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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 reviewed one of the best new features of iOS 14: App Clips. We explained what an App Clip is, what the user journey is, which features we should focus on when developing an App Clip, and which options are available for invoking them.

After learning the basics, we developed and configured our first App Clip for a coffee shop app. We refactored the project so that we could share code and resources between the app and the App Clip. We then learned how to use Active Compilation Conditions to trigger pieces of our code base, but only for the App Clip or the app itself, as well as how to configure our app and server for link handling.

Finally, we learned how to configure the App Clip Experiences in App Store Connect and how to test them while in development.

In the next chapter, you will learn about the Vision Framework.