With more than 600 million iOS devices sold, Apple's booming mobile platform provides a immense and continuously growing app market for developers. And with each update to the iOS SDK, Apple offers the richest set of additional developer tools. iOS 7.0 is no exception. iOS programming expert Richard Warren shows you how to use these powerful tools to begin writing the next generation of iOS apps. You will hone your development skills by creating a complete, full-featured mobile application. You'll learn to build an intuitive and beautiful user interface, beginning with linking View Controllers in the Storyboard and then adding custom drawn views. Next, you will learn how to use iCloud storage and Core Data to manage an app's data model, synchronizing data across multiple devices. Then you will learn ways to make your app stand out, using more advanced iOS techniques like UIKit Dynamics and UIMotionEffects. Finally, Richard shows you how to prepare your app for submission to the App Store, getting it in front of iOS users around the world. This book includes: Real-world guidance and advice Insight into the current best practices from an iOS programming expert An essential introduction to the Objective-C language and Cocoa design patterns Coverage of key iOS 7.0 technologies, including the asset catalog, dynamic fonts, UIKit Dynamics, UIMotionEffects, Sprite Kit, and more.
If you’ve got incredible iOS ideas, get this book and bring them to life! iOS 7 represents the most significant update to Apple’s mobile operating system since the first iPhone was released, and even the most seasoned app developers are looking for information on how to take advantage of the latest iOS 7 features in their app designs. That’s where iOS App Development For Dummies comes in! Whether you’re a programming hobbyist wanting to build an app for fun or a professional developer looking to expand into the iOS market, this book will walk you through the fundamentals of building a universal app that stands out in the iOS crowd. Walks you through joining Apple’s developer program, downloading the latest SDK, and working with Apple’s developer tools Explains the key differences between iPad and iPhone apps and how to use each device’s features to your advantage Shows you how to design your app with the end user in mind and create a fantastic user experience Covers using nib files, views, view controllers, interface objects, gesture recognizers, and much more There’s no time like now to tap into the power of iOS – start building the next big app today with help from iOS App Development For Dummies!
Apple’s Swift is a powerful, beginner-friendly programming language that anyone can use to make cool apps for the iPhone or iPad. In Coding iPhone Apps for Kids, you’ll learn how to use Swift to write programs, even if you’ve never programmed before. You’ll work in the Xcode playground, an interactive environment where you can play with your code and see the results of your work immediately! You’ll learn the fundamentals of programming too, like how to store data in arrays, use conditional statements to make decisions, and create functions to organize your code—all with the help of clear and patient explanations. Once you master the basics, you’ll build a birthday tracker app so that you won’t forget anyone’s birthday and a platform game called Schoolhouse Skateboarder with animation, jumps, and more! As you begin your programming adventure, you’ll learn how to: –Build programs to save you time, like one that invites all of your friends to a party with just the click of a button! –Program a number-guessing game with loops to make the computer keep guessing until it gets the right answer –Make a real, playable game with graphics and sound effects using SpriteKit –Challenge players by speeding up your game and adding a high-score systemWhy should serious adults have all the fun? Coding iPhone Apps for Kids is your ticket to the exciting world of computer programming. Covers Swift 3.x and Xcode 8.x. Requires OS X 10.11 or higher.
"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.
