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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

Creating your own Instrument


The Instruments app comes with some great built-in tools that can be used to profile applications. While this is great, sometimes you might need something more tailor-made. Since Xcode 10, you can create your own Instruments Packages to profile your apps. Custom Instruments can use special logging that you add in your app through the os_signpost APIs to keep track of certain processes in your app while collecting interesting data about it. In this section, you will learn how you can add signpost logging to your app as a lightweight mechanism to measure performance in your app. Then, you'll learn how to take this data and funnel it through your own custom Instruments Package.

 

Adding signpost logging to your app

As a developer, you want to know exactly what your app is doing and how long your app spends on certain parts of your code. It's common to use breakpoints or print statements to do some basic debugging or logging in your app, but keeping track of many print...