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Swift Essentials

You're reading from   Swift Essentials Get up and running lightning fast with this practical guide to building applications with Swift

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2014
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ISBN-13 9781784396701
Length 228 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Understanding iOS applications

An iOS application is a compiled executable, along with a set of supporting files in a bundle. The application bundle is packaged into an archive file for installing onto a device or uploading to the App Store.

Tip

Xcode can be used to run iOS applications in a simulator, but running an application on a device requires a developer signing key, which is included as part of the iOS developer program at https://developer.apple.com.

Most iOS applications to date have been written in Objective-C, a crossover between C and Smalltalk. With the advent of Swift, it is likely that many developers will move at least parts of their applications to Swift for performance and maintenance reasons. Although Objective-C is likely to be around for a while, it is clear that Swift is the future of iOS development, and probably OS X as well.

Applications contain a number of different types of files, which are used both at compile time and also at runtime. These files include:

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