The iOS Programming : Big Nerd Ranch Guide,

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iOS Programming Table of Contents Introduction Prerequisites What Has Changed in the Seventh Edition? Our Teaching Philosophy How to Use This Book How This Book Is Organized Style Choices Typographical conventions Necessary Hardware and Software Chapter 1  A Simple iOS Application Creating an Xcode Project Model-View-Controller Designing Quiz Interface Builder Building the Interface Creating view objects Configuring view objects Running on the simulator A brief introduction to Auto Layout Making connections Declaring outlets Setting outlets Defining action methods Setting targets and actions Summary of connections Creating the Model Layer Implementing action methods Loading the first question Building the Finished Application Application Icons Launch Screen For the More Curious: Running an Application on a Device Chapter 2  The Swift Language Types in Swift Using Standard Types Inferring types Specifying types Number and Boolean types Collection types Literals and subscripting Initializers Properties Instance methods Optionals Subscripting dictionaries Loops and String Interpolation Enumerations and the Switch Statement Enumerations and raw values Closures Exploring Apple’s Swift Documentation Chapter 3  Views and the View Hierarchy View Basics The View Hierarchy Creating a New Project Views and Frames Customizing the labels The Auto Layout System The alignment rectangle and layout attributes Constraints Adding constraints in Interface Builder Intrinsic content size Misplaced views Adding more constraints Challenges Bronze Challenge: More Auto Layout Practice Silver Challenge: Adding a Gradient Layer Gold Challenge: Spacing Out the Labels For the More Curious: Retina Display Chapter 4  View Controllers The View of a View Controller Setting the Initial View Controller Tab Bar Controllers Tab bar items Loaded and Appearing Views Refactoring in Xcode Accessing subviews Interacting with View Controllers and Their Views Bronze Challenge: Another Tab Silver Challenge: Different Background Colors Chapter 5  Programmatic Views Creating a View Programmatically Programmatic Constraints Anchors Activating constraints Layout guides Margins Explicit constraints Programmatic Controls Bronze Challenge: Points of Interest Silver Challenge: Rebuild the Conversion Interface For the More Curious: NSAutoresizingMaskLayoutConstraint Chapter 6  Text Input and Delegation Text Editing Keyboard attributes Responding to text field changes Dismissing the keyboard Implementing the Temperature Conversion Number formatters Delegation Conforming to a protocol Using a delegate More on protocols Bronze Challenge: Disallow Alphabetic Characters Silver Challenge: Displaying the User’s Region Chapter 7  Internationalization and Localization Internationalization Formatters Base internationalization Preparing for localization Localization NSLocalizedString and strings tables Bronze Challenge: Another Localization For the More Curious: Bundle’s Role in Internationalization For the More Curious: Importing and Exporting as XLIFF Chapter 8  Debugging A Buggy Project Debugging Basics Interpreting console messages Fixing the first bug Caveman debugging The Xcode Debugger: LLDB Setting breakpoints Stepping through code The LLDB console Chapter 9  UITableView and UITableViewController Beginning the LootLogger Application UITableViewController Subclassing UITableViewController Creating the Item Class Custom initializers UITableView’s Data Source Giving the controller access to the store Implementing data source methods UITableViewCells Creating and retrieving UITableViewCells Reusing UITableViewCells Editing Table Views Editing mode Adding rows Deleting rows Moving rows Design Patterns Bronze Challenge: Sections Silver Challenge: Constant Rows Gold Challenge: Favorite Items Chapter 10  Subclassing UITableViewCell Creating ItemCell Exposing the Properties of ItemCell Using ItemCell Dynamic Cell Heights Dynamic Type Responding to user changes Bronze Challenge: Cell Colors Silver Challenge: Long Item Names Chapter 11  Stack Views Using UIStackView Implicit constraints Content hugging priorities Content compression resistance priorities Stack view distribution Nested stack views Stack view spacing Segues Hooking Up the Content Passing Data Around Bronze Challenge: More Stack Views Chapter 12  Navigation Controllers UINavigationController Navigating with UINavigationController Appearing and Disappearing Views Dismissing the Keyboard Event handling basics Dismissing by pressing the Return key Dismissing by tapping elsewhere UINavigationBar Adding buttons to the navigation bar Bronze Challenge: Displaying a Number Pad Silver Challenge: A Different Back Button Title Gold Challenge: Pushing More View Controllers Chapter 13  Saving, Loading, and Scene States Codable Property Lists Error Handling Application Sandbox Constructing a file URL Scene States and Transitions Persisting the Items Notification center Saving the Items Loading the Items Bronze Challenge: Throwing Errors Gold Challenge: Support Multiple Windows For the More Curious: Manually Conforming to Codable For the More Curious: Scene State Transitions For the More Curious: The Application Bundle Chapter 14  Presenting View Controllers Adding a Camera Button Alert Controllers Presentation Styles Chapter 15  Camera Displaying Images and UIImageView Taking Pictures and UIImagePickerController Creating a UIImagePickerController Setting the image picker’s delegate Presenting the image picker modally Permissions Saving the image Creating ImageStore Giving View Controllers Access to the Image Store Creating and Using Keys Persisting Images to Disk Loading Images from the ImageStore Bronze Challenge: Editing an Image Silver Challenge: Removing an Image For the More Curious: Navigating Implementation Files // MARK: Chapter 16  Adaptive Interfaces Size Classes Modifying traits for a specific size class Adapting to Dark Mode Adding colors to the Asset Catalog Using custom dynamic colors Bronze Challenge: Stacked Text Field and Labels Chapter 17  Extensions and Container View Controllers Starting Mandala Creating the model types Adding resources to the Asset Catalog Extensions Creating a custom container view controller Creating the MoodSelectionViewController Creating the MoodListViewController Handling the embed segue Chapter 18  Custom Controls Creating a Custom Control Relaying actions Using the Custom Control Updating the Interface Adding the Highlight View Bronze Challenge: More Access Control Chapter 19  Controlling Animations Property Animators Basic animations Timing functions Spring animations Animating Colors Animating a Button Chapter 20  Web Services Starting the Photorama Application Building the URL Formatting URLs and requests URLComponents Sending the Request URLSession Modeling the Photo JSON Data JSONDecoder and JSONEncoder Parsing JSON data Enumerations and Associated Values Passing the Photos Around Downloading and Displaying the Image Data The Main Thread Bronze Challenge: Printing the Response Information Silver Challenge: Fetch Recent Photos from Flickr For the More Curious: HTTP Chapter 21  Collection Views Displaying the Grid Collection View Data Source Customizing the Layout Creating a Custom UICollectionViewCell Downloading the Image Data Image caching Navigating to a Photo Bronze Challenge: Horizontal Scrolling Silver Challenge: Updated Item Sizes Chapter 22  Core Data Object Graphs Entities Modeling entities NSManagedObject and subclasses NSPersistentContainer Updating Items Inserting into the context Saving changes Updating the Data Source Fetch requests and predicates Silver Challenge: Photo View Count For the More Curious: The Core Data Stack NSManagedObjectModel NSPersistentStoreCoordinator NSManagedObjectContext Chapter 23  Core Data Relationships Relationships Adding Tags to the Interface Background Tasks Silver Challenge: Favorites Chapter 24  Accessibility VoiceOver Testing VoiceOver Accessibility in Photorama Bronze Challenge: VoiceOver Pronunciation Chapter 25  Afterword What to Do Next Shameless Plugs Index