You're reading from iOS 17 Programming for Beginners Unlock the world of iOS development with Swift 5.9, Xcode 15, and iOS 17 – your path to App Store success

Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781837630561

Length 604 pages

Edition 8th Edition

Languages

Swift

Tools

iOS

Concepts

Application Development

Authors (2):

Ian Lockett

Ahmad Sahar

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Table of Contents (34) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Swift

2. Exploring 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 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 Widgets

30. Getting Started with visionOS

31. Testing and Submitting Your App to the App Store

32. Other Books You May Enjoy

33. Index

Improving your app’s appearance in visionOS

Your app is now running in visionOS, and it looks great! As you have been using the native user interface elements configured to use default colors, Xcode was able to automatically optimize your app’s appearance for visionOS. There are still areas that can be improved, though. When you position the mouse pointer over a cell in the Journal List screen, the hover effect has square edges:

Figure 26.10: Simulator running visionOS showing Journal List screen

When you add a new journal entry in the Add New Journal Entry screen, the appearance of the text view is missing the dark background of the text field:

Figure 26.11: Simulator running visionOS showing Add New Journal Entry screen

You’ll modify the hover effect for the cell to have rounded edges and modify the text view’s appearance to match the text field while using visionOS. Follow these steps: