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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

Scheduling and handling notifications


Every notification you see on iOS has been scheduled or pushed to the user in one way or another. But before an app is even allowed to send notifications, there are a couple of things you must do. The steps you need to follow can be roughly divided as follows:

  1. Registering for notifications
  2. Creating notification contents
  3. Scheduling your notification
  4. Handling incoming notifications

Not every step is completely identical for local and remote notifications. When there are differences, and these will be very minor, they will be described in the relevant section. You will work on the Notifications app that is included in the code bundle for this chapter.

The Notifications app contains a user interface that allows you to schedule different notifications for reminders that will trigger after a certain amount of time, so you can easily experiment with different notifications.

Registering for notifications

Any app that wants to present notifications has to ask the user...