SwiftUI Essentials – iOS 14 Edition
eBook Details:
- Paperback: 492 pages
- Publisher: WOW! eBook (December 7, 2020)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1951442288
- ISBN-13: 978-1951442286
eBook Description:
SwiftUI Essentials – iOS 14 Edition: Learn to Develop iOS Apps Using SwiftUI, Swift 5 and Xcode 12
The goal of this book is to teach the skills necessary to build iOS 14 applications using SwiftUI, Xcode 12 and the Swift 5.3 programming language.
Beginning with the basics, this book provides an outline of the steps necessary to set up an iOS development environment together with an introduction to the use of Swift Playgrounds to learn and experiment with Swift.
The SwiftUI Essentials – iOS 14 Edition book also includes in-depth chapters introducing the Swift 5.3 programming language including data types, control flow, functions, object-oriented programming, property wrappers and error handling.
An introduction to the key concepts of SwiftUI and project architecture is followed by a guided tour of Xcode in SwiftUI development mode. The book also covers the creation of custom SwiftUI views and explains how these views are combined to create user interface layouts including the use of stacks, frames and forms.
Other topics covered include data handling using state properties in addition to observable, state and environment objects, as are key user interface design concepts such as modifiers, lists, tabbed views, context menus and user interface navigation, and outline groups.
The SwiftUI Essentials – iOS 14 Edition book also includes chapters covering graphics drawing, user interface animation, view transitions and gesture handling, WidgetKit, document-based apps and SiriKit integration.
Chapters are also provided explaining how to integrate SwiftUI views into existing UIKit-based projects and explains the integration of UIKit code into SwiftUI.
Finally, the book explains how to package up a completed app and upload it to the App Store for publication.Along the way, the topics covered in the book are put into practice through detailed tutorials, the source code for which is also available for download.
The aim of this book, therefore, is to teach you the skills necessary to build your own apps for iOS 14 using SwiftUI. Assuming you are ready to download the iOS 14 SDK and Xcode 12 and have an Apple Mac system you are ready to get started.