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iOS 13 Programming for Beginners

You're reading from   iOS 13 Programming for Beginners Get started with building iOS apps with Swift 5 and Xcode 11

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838821906
Length 822 pages
Edition 4th Edition
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Craig Clayton Craig Clayton
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Ahmad Sahar Ahmad Sahar
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Table of Contents (33) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Swift
2. Getting Familiar with 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. Section 2: Design
11. Setting Up the Basic Structure 12. Building Your App Structure in Storyboard 13. Finishing Up Your App Structure in Storyboard 14. Modifying and Configuring Cells 15. Section 3: Code
16. Getting Started with MVC and Collection Views 17. Getting Data into Collection Views 18. Getting Started with Table Views 19. Getting Started with MapKit 20. Getting Started with JSON Files 21. Displaying Data in a Static Table View 22. Getting Started with Custom UIControls 23. Getting Started with Cameras and Photo Libraries 24. Understanding Core Data 25. Saving and Loading from Core Data 26. Section 4: Features
27. Getting Started with Dark Mode 28. Getting Started with Mac Catalyst 29. Getting Started with SwiftUI 30. Getting Started with Sign In with Apple 31. Testing and Submitting Your App to the App Store 32. Other Books You May Enjoy

Getting Started with JSON Files

In the last chapter, you configured the Map screen to display a list of restaurants using data from a .plist file. You configured custom annotations for each restaurant location and callout buttons in the custom annotations to display restaurant details when tapped. You also cleaned up and organized your code to make it easier to read and maintain.

In this chapter, you will use data in JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) format. Many apps get data from an online source using an Application Programming Interface (API) and JSON is a popular format for data hosted online.

You'll start by learning about APIs and the JSON format, and you'll create a data manager class that can load data from JSON files for use in the Lets Eat app. Next, you'll configure LocationViewController to store the location selected by the user and pass it to ExploreViewController...

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