iOS 15 Programming for Beginners: Kickstart your mobile app development journey by building iOS apps with Swift 5.5 and Xcode 13

by Ahmad Sahar, Craig Clayton

Overview

With almost 2 million apps on the App Store, iOS mobile apps continue to be incredibly popular. Anyone can reach millions of customers around the world by publishing their apps on the App Store. iOS 15 Programming for Beginners is a comprehensive introduction for those who are new to iOS. It covers the entire process of learning the Swift language, writing your own app, and publishing it on the App Store.
Complete with hands-on tutorials, projects, and self-assessment questions, this easy-to-follow guide will help you get well-versed with the Swift language to build your apps and introduce exciting new technologies that you can incorporate into your apps. You'll learn how to publish iOS apps and work with Mac Catalyst, SharePlay, SwiftUI, Swift concurrency, and much more.
By the end of this iOS development book, you'll have the knowledge and skills to write and publish interesting apps, and more importantly, to use the online resources available to enhance your app development journey.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781801812139
Publisher:	Packt Publishing
Publication date:	12/24/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	784
File size:	45 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.

About the Author

Ahmad Sahar is a trainer, presenter, and consultant at Tomafuwi Productions, specializing in conducting training courses for macOS and iOS, macOS Support Essentials certification courses, and iOS Development courses. He is a member of the DevCon iOS and MyCocoaHeads online communities in Malaysia and has conducted presentations and talks for both groups. In his spare time, he likes building and programming LEGO Mindstorms robots.
Craig Clayton is a self-taught, senior iOS engineer, instructor and mentor at Ed Farm, specializing in cultivate change and promote innovation in education. He also volunteered as the organizer of the Suncoast iOS meetup group in the Tampa/St. Petersburg area for three years, preparing presentations and hands-on talks for this group and other groups in the community.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

1. Getting Familiar with Xcode
2. Simple Values and Types
3. Conditionals and Optionals
4. Range Operators and Loops
5. Collection Types
6. Functions and Closures
7. Classes, Structures, and Enumerations
8. Protocols, Extensions, and Error Handling
9. Setting Up the User Interface
10. Building Your User Interface
11. Finishing Up Your User Interface
12. Modifying and Configuring Cells
13. Getting Started with MVC and Collection Views
14. Getting Data into Collection Views
15. Getting Started with Table Views
16. Getting Started with MapKit
17. Getting Started with JSON Files
18. Displaying Data in a Static Table View
19. Getting Started with Custom UIControls
20. Getting Started with Cameras and Photo Libraries
21. Understanding Core Data
22. Getting Started with Mac Catalyst
23. Getting Started with SwiftUI
24. Getting Started with Swift Concurrency
25. Getting Started with SharePlay
26. Testing and Submitting Your App to the App Store