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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

Providing timeline entries to your widget

To display information in a widget, you will configure the widget’s timeline provider. This generates a timeline consisting of timeline entries. Each entry specifies the date and time to update the widget’s content. You’ll use the MapDataManager class to get restaurant details, create timeline entries for each restaurant, and configure them to be displayed every five minutes. Follow these steps:

  1. Stop your app if it is running. Click the LetsEatWidget file inside the LetsEatWidget folder in the Project navigator. Just like in Chapter 24, Getting Started with SwiftUI, you’ll see your widget’s code on the left side of the editor, and a canvas containing a preview of the right side.
  2. Click the Resume button to preview the widget in the canvas. It just displays the time at the moment.
  3. Your widget is declared and defined in the LetsEatWidget structure. Modify it as follows:
    @main...
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