Real-World iOS by Tutorials (First Edition): Professional App Development With Swift

Description

Learn how to create real-world iOS apps Working on app development can be hard, there's a lot of documentation out there, but developers struggle to find a clear template when deciding things like app architecture, how to persist data and how to create robust and scalable code. That's where Real-World iOS by Tutorials comes to the rescue! This book will guide you from an idea for an app to creating code that can scale and explain the decision are taken, step by step. Who This Book is For This book is for developers with some experience with iOS development, but that need some guidance on how to create robust and scalable apps. Topics Covered in Real-World iOS by TutorialsApp architecture: Discover how to organize your code using MVVM and feature grouping.Building features: Learn how to structure your code to work on features that can be testable.Create code that scale: Understand the principles to create code that's robust using S.O.L.I.D. principles.Async/await: Learn how the new concurrency model can help you write well-structured asynchronous code.Accessibility and good-looking apps: Discover how you can create apps that look and feel good for all audiences.Modularization: Learn how to create modular code that can be reused.Privacy: Understand why privacy is important and the tools Apple provides so you can develop apps that respect users' data. One thing you can count on: after reading this book, you’ll be prepared to create your own professional iOS apps. What You Need Book Source Code & Forums Dedications About the Team About the Authors About the Editors Chapter 1: Introduction What is this book about? Who is this book for? The sample project Signing up for an API Key Key points Where to go from here? Chapter 2: Laying Down a Strong Foundation Feature grouping Software isn’t written in stone The app’s domain Planning the app Animals Near You Searching animals Onboarding Understanding an offline-first approach Modeling domain models Key points Where to go from here? Chapter 3: Data Layer - Networking Getting started Demystifying the data layer async/await Creating the networking brain Layering on top of the brain Fetching the authentication token Animals fetching request Using AccessTokenManager to persist token Writing unit tests Challenge Key points Where to go from here? Chapter 4: Defining the Data Layer - Databases The benefits of persistence Defining a database schema The Persistence class Swift structs and Core Data classes Storing data Deleting data Fetching data Enabling CloudKit support Challenge Key points Where to go from here? Chapter 5: Building Features - Locating Animals Near You Building Animals Near You Using View Models Creating AnimalFetcher Creating a service for storing animals Adding infinite scrolling Improving the UI Testing your view model Key points Where to go from here? Chapter 6: Building Features - Search Building Search Extracting Animal List view Filtering locally Searching Petfinder’s API Handling empty results Filtering animals by age and type Testing your view model Key points Where to go from here? Chapter 7: Multi-Module App Modularization Benefits of modularization What is a framework? Creating a dynamic onboarding framework What is Cocoapods? What is Carthage? What are Swift packages? Differences between dependency managers Creating and configuring a Swift package Publishing the Swift package Consuming the Swift package Key points Where to go from here? Chapter 8: Navigation Navigation view Navigation link Types of navigation Passing data between views Navigating using a router Navigating using a router to a UIViewController Presenting views Using tab view Deep link navigation with tab view Key points Where to go from here? Chapter 9: Adding Animations & Custom Controls Apple Human Interface Guidelines Feedback Direct manipulation Key points Where to go from here? Chapter 10: Implementing Accessibility Why design for accessibility? Best practices in the Apple Human Interface Guidelines Text VoiceOver Navigation Color and contrast Using the Accessibility Inspector Key points Where to go from here? Chapter 11: Customizing the Look & Feel of Your App Defining look and feel Launch Screen Using onboarding Crafting the finer details Internationalization and localization Key points Where to go from here? Chapter 12: App Privacy Why privacy is important iOS privacy features Adding location to find pets near you The new Location button Updating Animals Near You to request authorization Sending location data in the request Requesting authorization when in use Location accuracy Updating the tests App Store’s Privacy section Key points Where to go from here? Chapter 13: Debugging Debugging Xcode debugging tools Breakpoints Method call stack Debugging views Instruments Retain cycle Key points Where to go from here? Chapter 14: Deploying to the App Store Getting Started Understanding the Apple ID Apple’s Developer Program Setting up Xcode Understanding the App Store app page Uploading a build Submitting your app for review Using TestFlight to beta test your app Key points Where to go from here? Conclusion