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Mastering iOS 14 Programming - Fourth Edition

By : Mario Eguiluz Alebicto, Chris Barker, Donny Wals
Book Image

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)

Summary

In this chapter, we've covered new features on iOS 14, Swift 5.2, and Swift 5.3. We started by introducing App Clips and the fantastic possibilities they bring to iOS and macOS. We listed some real-world examples and we have learned the different ways to invoke them. We looked at the design guidelines and the streamlined process by using Sign in with Apple and Apple Pay. Later, we jumped into widgets with WidgetKit. We have described how you can create widgets of three different sizes and looked at their design guidelines. We have discovered the new features and improvements in augmented reality and machine learning. Privacy also gets some updates, allowing end users to control what they share in more detail. Finally, we also learned about new language features of Swift 5.2 and Swift 5.3.

In our next chapter, we'll take a look at Dark Mode in iOS 14, covering everything you need to know about it and putting it into practice.