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Mastering iOS 14 Programming - Fourth Edition

By : Mario Eguiluz Alebicto, Chris Barker, Donny Wals
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Mastering iOS 14 Programming - Fourth Edition

By: Mario Eguiluz Alebicto, Chris Barker, Donny Wals

Overview of this book

Mastering iOS 14 development isn’t a straightforward task, but this book can help you do just that. With the help of Swift 5.3, you’ll not only learn how to program for iOS 14 but also be able to write efficient, readable, and maintainable Swift code that reflects industry best practices. This updated fourth edition of the iOS 14 book will help you to build apps and get to grips with real-world app development flow. You’ll find detailed background information and practical examples that will help you get hands-on with using iOS 14's new features. The book also contains examples that highlight the language changes in Swift 5.3. As you advance through the chapters, you'll see how to apply Dark Mode to your app, understand lists and tables, and use animations effectively. You’ll then create your code using generics, protocols, and extensions and focus on using Core Data, before progressing to perform network calls and update your storage and UI with the help of sample projects. Toward the end, you'll make your apps smarter using machine learning, streamline the flow of your code with the Combine framework, and amaze users by using Vision framework and ARKit 4.0 features. By the end of this iOS development book, you’ll be able to build apps that harness advanced techniques and make the best use of iOS 14’s features.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)

Improvements in user privacy

With iOS 14, Apple is giving users more control over their privacy and personal data in different ways:

  • The App Store will show the privacy practices of every app, so the user will be able to check them before downloading the app.
  • When an app is using the camera or the microphone, an indicator will appear in the top-right corner of the phone indicating it. The Control Center will keep a history of which apps have used them recently.
  • Apps can offer users to keep the account they already have but integrate it with Sign in with Apple.
  • Approximate Location is a new option for location services that gives a less accurate location for apps that shouldn't need your exact location.
  • Limited Photos library access: users can now grant access to selected photos only instead of to the entire library.

In each new version of iOS, Apple is giving users and developers more and more control over the privacy settings. In this section, we...