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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

Restaurant Listing


Now that we have our Explore listing going to our Restaurant listing, we need to get our Collection View connected to our RestaurantListViewController. The first thing we should do is create a folder inside of the Restaurant folder:

  1. Right-click on the Restaurant folder and create a group called Restaurant List.

  2. Then, right-click on the Restaurant List folder and create two new groups—Controller and View.

  3. Right-click on the Controller and select New File.

  4. Inside of the template screen, select iOS at the top and then Cocoa Touch Class. Then, hit Next.

  5. You will now see an options screen. Add the following:

    New File:

    • Class: RestaurantListViewController

    • Subclass…: UIViewController

    • Also create XIB: Unchecked

    • Language: Swift

  6. After hitting Next, you will be asked to create this file. Select Create, and your file should look like mine:

Let's delete both didReceiveMemoryWarning() and prepare()(which has been commented out) as we do not need them at this time.

Next, we need to drag out a UICollectionView...