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Learning Xcode 8

You're reading from   Learning Xcode 8 Learn to build iOS Applications with Xcode 8

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785885723
Length 480 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Jak Tiano Jak Tiano
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Starting Your iOS Journey FREE CHAPTER 2. Welcome to Xcode 3. Introduction to Swift 3 4. Using Storyboards, Auto Layout, and Size Classes 5. Taking Advantage of Source Control in Xcode 6. Building Your First iOS App 7. Integrating Multitouch and Gestures 8. Exploring Common iOS Frameworks 9. Working with Core Data 10. Creating a watchOS Companion App 11. Advanced Input Using Sensors 12. Sending Notifications 13. Writing Unit Tests 14. Debugging an iOS Application 15. Optimizing Your App 16. Distributing an iOS App Index

Using CoreLocation.framework


With today's always on, always tracking social media apps, using and tracking the user's location has become a standard feature of many apps. In this section we're going to explore a new framework from the inside out, by jumping straight to coding. This framework is CoreLocation, which as the name might imply is going to give us the tools we need to access location services on a user's device.

We're going to be switching back to our Snippets application and adding the functionality for the user to attach their current location to a new snippet when they create it. You can continue to work from your old Snippets project, or if you had any problems with yours you can grab the final version from the resources folder of this chapter, because again, the folder will have the finished work from this chapter.

Note

Before we get started, make sure to link CoreLocation.framework to your Snippets project like we did in the test project earlier in the chapter.

Setting up CoreLocation...

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