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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 looked at everything to do with lists. We started by learning how to create a UITableView object – pulling in contacts from our device and displaying them in the way we want. We then moved on to UICollectionView, comparing it against our previous implementation and looking at some of the subtle and larger differences it had to offer – such as cell layout and manipulation.

We then delved a little deeper into each of these, specifically looking at layouts with UICollectionView components, which is one of its most powerful features.

We then finished off by taking a look at the SwiftUI framework and how Apple has made it so easy not only to develop but also to display data in different ways that we have been used to previously with the ease of the declarative syntax and the use of the preview assistant.

In the next chapter, we'll be looking at taking our lists a step further and creating a details page for them to navigate to with...