Summary
iOS Development with Swift is a hands-on guide to creating apps for iPhone and iPad using the Swift language. Inside, you'll be guided through every step of the process for building an app, from first idea to App Store. This book fully covers Swift 4, Xcode 9, and iOS 1.
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About the Technology
One billion iPhone users are waiting for the next amazing app. It's time for you to build it! Apple's Swift language makes iOS development easier than ever, offering modern language features, seamless integration with all iOS libraries, and the top-notch Xcode development environment. And with this book, you'll get started fast.
About the Book
iOS Development with Swift is a hands-on guide to creating iOS apps. It takes you through the experience of building an app—from idea to App Store. After setting up your dev environment, you'll learn the basics by experimenting in Swift playgrounds. Then you'll build a simple app layout, adding features like animations and UI widgets. Along the way, you'll retrieve, format, and display data; interact with the camera and other device features; and touch on cloud and networking basics.
What's Inside

Create adaptive layouts

Store and manage data

Learn to write and debug Swift code

Publish to the App Store

Covers Swift 4, Xcode 9, and iOS 11

About the Reader
Written for intermediate web or mobile developers. No prior experience with Swift assumed.
About the Author
Craig Grummitt is a successful developer, instructor, and mentor. His iOS apps have had over 100,000 downloads combined!
Table of Contents
PART 1 - INTRODUCING XCODE AND SWIFT

Your first iOS application

Introduction to Swift playgrounds

Swift objects

PART 2 - BUILDING YOUR INTERFACE

View controllers, views, and outlets

User interaction

Adaptive layout

More adaptive layout

Keyboard notifications, animation, and scrolling

PART 3 - BUILDING YOUR APP

Tables and navigation

Collections, searching, sorting, and tab bars

Local data persistence

Data persistence in iCloud

Graphics and media

Networking

Debugging and testing

PART 4 - FINALIZING YOUR APP

Distributing your app

What's next?