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iOS 14 Programming for Beginners - Fifth Edition

By : Ahmad Sahar
Book Image

iOS 14 Programming for Beginners - Fifth Edition

By: Ahmad Sahar

Overview of this book

If you're looking to work and experiment with powerful iOS 14 features such as widgets and App Clips to create your own apps, this iOS programming guide is for you. The book offers a comprehensive introduction for experienced programmers who are new to iOS, taking you through the entire process of learning the Swift language, writing your own apps, and publishing them on the App Store. Fully updated to cover the new iOS 14 features, along with Xcode 12 and Swift 5.3, this fifth edition of iOS 14 Programming for Beginners starts with an introduction to the Swift programming language and shows you how to accomplish common programming tasks with it. You'll then start building the user interface (UI) of a complete real-world app using the storyboards feature in the latest version of Xcode and implement the code for views, view controllers, data managers, and other aspects of mobile apps. The book will also help you apply iOS 14 features to existing apps and introduce you to SwiftUI, a new way to build apps for all Apple devices. Finally, you’ll set up testers for your app and understand what you need to do to publish your app on the App Store. By the end of this book, you'll not only be well versed in writing and publishing applications, but you’ll also be able to apply your iOS development skills to enhance existing apps.
Table of Contents (31 chapters)
1
Section 1: Swift
10
Section 2:Design
15
Section 3:Code
24
Section 4:Features

Configuring the locationCell table view cell

The last thing to do in this chapter is to configure the table view cells on the Locations screen. As you have seen in the app tour, each table view cell just contains text, so all you need to do now is to enable the prototype cell for the table view and set the identifier for the table view cell to locationCell. Follow these steps:

  1. Find the view controller scene triggered by the button in Explore View Controller Scene. Select Table View in the document outline. Click the Attributes inspector button. Set Prototype Cells to 1:

    Figure 12.78 – Attributes inspector settings for the table view

    A prototype table view cell will appear in the table view.

  2. To set the style and identifier for the cell, click Table View Cell in the document outline. Click the Attributes inspector button and enter the following values:
    • Style: Basic
    • Identifier: locationCell

Figure 12.79 – Attributes inspector settings for...