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iOS 14 Programming for Beginners

You're reading from   iOS 14 Programming for Beginners Get started with building iOS apps with Swift 5.3 and Xcode 12

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800209749
Length 766 pages
Edition 5th Edition
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Ahmad Sahar Ahmad Sahar
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Table of Contents (31) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Swift
2. Chapter 1: Getting Familiar with Xcode FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Simple Values and Types 4. Chapter 3: Conditionals and Optionals 5. Chapter 4: Range Operators and Loops 6. Chapter 5: Collection Types 7. Chapter 6: Functions and Closures 8. Chapter 7: Classes, Structures, and Enumerations 9. Chapter 8: Protocols, Extensions, and Error Handling 10. Section 2:Design
11. Chapter 9: Setting Up the User Interface 12. Chapter 10: Building Your User Interface 13. Chapter 11: Finishing Up Your User Interface 14. Chapter 12: Modifying and Configuring Cells 15. Section 3:Code
16. Chapter 13: Getting Started with MVC and Collection Views 17. Chapter 14: Getting Data into Collection Views 18. Chapter 16: Getting Started with MapKit 19. Chapter 17: Getting Started with JSON Files 20. Chapter 18: Displaying Data in a Static Table View 21. Chapter 19: Getting Started with Custom UIControls 22. Chapter 20: Getting Started with Cameras and Photo Libraries 23. Chapter 21: Understanding Core Data 24. Section 4:Features
25. Chapter 22: Getting Started with Apple Silicon Macs 26. Chapter 23: Getting Started with SwiftUI 27. Chapter 24: Getting Started with Widgets 28. Chapter 25: Getting Started with App Clips 29. Chapter 26: Testing and Submitting Your App to the App Store 30. Other Books You May Enjoy

Configuring storyboard element sizes

The Size inspector is used to change the size of storyboard elements. You will use it to change the size of the collection view cell and collection view section header to make them match the Explore screen that was shown in the app tour in Chapter 9, Setting Up the Basic Structure. Follow these steps:

  1. Click Main.storyboard in the Project navigator and click Collection View in the document outline. Click the Size inspector button:

    Figure 10.32 – Size inspector selected

  2. The collection view size settings will be displayed in the Size inspector as shown:

Figure 10.33 – Size inspector showing size settings for the collection view

Configure the collection view size settings, as follows:

Cell Size: Set Width to 177 and Height to 177.

Estimate Size: None.

Header Size: Set Width to 0 and Height to 100.

Min Spacing: Set For Cells to 0 and For Lines to 7.

Section Insets: Set Top, Bottom,...

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