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iOS 12 Programming for Beginners - Third Edition

By : Craig Clayton
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iOS 12 Programming for Beginners - Third Edition

By: Craig Clayton

Overview of this book

Want to build iOS 12 applications from scratch with the latest Swift 4.2 language and Xcode 10 by your side? Forget sifting through tutorials and blog posts; this book is a direct route to iOS development, taking you through the basics and showing you how to put principles into practice. Take advantage of this developer-friendly guide and start building applications that may just take the App Store by storm! If you’re already an experienced programmer, you can jump right in and learn the latest iOS 12 features. For beginners, this book starts by introducing you to iOS development as you learn Xcode and Swift. You'll also study advanced iOS design topics, such as gestures and animations, to give your app the edge. You’ll explore the latest Swift 4.2 and iOS 12 developments by incorporating new features, such as the latest in notifications, custom-UI notifications, maps, and the recent additions in Sirikit. The book will guide you in using TestFlight to quickly get to grips with everything you need to get your project on the App Store. By the end of this book, you'll be ready to start building your own cool iOS applications confidently.
Table of Contents (27 chapters)
Free Chapter
1
Getting Familiar with Xcode

Starting the UI Setup

Now that you have learned Swift, which will help you to understand a lot of the boilerplate code you will see later, it's time to start building our Let's Eat app. Let's begin by getting an overview of what we are going to build. We will review the finished product and then get into how to create this app. Before we start, there will be a lot of new terms and things with which you may or may not be familiar. Learn as much as you can, and do not let the finer details stop you from progressing.

We will cover the following topics in this chapter:

  • Useful terms
  • App tour
  • Project setup
  • Storyboards
  • Creating a custom title view