Name: Learn iOS Application Development
Price: 19.95 USD
ISBN: 9789390684755

BPB Online LLP

Rudra S Misra

Learn iOS Application Development

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Explore the complex app development concepts for iOS application programming with fun and ease.

Key Features
● In-depth knowledge with practical examples on how to develop professional iOS apps.
● Includes coverage on the entire iOS application development, right from designing the UI to application deployment.
● Get to know more about machine learning and augmented reality, and their impact on iOS apps.

Description
Grab this book if you want to make Apps for Apple’s iOS devices and that too efficiently like a skilled developer. This book covers the complete development of iOS applications, right from concepts of designing an application to adding machine learning capabilities in the applications.

You will learn and practice the App development environment with Xcode and Swift programming. Concepts like different types of views and UI components, data manipulations, animations, different iOS screen views, and integrating web services are covered in detail with examples. You will also learn the popular machine learning technology and fascinating features like Augmented Reality to be put into use in your app. You will learn to run automated application testing, use SwiftUI, and deploy applications on the network.

What you will learn
● Build strong familiarity with the entire application development environment.
● Revive essential coding concepts and methods of Swift and Xcode.
● Simplify integration of iOS apps with web services, including JSON and XML decoding.
● Learn to work with iOS ARKit and add the experience of augmented reality to applications.

Who this book is for
This book caters to mobile developers, application developers, and students who want to build sound proficiency in the entire process of iOS Application development. Knowing basic programming concepts would be good, although not mandatory.

Table of Contents
1. iOS App Development Environment
2. Swift Programming Language
3. User Interface and Data Handling
4. Different Views in iOS Devices
5. Image and Animation
6. Multi-View Application and Navigation
7. Data Persistence for iOS Devices
8. Integration with Web Services
9. Augmented Reality
10. Machine Learning
11. App Testing and Deployment
12. SwiftUI

About the Author
Rudra is an Apple Certified Trainer (ACT) in various technologies, including App Development with Swift. He holds degrees in Business Administration and Computer Applications. He started his career as a teacher followed by a software engineer. He has played various roles from middle-level to senior-level management. He is actively involved in content creation, R&D, technical blogging, and technology awareness programs.

LinkedIn Bio: www.linkedin.com/in/rudrasankar

Language

English

ISBN

9789390684755

Cover Page

Title Page

Dedication Page

About the Author

About the Reviewer

Acknowledgement

Preface

Errata

Table of Contents

1. iOS App Development Environment

Introduction

Structure

Objective

Xcode

Get your Xcode

Welcome screen

Customize development environment

Create your first app

Xcode environment

App design and coding environment

Customize the environment

Apple’s App Development Team

Membership schemes

FREE account

Xcode simulator

Use of real iOS devices

Manage simulator

iOS architecture

The layers

Conclusion

Questions

2. Swift Programming Language

Structure

Objective

Swift: the all-purpose programming language

Swift Playground

Let’s play

The print()

Naming and declaration

Choosing of correct name

Data types

String type

Control flows

If-else

Switch case

Loops

For-In loop

While loop

Repeat-While loop

Operators and expressions

Operators

Data collections

Array

Dictionary

Optional types

Functions

Closures

Structures

Classes

Protocols and delegates

Protocol

Delegation

Conclusion

Questions

3. User Interface and Data Handling

Introduction

Structure

Objective

Interface builder environment

Canvas management

UI controls and responses

The library

Use of UI controls

The connections

Auto layout and stack views

Without Auto layout

Implement Auto-layout

Stack views

The first app

Final touch

Connection error

Conclusion

Questions

4. Different Views in iOS Devices

Introduction

Structure

Objective

UI View and System View

UIKit

The view hierarchy

The UIView

Image View

The Image

The Assets

Image access with Interface Builder

Image access with Swift code

Multitouch Gesture Recognition

Gesture recognition process

Tap gesture

Pinch gesture

Rotation gesture

Pan gesture

WebKit View

Web browsing fundamental

Implementation of WebKit View

Accessing plain HTTP site

Activity indicator

Travel through pages

MapKit View

Basic MKMapView

Advance Map Kit View

Annotation

Table View

Table View structure

Create simple Table View

Advance Table View

Conclusion

Questions

5. Image and Animation

Structure

Objective

Xcode Assets

Create asset set with variations

Create App Icon

Core Image

Core Image filter

Core Image analysis

Core animation

Basic animation

Core Animation concept

CALayer Animation

GCD and thread management

The GCD

Track the threads

Conclusion

Questions

6. Multi-View Application and Navigation

Introduction

Structure

Objective

Navigation controller

Segue

Navigation bar

Data transfer

Unwind segue

Tab Bar controller

Tabs on Tab Bar

AVKit Player View Controller

Master-Details View

Conclusion

Questions

7. Data Persistence for iOS Devices

Introduction

Structure

Objective

iOS app design pattern – MVC

Local data with UserDefaults

iOS sandboxing

File operations with file manager

Encoding and decoding

Core Data

Create data model

Core Data Stack

SQLite for CRUDZ

Swift Package Manager (SPM)

Realm for CRUD

Cocoapods

Google Firebase for CRUD

Conclusion

Questions

8. Integration with Web Services

Introduction

Structure

Objective

URL and URLSession

API

XML parsing

JSON parsing

Use of SFSafari

Use of MessageUI

Swift to JavaScript communication

Conclusion

Questions

9. Augmented Reality

Introduction

Structure

Objective

Introduction to iOS ARKit

The Models

Detect planes in real world

3D object with ARKit

RealityKit

Video play in AR environment

Conclusion

Questions

10. Machine Learning

Introduction

Structure

Objective

Introduction to machine learning

Use of CoreML

Model

Use of pre-trained models

Image recognition model

Use of CreateML

Natural Language Processing (NLP)

Conclusion

Questions

11. App Testing and Deployment

Introduction

Structure

Objective

Xcode Instruments

XCTest overview

Unit test

UI test

Localization and internationalization

Internationalization

Localization

Deploy and publish app

TestFlight

App Store Connect

Conclusion

Questions

12. SwiftUI

Introduction

Structure

Objective

SwiftUI environment

Use of UI components in SwiftUI

State and binding

Reusable views

Animation with Swift UI

Fusion of UIKit and SwiftUI

Compatible UI design for all Apple devices

Conclusion

Questions

Index