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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)

Using ARKit Quick Look

In this section, we will learn about ARKit Quick Look, a feature from Apple that allows users to preview virtual 3D or AR models with the camera of their device.

One of the great benefits that AR brings to end users is that it is now possible to preview certain objects in the real world. For instance, when you buy a new sofa, you might want to see what it looks like in the real world. Of course, it was possible to implement features such as this in iOS 11 using ARKit, and many developers have, but it wasn't as easy as it could be.

iOS users can preview content using a feature called Quick Look. Quick Look can be used to preview certain types of content without having to launch any specific applications. This is convenient for users because they can quickly determine whether a particular document is the document they are looking for by previewing it in Quick Look.

In iOS 12, Apple added the USDZ file format to the content types that can be previewed...