single View Application and click on Next:

  3. In the options screen that will appear, there will be a number of items to complete or choose. Add the following into that options screen and then hit Next:

    • Product Name: LetsEat

    • Team: Your account or leave blank

    • Organization Name: Your name/company name

    • Organization Identifier: Your domain name in reverse order

    • Language: Swift

    • Device: Universal

    • Use Core Data: Unchecked

    • Include Unit Tests: Unchecked

    • Include UI Tests: Unchecked

  4. Choose your desktop or a folder in which...