You're reading from iOS 18 Programming for Beginners Learn iOS development with Swift 6, Xcode 16, and iOS 18 - your path to App Store success

Product type Paperback

Published in Dec 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781836204893

Length 584 pages

Edition 9th Edition

Languages

Swift

Tools

iOS

Concepts

Mobile Application Development

Table of Contents (34) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Swift FREE CHAPTER

2. Exploring Xcode

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 2: Design

12. Setting Up the User Interface

13. Building Your User Interface

14. Finishing Up Your User Interface

15. Modifying App Screens

16. Part 3: Code

17. Getting Started with MVC and Table Views

18. Getting Data into Table Views

19. Passing Data between View Controllers

20. Getting Started with Core Location and MapKit

21. Getting Started with JSON Files

22. Getting Started with Custom Views

23. Getting Started with the Camera and Photo Library

24. Getting Started with Search

25. Getting Started with Collection Views

26. Part 4: Features

27. Getting Started with SwiftData

28. Getting Started with SwiftUI

29. Getting Started with Swift Testing

30. Getting Started with Apple Intelligence

31. Testing and Submitting Your App to the App Store

32. Other Books You May Enjoy

33. Index

Exploring Xcode

Welcome to iOS 18 Programming for Beginners. I hope you will find this a useful introduction to creating and publishing iOS 18 apps on the App Store.

In this chapter, you’ll download and install Xcode on your Mac. Then, you’ll explore the Xcode user interface. After that, you’ll create your first iOS app and run it in Simulator. Finally, you’ll run your app on an iOS device.

By the end of this chapter, you will know how to create an iOS app, how to run it in Simulator, and how to run it on an iOS device.

The following topics will be covered in this chapter:

Downloading and installing Xcode from the App Store
Exploring the Xcode user interface
Running your app in Simulator
Running your app on an iOS device

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Exploring Xcode

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