Mastering iOS Frameworks: Beyond the Basics, 2nd Edition

Apple’s iOS SDK provides an amazingly powerful collection of frameworks. But it has been difficult to find detailed and useful knowledge about them–until now. With this book’s practical insights and tested code, you can use Apple’s frameworks to create apps that are more innovative and usable…faster and more reliable…more successful and profitable.

Kyle Richter and Joe Keeley focus on intermediate-to-advanced techniques that professional iOS developers can use every day. Their far-reaching coverage ranges from social support to security, Core Data to iCloud–even Apple Watch.

Organized as a convenient modular reference, nearly every chapter contains a complete Objective-C sample project. A multi-chapter Game Center case study shows how multiple iOS features can be combined to do even more.

All source code may be downloaded at https://github.com/dfsw/icf.

Coverage includes:

• Adding physics-like animation and behaviors to UIViews
• Using Core Location to determine device location, display customized maps, and implement geofencing
• Making games and apps social with Leaderboards
• Accessing music and image collections
• Building health/fitness apps with HealthKit
• Integrating with home automation via HomeKit
• Passing data between platforms using JSON
• Setting up local and remote notifications
• Remotely storing and syncing data with CloudKit
• Accessing app functionality with extensions
• Effortlessly adding AirPrint support
• Providing Handoff continuity between iOS 8 and Yosemite devices
• Getting productive with Core Data
• Integrating Twitter and Facebook via Social Framework
• Performing resource-intensive tasks with Grand Central Dispatch
• Securing user data with Keychain and Touch ID
• Customizing collection views
• Making the most of gesture recognizers
• Creating and distributing “passes”
• Debugging, instrumenting, and profiling apps

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. UIKit Dynamics
Chapter 2. Core Location, MapKit, and Geofencing
Chapter 3. Leaderboards
Chapter 4. Achievements
Chapter 5. Getting Started with Address Book
Chapter 6. Working with Music Libraries
Chapter 7. Implementing HealthKit
Chapter 8. Implementing HomeKit
Chapter 9. Working with and Parsing JSON
Chapter 10. Notifications
Chapter 11. Cloud Persistence with CloudKit
Chapter 12. Extensions
Chapter 13. Handoff
Chapter 14. AirPrint
Chapter 15. Getting Up and Running with Core Data
Chapter 16. Integrating Twitter and Facebook Using Social Framework
Chapter 17. Working with Background Tasks
Chapter 18. Grand Central Dispatch for Performance
Chapter 19. Using Keychain and Touch ID to Secure and Access Data
Chapter 20. Working with Images and Filters
Chapter 21. Collection Views
Chapter 22. Introduction to TextKit
Chapter 23. Gesture Recognizers
Chapter 24. Accessing the Photo Library
Chapter 25. Passbook and PassKit
Chapter 26. Debugging and Instruments