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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

Chapter 14. Making Smarter Apps with CoreML

Over the past few years, machine learning has gained in popularity. However, it has never been easy to implement in mobile applications—that is, until Apple released the CoreML framework as part of iOS 11. CoreML is Apple's solution to all of the problems they have run into themselves while implementing machine learning for iOS. As a result, CoreML should have the fastest, most efficient implementations for working with complex machine learning models, through an interface that is as simple and flexible as possible.

In this chapter, you will learn what machine learning is, how it works, and how you can use trained machine learning models in your apps. You will also learn how you can use Apple's Vision framework to analyze images, and you'll see how it integrates with CoreML for powerful image detection. Lastly, you'll learn how to use the new CreateML tool to train your own models. You will learn about these topics in the following sections:

  • Understanding...