Sharing Apple Apps With Your Team, Testers & the World You'll learn how to sign up for Apple Developer Program, generate the various certificates needed, configure your app and submit an app to the App Store for approval, both manually and through automated processes through automated pipelines. You'll learn how to use Apple TestFlight to add internal and external testers and receive feedback and crash reports. iOS App Distribution starts with explaining hurdles everyone faces, such as code signing, provisioning profiles, and how to do manual releases. It'll then go into more advanced topics, including distribution through TestFlight, build customization, automation, and continuous integration. Who This Book Is For This book is for beginner to experienced developers who want to know the best and most common workflow to release an app to the App store, as well as limiting frustration by troubleshooting and debugging common issues and problems associated with distributing apps. Topics Covered in iOS App Distribution & Best Practices App Store quick start: Your quickest way from no account to the App Store. Provisioning, code signing & entitlements: In-depth explanation of what they are, why you need them, and how they work. Distribution channels & TestFlight: Learn different ways of distributing your app, within an enterprise, with internal or external testers. App Store Connect: Learn about the Apple review process, what are the guidelines, what can go wrong and how to dispute them. Build customizations: Learn the ins and outs of configuring Xcode and build configurations. Build automation: Automate builds, build servers, and learn about tools such as fastlane. Continuous integration: Build your own CI pipeline to code, build, test, release, and repeat! After reading this book, you'll take your app build process and distribution to the next level, automate most of its tedious processes, and have an easier time debugging obscure app submission problem
This book covers the various aspects of developing web-based applications for iOS. Over the past four years, the iPhone and iPad have been amazingly successful. Because of this success, application developers are entering a world of sophisticated, multifunctional mobile applications. Now mobile web-based applications can bring together web apps, native apps, multimedia video and audio, and the mobile device itself. By using this book you will learn how to create a mobile application from beginning to end, utilizing open source frameworks to speed up development times, emulate the look and feel of built-in Apple applications, capture finger touch interactions, and optimize applications for Wi-Fi and wireless networks. The book introduces you to the web application platform for iOS. It also guides you through the process of building new applications from scratch as well as migrating existing web applications to this new mobile platform. By doing this, the book helps readers design a user interface that is optimized for iOS touch-screen displays and integrate their applications with iPhone services, including Phone, Mail, Google Maps, and GPS. This book is aimed at beginning and intermediate web developers who want to learn how to build new applications for iOS or migrate existing web apps to this platform. In general, you will find it helpful if you have a working knowledge of these technologies: HTML/XHTML CSS JavaScript Ajax
If you are a designer who knows HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, you can easily learn how to make native iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad apps—and distribute them worldwide via the App Store. When combined with an Objective-C framework, web standards can be used to format and style content for iOS, using native controls and behaviors for an authentic Apple user experience. The Web Designer’s Guide to iOS Apps shows how to create apps using NimbleKit, the Objective-C framework featured on the Apple Development Tools web site. With it you’ll learn how to: Download and install the free software for creating iOS apps Use Xcode to manage project assets, test apps, and package binary files Implement standard iOS elements and behaviors for familiar Apple mobile user experiences Enhance your app designs with HTML5 and CSS3 Build a foundation for designing web apps that can be delivered to other smartphones and mobile devices
This book covers iOS 14 app design fundamentals using the latest Swift 5 programming language, Xcode 12 and iOS 14 SDK.The author assumes you have no experience in app development. The book starts with the installation of the required programming environment and setting up the simulators. Then, the simplest Hello World app is developed step by step. In the next chapter, basics of the Swift 5 programming language are given with practical examples. Screenshots and code snippets are clearly given in the book to guide the reader. After the Swift lecture, 8 complete apps (including a 2D game in SpriteKit and a 3D game in SceneKit) are developed in separate chapters. Both the mature UIKit and the newest SwiftUI frameworks are used for developing these apps. As the reader follows the development of the example apps, he/she will learn designing user interfaces, connecting interface objects to code, developing efficient Swift code and testing the app on simulators and real devices.Chapters of the book and the contents of these