SwiftUI for Absolute Beginners: Program Controls and Views for iPhone, iPad, and Mac Apps

Description

Dive into the world of developing for all of Apple platforms with SwiftUI, Apple’s new framework that makes writing applications faster and easier with fewer lines of code. This book teaches the basics of SwiftUI to help you write amazing native applications using XCode. For developers already familiar with ReactNative, this book reviews the declarative, state-based DSL that manages the UI and updates it automatically will feel just like what they’re used to. You'll see how SwiftUI reduces the number of lines of code required to achieve the same effects by over 60% and provides a much better experience. Like the announcement of Swift in 2014, SwiftUI is expected to fundamentally change the way developing programmers approach coding iPhone and iPad applications. This book examines how SwiftUI lowers the entry barrier for developers to write amazing cross-platform applications for iOS and iPadOS as well as WatchOS, Mac OS, and TVOS. What You'll LearnWrite code in the new SwiftUI syntax Combine views to arrange them for an application Add gestures and controls to an applicationWho This Book Is For Anyone who wants to learn to develop apps for the Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch using the Swift programming language. No previous programming experience is necessary. Front Matter ....Pages i-xv What Is SwiftUI (Jayant Varma)....Pages 1-8 Peeking into SwiftUI (Jayant Varma)....Pages 9-21 Views and Controls (Jayant Varma)....Pages 23-49 Data and Combine (Jayant Varma)....Pages 51-66 Layout and Presentation (Jayant Varma)....Pages 67-91 Drawing and Animation (Jayant Varma)....Pages 93-109 Interactive Gestures (Jayant Varma)....Pages 111-119 Previews (Jayant Varma)....Pages 121-139 Integrating UIKit (Jayant Varma)....Pages 141-153 Accessing API Data (Jayant Varma)....Pages 155-164 Tips and Tricks (Jayant Varma)....Pages 165-178 Back Matter ....Pages 179-183