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iOS 17 Programming for Beginners

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

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781837630561
Length 604 pages
Edition 8th Edition
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Ian Lockett Ian Lockett
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Table of Contents (34) Chapters Close

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

Dynamically modifying collection view cell size using size classes

As you have seen earlier, the table view in the Journal List screen presents table view cells using rows arranged in a single column. This works great on an iPhone, but as you have seen, this results in a lot of wasted space if you were to run the app on an iPad. Even though you can use the same user interface for both iPhone and iPad, it would be better if you could customize it to suit each device.

To do this, you’ll add some code so your app can identify the size of the screen it’s running on, and you’ll dynamically modify the size of the collection view cells in the collection view to suit. You can identify the current screen size using size classes, and you’ll learn about them in the next section.

Understanding size classes

To determine the size of the screen your app is running on, you must consider the effects of device orientation on your user interface. It can be challenging...

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