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Mastering iOS 14 Programming

You're reading from Mastering iOS 14 Programming Build professional-grade iOS 14 applications with Swift 5.3 and Xcode 12.4

Product type Paperback

Published in Mar 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781838822842

Length 558 pages

Edition 4th Edition

Languages

Swift

Tools

iOS

Concepts

iOS Development

Authors (3):

Mario Eguiluz Alebicto

Chris Barker

Donny Wals

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Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Preface

1. Chapter 1: What's New in iOS 14?

2. Chapter 2: Working with Dark Mode FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 3: Using Lists and Tables

4. Chapter 4: Creating a Detail Page

5. Chapter 5: Immersing Your Users with Animation

6. Chapter 6: Understanding the Swift Type System

7. Chapter 7: Flexible Code with Protocols, Generics, and Extensions

8. Chapter 8: Adding Core Data to Your App

9. Chapter 9: Fetching and Displaying Data from the Network

10. Chapter 10: Making Smarter Apps with Core ML

11. Chapter 11: Adding Media to Your App

12. Chapter 12: Improving Apps with Location Services

13. Chapter 13: Working with the Combine Framework

14. Chapter 14: Creating an App Clip for Your App

15. Chapter 15: Recognition with Vision Framework

16. Chapter 16: Creating Your First Widget

17. Chapter 17: Using Augmented Reality

18. Chapter 18: Creating a macOS app with Catalyst

19. Chapter 19: Ensuring App Quality with Tests

20. Chapter 20: Submitting Your App to the App Store

21. Other Books You May Enjoy

Chapter 1: What's New in iOS 14?

During WWDC 2020, Apple introduced the new features and improvements included in iOS 14. Using the latest features in your apps can make a huge difference for users in terms of engagement, positive reviews, and overall user experience. It can also lead to other benefits, such as being featured by Apple in the App Store, and having an advantage over competitors' apps in the same category.

Apple made Swift 5.2 available for developers on March 24, 2020. Later in the year, Apple released Swift 5.3. These versions focus on quality and performance improvements, new language features, and increased support for Windows platforms and Linux distributions.

There was another big announcement during WWDC 2020: Apple Silicon. Apple introduced its own processors to the world. Developers can start building apps and ship them by the end of 2020, starting a transition that will last two years. This transition will establish a common architecture across all Apple products. With a common architecture, it will be easier to create apps for the entire Apple ecosystem.

In this chapter, you will learn the basics of two of the most significant new features on iOS 14: App Clips and widgets. We will also cover the latest additions to augmented reality, machine learning, and user privacy. At the end of the chapter, you will learn about the new additions to the Swift language with some code examples.

In this chapter, we're going to cover the following main topics of iOS 14, Swift 5.2, and Swift 5.3:

Introducing App Clips
Introducing WidgetKit
Improvements in augmented reality
Improvements in machine learning
Improvements in user privacy
Introducing Swift 5.2
Introducing Swift 5.3

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Authors (3)

Mario Eguiluz Alebicto

Mario Eguiluz Alebicto

Mario Eguiluz Alebicto is a software engineer with over 15 years of experience in development. He started developing software with Java, later switched to Objective-C when the first iPhone delighted the world, and now, he is working with Swift and involved in backend technologies. He loves to code, build exciting projects, and learn new languages and frameworks. Apart from software development, Mario loves to travel, learn new hobbies, practice sports, and considers himself a hardcore gamer, which he has been since he was a child.

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Chris Barker

Chris Barker

Chris Barker is an iOS developer and tech lead for fashion retailer N Brown (JD Williams, SimplyBe, Jacamo), where he heads up the iOS team. Chris started his career developing .NET applications for online retailer dabs (now BT Shop) before he made his move into mobile app development with digital agency Openshadow (now MyStudioFactory Paris). There, he worked on mobile apps for clients such as Louis Vuitton, L'Oréal Paris, and the Paris Metro. Chris often attends and speaks at local iOS developer meetups and conferences such as NSManchester, Malaga Mobile, and CodeMobile.

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Donny Wals

Donny Wals

Donny Wals is a passionate, curious, iOS developer from The Netherlands. With several years of experience in building apps and sharing knowledge under his belt, Donny is a respected member of the iOS development community. Donny enjoys delivering talks on smaller and larger scales to share his knowledge and experiences with his peers. In addition to sharing knowledge, Donny loves learning more about iOS, Apple's frameworks and development in general. This eagerness to learn has made him into a versatile iOS developer with knowledge of a significant number of Apple's frameworks and tools. During WWDC you will often find Donny binge-watching the talks that Apple engineers deliver to introduce new features and frameworks.

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