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Mastering iOS 12 Programming - Third Edition

By : Donny Wals
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Mastering iOS 12 Programming - Third Edition

By: Donny Wals

Overview of this book

The iOS development environment has significantly matured, and with Apple users spending more money in the App Store, there are plenty of development opportunities for professional iOS developers. However, the journey to mastering iOS development and the new features of iOS 12 is not straightforward. This book will help you make that transition smoothly and easily. With the help of Swift 4.2, you’ll not only learn how to program for iOS 12, but also how to write efficient, readable, and maintainable Swift code that maintains industry best practices. Mastering iOS 12 Programming will help you build real-world applications and reflect the real-world development flow. You will also find a mix of thorough background information and practical examples, teaching you how to start implementing your newly gained knowledge. By the end of this book, you will have got to grips with building iOS applications that harness advanced techniques and make best use of the latest and greatest features available in iOS 12.
Table of Contents (35 chapters)
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Dedication
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Index

Setting up geofences


Sometimes, your app doesn't really need to know the details of the user's whereabouts. Sometimes, you're only interested in tracking whether the user has exited or left a certain area, in order to show certain content in your app or to unlock some kind of special feature. Core Location has great support for monitoring geofences. A geofence is a certain area that is defined using a certain GPS coordinate and a circular radius around this point. In Core Location, geofences are set up using CLRegion subclasses. Core Location provides two different region types that you can use:

  • CLCircularRegion
  • CLBeaconRegion

A CLCircularRegion type is used to set up a geofence, as described before. A CLBeaconRegion type is used with physical BLE iBeacons, and essentially provides geofencing in a very small radius, for instance, just a couple of meters. In this section you will learn how to set up a CLCircularRegion type that is set up around a user's first detected location. Setting up geofencing...