Beginning iPhone Development with Swift 4: Exploring the iOS SDK

Description

Learn how to integrate all the interface elements iOS users have come to know and love, such as buttons, switches, pickers, toolbars, and sliders. In this edition of the best selling book, you’ll master a variety of design patterns, from the simplest single view to complex hierarchical drill-downs. Assuming little or no working knowledge of the Swift programming language, and written in a friendly, easy-to-follow style, this book offers a comprehensive course in iPhone and iPad programming. The book starts with the basics, walking through the process of downloading and installing Xcode and the iOS 11 SDK, and then guides you though the creation of your first simple application. The art of table building will be demystified, and you’ll learn how to save your data using the iOS file system. You'll see how to to create, load and work with playgrounds as you develop an understanding of the Swift language. You’ll also learn how to save and retrieve your data using a variety of persistence techniques, including Core Data and SQLite. And there’s much more! Beginning iPhone Development with Swift 4 covers the basic information you need to get up and running quickly with your iOS apps. Once you’re ready, move on to Professional iPhone Development with Swift 4 to learn more of the really unique aspects of the SDK and Swift language. What You Will Learn Discover what data persistence is, and why it’s importantBuild cool, crisp user interfacesDisplay data in Table ViewsWork with all the most commonly used iOS Frameworks Who This Book is For Aspiring iOS app developers new to the Apple Swift programming language and/or the iOS SDK. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxi Getting to Know the iOS Landscape (Molly K. Maskrey)....Pages 1-12 Writing Your First App (Molly K. Maskrey)....Pages 13-50 Basic User Interactions (Molly K. Maskrey)....Pages 51-86 Adding Intermediate-Level User Interactions (Molly K. Maskrey)....Pages 87-130 Working with Device Rotations (Molly K. Maskrey)....Pages 131-178 Creating a Multiview Application (Molly K. Maskrey)....Pages 179-207 Using Tab Bars and Pickers (Molly K. Maskrey)....Pages 209-253 Introducing Table Views (Molly K. Maskrey)....Pages 255-307 Adding Navigation Controllers to Table Views (Molly K. Maskrey)....Pages 309-342 Collection Views (Molly K. Maskrey)....Pages 343-355 Split Views and Popovers for iPad Apps (Molly K. Maskrey)....Pages 357-381 App Customization with Settings and Defaults (Molly K. Maskrey)....Pages 383-418 Persistence: Saving Data Between App Launches (Molly K. Maskrey)....Pages 419-463 Graphics and Drawing (Molly K. Maskrey)....Pages 465-490 Back Matter ....Pages 491-552