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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

Understanding UICollectionViewFlowLayout and its delegate


When you use a standard collection view, it uses a grid layout. In this grid layout, all items are evenly spaced, and all items have the same size. You can visualize this quite easily by giving the collection view cell a background color in your Storyboard and running your app. This standard grid layout makes adding a grid to your app a breeze. However, the standard implementation of the grid layout is not quite perfect. If you look at the grid you have set up, it should look good on, for instance, an iPhone 8 but when switching to a smaller screen such as the iPhone SE, the layout looks nothing like the beautiful grid layout you saw before. Viewing the grid on a larger screen such as an iPhone 8 Plus doesn't make it any better either. The grid would be significantly improved if every cell was sized based on the size of the screen. Let's see how this can be achieved.

 

In your storyboard, select the Collection View Flow Layout object...