iOS App Development Level 2 Book

Setup & Introduction

Downloading the Class Files

Before You Begin

• Installing Xcode

Section 1

Setting Up: Do This Before Other Exercises!

• Setting up your class files

Hello World: Starting a Simple App

• Using Xcode
• Storyboards
• Using Auto Layout
• Adding buttons and labels to an app

Hello World: Making a Button Change Some Text

• Forging bonds
• Creating a method for the button
• Testing the app

Hello World: Clearing the Label

• Setting an initially blank label
• Conditional logic
• If…else statements

Section 2

Hello World: Swift Basics

• Swift syntax
• Creating a class
• Defining properties

Hello World: Finishing Up

• Setting up user interface
• Setting up outlets
• Placeholders
• First responder

Creating Simple Cells & Managing Retina Images

• Creating a single view app
• Adding cells
• Adding images to an app
• Retina images

Section 3

Building a Table View Controller

• Connecting a class to the storyboard
• Adding properties
• Editing the datasource protocol methods

The Navigation Controller

• Setting up the navigation controller
• Setting the initial view controller
• Setting root view controller
• Adding the detail view controller

Creating the Band Detail View

• Adding an image placeholder, title, & subtitle
• Adding info to labels
• Adding a description
• Adding a divider

Section 4

Segues Part 1

• Segues
• Creating a band detail object

Segues Part 2: Passing Objects

• Creating a mutable array
• Connecting band detail outlets in code

Adding a Tab Bar Controller

• Setting a custom icon for the map tab

Creating a Location Map

• Adding MapKit framework
• Adding a map view
• Setting a custom location
• Defining location coordinates
• Adding Auto Layout

Section 5

Linking to an External Webpage

• Coding a link to the webpage
• Adding a button
• Updating NSAppTransportSecurity

Embedding Video into the App

• Adding a video
• Moving video to band detail page

Setting the Video for Each Band

• Defining the video URL for band detail objects
• Making the URL a dynamic string

Section 6

Making the App for the Real World

• MVC design patterns
• Setting up a model

Setting Up Firebase

• Creating a Firebase app
• Adding dependencies
• Connecting to Firebase
• Testing the SDK
• Connecting the model & view controller with Firebase

Connecting to an External Datasource

• Creating a database in Firebase
• Connecting the model with Firebase
• Connecting the View Controller with the model
• Importing more data

Editing the UI to Improve the UX

• Adding a loader
• Handling a data failure
• Adding refresh

Bonus Material

Customizing the App for iPad

• Creating a new iPad storyboard
• Setting the interface orientation

Creating the Split View Controller

• Adding a split view controller
• Connecting & reordering the view controllers
• Fixing the tab bar icon & table view

Programming the Split View Controller

• Setting iPad-only code
• Connecting the master & detail view controllers
• Getting the detail view to appear in split view on load
• Setting an initial detail view

Fixing the iPad Layout

• Fixing the detail view for iPad
• Fixing the views

App Settings: Icons & Launch Images

• Preparing the assets
• Using the assets catalog
• Adding & testing launch images
• Adding iTunesArtwork files

Reference Material

Submitting to the App Store

• Enrolling in the iOS Developer Program
• Provisioning your devices for testing & deployment
• Submitting & releasing your app

App Icon & Launch Image File Names & Sizes

Swift Programming: Basic Terms & Concepts