iOS 16 Programming for Beginners

Take your next step in iOS app development and work with Xcode 13 and Apple's iOS 16 simulators

Key Features

• Explore the latest features of Xcode 13 and the Swift 5.5 programming language in this updated seventh edition
• Start your iOS programming career and have fun building your own iOS apps
• Discover the new features of iOS 16 such as Mac Catalyst, SwiftUI, Swift Concurrency, and SharePlay

Book Description

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, which means that competent iOS developers are in high demand. iOS 16 Programming for Beginners, Seventh Edition, is a comprehensive introduction for those who are new to iOS, covering the entire process of learning the Swift language, writing your own app, and publishing it on the App Store.

You can expect a hands-on approach from this book - from step-by-step tutorials to real-life-examples and easy-to-understand explanations of complicated topics, each chapter will help you learn and practice Swift language to build your apps and introduce exciting new technologies to 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.

What you will learn

• Get to grips with the fundamentals of Xcode 13 and Swift 5.7, the building blocks of iOS development
• Understand how to prototype an app using storyboards
• Discover the Model-View-Controller design pattern and how to implement the desired functionality within an app
• Implement the latest iOS features such as Swift Concurrency and SharePlay and more
• Convert an existing iPad app into a Mac app with Mac Catalyst
• Design, deploy, and test your iOS applications with design patterns and best practices

Who This Book Is For

This book is for developers with some programming experience who are new to Swift and iOS app development. Basics knowledge of programming concepts, including loops, boolean, and so on, is a prerequisite.

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. Concurrency
10. Setting Up the User Interface
11. Building Your User Interface
12. Finishing Up Your User Interface
13. Modifying and Configuring Cells
14. Getting Started with MVC and Collection Views
15. Getting Data into Collection Views
16. Getting Started with Table Views
17. Getting Started with MapKit
18. Getting Started with JSON Files
19. Displaying Data in a Static Table View
20. Getting Started with Custom UIControls
21. Getting Started with Cameras and Photo Libraries
22. Understanding Core Data
23. Getting Started with Mac Catalyst
24. TO BE CONFIRMED AFTER WWDC 2022
25. TO BE CONFIRMED AFTER WWDC 2022
26. TO BE CONFIRMED AFTER WWDC 2022
27. Testing and Submitting Your App to the App Store