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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)

Understanding machine learning and Core ML

Machine learning and Core ML go hand in hand, but they're not quite the same. Machine learning is all about teaching a machine how it can recognize, analyze, or apply certain things. The result of all this teaching is a trained model that can be used by Core ML to analyze specific inputs and produce an output based on the rules that were established during the training phase.

Before you learn about Core ML, it's good to obtain some knowledge about machine learning to make sure you're familiar with some of the terms that are used, and so you know what machine learning is.

Understanding what machine learning is

A lot of developers will hear about machine learning, deep learning, or neural networks at some point in their careers. You may have already heard about these topics. If you have, you know that machine learning is a complex field that requires particular domain knowledge. However, machine learning is becoming more...