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iOS 10 Programming for Beginners

You're reading from   iOS 10 Programming for Beginners Explore the latest iOS 10 and Swift 3 features

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786464507
Length 678 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Craig Clayton Craig Clayton
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Table of Contents (20) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting Familiar with Xcode FREE CHAPTER 2. Building a Foundation with Swift 3. Digging Deeper 4. Digging into Collections 5. Starting the UI Setup 6. Setting Up UI 7. Getting Started with the Grid 8. Getting Started with the List 9. Working More with Lists 10. Where Are We? 11. Where's My Data? 12. Foodie Reviews 13. Saving Reviews 14. Universal 15. iMessages 16. Notifications 17. Just a Peek 18. Beta and Store Submission Index

Refactoring the Storyboard


In programming, the term refactor means to take your existing code and improve on it without changing its behavior. We can apply refactoring to storyboards. We are going to refactor our storyboard so that each tab in our app will have its own storyboard file.

We will be using what is called storyboard reference, which is to add references between storyboards. A storyboard reference in one storyboard can point to an area in a different storyboard. This gives us a way to better organize our storyboards, rather than having one massive storyboard with which to work. Open your Main.storyboard file.

Creating a New Storyboard for the Explore Tab

  1. In Main.storyboard, you are going to click on and drag over all of the scenes that are in the Explore tab. Note that when you click, make sure you are not clicking any scene or View Controller.

  2. You should now see the following:

  3. With the scenes selected, navigate to Editor | Refactor to Storyboard:

  4. You will be prompted to name the storyboard...

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