Take a complete iOS app from Swift Playground to the App Store, building real features with SwiftUI, MapKit, and SwiftData along the way.
Key Features
- Build a complete CATLog app from scratch, applying each concept as you go
- Add maps, photos, persistent data, and search to a real iOS application
- Test your app with TestFlight and publish it to the App Store
Book Description
Most beginners want to build a real app, not work through isolated exercises. SwiftUI for Beginners gives you exactly that, guiding you through the complete development of CATLog, a fully functional iOS app, using Swift 6, SwiftUI, and Swift Playground. Starting with the Swift Playground environment and Swift fundamentals, you will design adaptive multi-screen interfaces, build navigation flows, and manage application data. As the app grows, you will add SwiftData for persistent storage, Core Location and MapKit for location-aware features, and Photo Library integration for rich media. You will also build reusable custom views and implement search to improve usability throughout. By the end of this book, you will have built, tested, and published a complete iOS app to the App Store using SwiftUI, SwiftData, MapKit, and TestFlight.
What you will learn
- Design adaptive, multi-screen interfaces using SwiftUI components
- Navigate the Swift Playground environment and configure an iOS project
- Create navigation flows and manage data across multiple screens
- Store data persistently with SwiftData
- Integrate Core Location and MapKit for location-aware features
- Access the Photo Library for rich media experiences
- Add search functionality and build reusable custom SwiftUI views
- Test and publish your finished app to the App Store via TestFlight
Who this book is for
This book is for aspiring iOS developers, students, hobbyists, and professionals moving from other development platforms who want to learn SwiftUI from scratch. No prior experience with Swift or iOS development is required, though a basic understanding of programming concepts will help. You will learn by building a complete app using Swift Playground and SwiftUI.
