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iOS 16 Programming for Beginners

You're reading from   iOS 16 Programming for Beginners Kickstart your iOS app development journey with a hands-on guide to Swift 5.7 and Xcode 14

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803237046
Length 686 pages
Edition 7th Edition
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Ahmad Sahar Ahmad Sahar
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Craig Clayton Craig Clayton
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Table of Contents (34) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part I: Swift
2. Getting Familiar with Xcode FREE CHAPTER 3. Simple Values and Types 4. Conditionals and Optionals 5. Range Operators and Loops 6. Collection Types 7. Functions and Closures 8. Classes, Structures, and Enumerations 9. Protocols, Extensions, and Error Handling 10. Swift Concurrency 11. Part II: Design
12. Setting Up the User Interface 13. Building Your User Interface 14. Finishing Up Your User Interface 15. Modifying and Configuring Cells 16. Part III: Code
17. Getting Started with MVC and Collection Views 18. Getting Data into Collection Views 19. Getting Started with Table Views 20. Getting Started with MapKit 21. Getting Started with JSON Files 22. Displaying Data in a Static Table View 23. Getting Started with Custom UIControls 24. Getting Started with Cameras and Photo Libraries 25. Understanding Core Data 26. Part IV: Features
27. Getting Started with Mac Catalyst 28. Getting Started with SwiftUI 29. Getting Started with Lock Screen Widgets 30. Getting Started with WeatherKit 31. Testing and Submitting Your App to the App Store 32. Other Books You May Enjoy
33. Index

Introducing conditionals

At times, you’ll want to execute different code blocks based on a specific condition, such as in the following scenarios:

  • Choosing between different room types at a hotel. The price for bigger rooms would be higher.
  • Switching between different payment methods at an online store. Different payment methods would have different procedures.
  • Deciding what to order at a fast-food restaurant. Preparation procedures for each food item would be different.

To do this, you would use conditionals. In Swift, this is implemented using the if statement (for a single condition) and the switch statement (for multiple conditions).

For more information on conditionals, visit https://docs.swift.org/swift-book/LanguageGuide/ControlFlow.html.

Let’s see how if statements are used to execute different tasks depending on a condition’s value in the next section.

Using if statements

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