Mastering iOS 10 Programming

Key Features

• This practical guide will help you make the transition to professional iOS developer
• Implement numerous powerful iOS 10 and Swift 3 techniques to build high-quality apps through this book
• Get the most in-depth, advanced-level guide on the latest version of iOS and take a hands-on approach

Book Description

With usage of apps growing rapidly, mobile application development has become the most sought-after skill set. Within the mobile market, iOS commands a massive presence and is a highly lucrative platform. The goal of our book is to help you become a professional developer by unleashing the full potential of iOS 10 to build applications.

Written with the latest Swift version and following the latest Swift API design guidelines, you won’t just learn how to program for iOS 10-you’ll also learn how to write beautiful, readable, and maintainable Swift code that’s in line with the industry’s best-practices. The progression of the book reflects the real-world development flow: it will quickly brush on the essentials at the beginning and then move on to the advanced concepts crucial to building powerful applications.

Within the book, you will build a couple of small applications that resemble applications you might want to build in the real world. You will be reading a mix of thorough background information and practical examples, so you’ll know how to make use of a certain technique right away while you also get a great understanding of the how and why.

What you will learn

• Write beautiful Swift code with Protocol-Oriented Programming and best practices
• Create rich views and layouts with responsive animations and transitions.
• Handle data, both from the web and offline
• Integrate with iOS and improve the user experience with app extensions
• Make sure that your app is of outstanding quality with XCTest
• Measure and improve performance by using Xcode Instruments
• Embrace the latest extension features in iOS 10 such as the new rich notifications, SiriKit, and iMessage

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. UITableView Touch Up
Chapter 2. A Better Layout with UICollectionView
Chapter 3. Creating a Contact Detail Page
Chapter 4. Immersing Your Users With Animation
Chapter 5. Improving Your Code with Value Types
Chapter 6. Avoiding Complex Inheritance with Protocols
Chapter 7. Refactoring the HelloContacts Application
Chapter 8. Adding Core Data to your App
Chapter 9. Storing and Querying Data in Core Data
Chapter 10. Fetching and Displaying Data from the Network
Chapter 11. Being Proactive with Background Fetch
Chapter 12. Enriching Apps with the Camera, Motion and Location
Chapter 13. Displaying Contents of your App in Spotlight
Chapter 14. Making the Web and your App Meet through Universal Links
Chapter 15. Instant Information with a Notification Center Widget
Chapter 16. Implementing Rich Notifications
Chapter 17. Extending iMessage
Chapter 18. Integrating Your App with Siri
Chapter 19. Ensuring App Quality with Tests
Chapter 20. Discovering Bottlenecks with Instruments
Chapter 21. Offloading Tasks with Operations and GCD