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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)

Customizing view controller transitions

Implementing a custom view controller transition is one of those things that can take a little while to get used to. Implementing custom transitions involves implementing several objects, and it's not always easy to make sense of how this works. This section aims to explain exactly how custom view controller transitions work so that you can add one more powerful tool to your developer toolbox.

A nicely implemented custom view controller transition will entertain and amaze your users. Making your transitions interactive could even ensure that your users spend some extra time playing around with your app, which is exactly what you want.

We'll continue by working on our Contacts app we started earlier on. Firstly, you'll learn how you can implement a custom modal transition. Once you've implemented that, you will learn about custom transitions for UINavigationController so that you can show and hide the contact details...