chapters are as follows: Chapter 1. Introduction: General info and the steps of developing an iOS app.Chapter 2. Setting up your development environment: Installing Xcode, setting up signing identities, viewing/adding simulators and real devices.Chapter 3. Test drive - the "Hello World" app: Creating a new Xcode project, adding and positioning user interface objects, building the project, running the developed app on the simulator and on the real device.Chapter 4. Swift programming language: Variables, constants, optionals, arrays, dictionaries, sets, if-else and switch-case decision making statements, for and while loops, functions, classes, objects and inheritance in Swift 5. Each concept is clearly explained step by step with code examples and screenshots.Chapter 5. Disco lights app: Using buttons and connecting actions to buttons in the code.Chapter 6. Body mass index (BMI) calculator app: Using input boxes, performing calculations and displaying the results on the screen.Chapter 7. Simple die roller app: Using random number generator functions, including image sets in your project, displaying images on the screen and changing the displayed image using Swift code.Chapter 8. Exercise calorie calculator app: Using global variables, creating tabbed apps and utilizing segmented controls.Chapter 9. Show my location app: Adding a map object to your app, setting required permissions, accessing GPS device and showing real time location on the map.Chapter 10. S.O.S. sender app: Adding SMS functionality, setting required permissions and sending real time location using SMS.Chapter 11. Bounce the ball game: Basics of SpriteKit that is used to develop 2D iOS games, adding objects to the game, sensing screen touches, moving game objects according to touches, combining all these and more to develop a complete 2D game.Chapter 12. Blue Capsule Hunter game: Basics of SceneKit that is used to develop 3D iOS games, adding objects to the game, moving objects, sensing screen touches, using score text and combining these concepts for developing a 3D game.This book includes 218 figures and 108 code snippets that are used to explain app development concepts clearly. Full resolution colour figures and project files can be viewed and downloaded from the book's companion website: www.yamaclis.com/ios14.
Everything you need to create top-notch applications for the iPhone and iPad Developers have demanded an advanced guide to using the very latest version of the iPhone and iPad SDK to develop applications-and this book answers that call! Packed with over twenty complete standalone applications that are designed to be recreated, rebuilt, and reused by the professional developer, this resource delves into the increasingly popular world of application development and presents step-by-step guidance for creating superior apps for the iPhone and iPad. You'll explore the many developer tools and learn how to use them and you'll also discover how to apply the techniques learned, to real world situations. With coverage of the latest version of the iPhone and iPad SDK and the quantity of standalone applications, this book will serve as a tremendous go-to reference in the future. Coverage includes: Navigation Alerts, Action Sheets, and Modal Views Custom Table Views The Split View Touch Events Notification Processing Networking Concepts Multimedia Application Preferences Data Storage The Pasteboard Unit Testing Performance Tuning and Optimization Integrating iAds Multitasking Professional iPhone and iPad Application Development is the only advanced-level resource you need for creating top-quality applications!
In this book, we take you on a fun, hands-on and pragmatic journey to learning iOS 14 application development using Swift. You'll start building your first iOS app within minutes. Every section is written in a bite-sized manner and straight to the point as I don't want to waste your time (and most certainly mine) on the content you don't need. In the end, you will have the skills to create an app and submit it to the app store. In the course of this book, we will cover: Chapter 1 & 2 - Working with Xcode and Swift to build a BMI calculator app. Chapter 3 - Build a Quotes app using Table View Chapter 4 - Create a To Do List app (create, read, update and delete to-do items) Chapter 5 - Implement data persistency to our To Do List app using Core Data Chapter 6 - Improve our To Do List app by adding images and swipe deletion Chapter 7 - Build a cryptocurrency price tracker app which retrieves prices via an API Chapter 8 - Build a image detection app using machine learning Chapter 9 - Create an Augmented Reality app with ARKit Chapter 10 - Publish our app on to the App store Chapter 11 - SwiftUI Chapter 12 - Widgets Chapter 13 - App Clips Chapter 14 - Dark Mode Chapter 15 - Porting your iOS App to the Mac with Project Catalyst Chapter 16 - In-App Purchases The goal of this book is to teach you iOS development in a manageable way without overwhelming you. We focus only on the essentials and cover the material in a hands-on practice manner for you to code along. About the Reader No previous knowledge on iOS development required, but you should have basic programming knowledge. About the Author Greg Lim is a technologist and author of several programming books. Greg has many years in teaching programming in tertiary institutions and he places special emphasis on learning by doing.
