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Mastering iOS 14 Programming

You're reading from   Mastering iOS 14 Programming Build professional-grade iOS 14 applications with Swift 5.3 and Xcode 12.4

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838822842
Length 558 pages
Edition 4th Edition
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Mario Eguiluz Alebicto Mario Eguiluz Alebicto
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Chris Barker Chris Barker
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Donny Wals Donny Wals
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Preface 1. Chapter 1: What's New in iOS 14? 2. Chapter 2: Working with Dark Mode FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: Using Lists and Tables 4. Chapter 4: Creating a Detail Page 5. Chapter 5: Immersing Your Users with Animation 6. Chapter 6: Understanding the Swift Type System 7. Chapter 7: Flexible Code with Protocols, Generics, and Extensions 8. Chapter 8: Adding Core Data to Your App 9. Chapter 9: Fetching and Displaying Data from the Network 10. Chapter 10: Making Smarter Apps with Core ML 11. Chapter 11: Adding Media to Your App 12. Chapter 12: Improving Apps with Location Services 13. Chapter 13: Working with the Combine Framework 14. Chapter 14: Creating an App Clip for Your App 15. Chapter 15: Recognition with Vision Framework 16. Chapter 16: Creating Your First Widget 17. Chapter 17: Using Augmented Reality 18. Chapter 18: Creating a macOS app with Catalyst 19. Chapter 19: Ensuring App Quality with Tests 20. Chapter 20: Submitting Your App to the App Store 21. Other Books You May Enjoy

Introducing App Clips

App Clips allow users to discover your app in a fast and lightweight manner. With App Clips, a user can quickly use a feature of your app even without having the app installed on their phone. Let's see an example of what an App Clip looks like:

Figure 1.1 − App Clip UI

App Clips should be lightweight, brief, and finish a user task in seconds. Let's see some use cases of App Clips:

  • An App Clip to order coffee when you pass by the coffee shop door and tap on an NFC tag.
  • An App Clip to rent an electric bike parked in the street, just by scanning a QR code on it. Also, you can use Sign in with Apple and Apple Pay to avoid forms and interface complexities, allowing you to rent the bike in seconds.
  • An App Clip to pre-order from the menu in a restaurant and save time while you wait to be seated.
  • An App Clip that triggers when you tap around NFC spots in an art gallery or a museum and displays augmented reality...
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