Get started with SwiftUI and build efficient iOS apps in this illustrated, easy-to-follow guide with coverage on integration with UIKit, asynchronous programming techniques, efficient app architecture and design patterns
Key Features:
- Learn how to structure and maintain clean app architecture
- Under the guidance of industry expert Michele Fadda, build well-structured, maintainable, and high-performance applications
- Understand the declarative functional approach and focus on asynchronous programming within the context of SwiftUI
- Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook
Book Description:
- SwiftUI transforms Apple Platform app development with intuitive Swift code for seamless UI design.
- Explore SwiftUI's declarative programming: define what the app should look like and do, while the OS handles the heavy lifting.
- Hands-on approach covers SwiftUI fundamentals and often-omitted parts in introductory guides.
- Progress from creating views and modifiers to intricate, responsive UIs and advanced techniques for complex apps.
- Focus on new features in asynchronous programming and architecture patterns for efficient, modern app design.
- Learn UIKit and SwiftUI integration, plus how to run tests for SwiftUI applications.
- Gain confidence to harness SwiftUI's full potential for building professional-grade apps across Apple devices.
What You Will Learn:
- Get to grips with UI coding across Apple platforms using SwiftUI
- Build modern apps, delving into complex architecture and asynchronous programming
- Explore animations, graphics, and user gestures to build responsive UIs
- Respond to asynchronous events and store and share data the modern way
- Add advanced features by integrating SwiftUI and UIKit to enhance your apps
- Gain proficiency in testing and debugging SwiftUI applications
Who this book is for:
- This book is for iOS developers interested in mastering SwiftUI, software developers with extensive iOS development experience using UIkit transitioning to SwiftUI, as well as mobile consultants and engineers who want to gain an in-depth understanding of the framework.
- Newcomers equipped with knowledge of Swift, UIkit, XCode, and asynchronous programming will find this book invaluable for launching a career in mobile software development with iOS.
Table of Contents
- Exploring the Environment - Xcode, Playgrounds, and SwiftUI
- Adding Basic UI Elements and Designing Layouts
- Adding Interactivity to a SwiftUI View
- Iterating Views, Scroll Views, FocusState, Lists, and Scroll View Reader
- The Art of Displaying Grids
- Tab Bars and Modal View Presentation
- All About Navigation
- Creating Custom Graphics
- An Introduction to Animations in SwiftUI
- App Architecture and SwiftUI Part I: the Practical Tools
- App Architecture and SwiftUI Part II - the Theory
- Persistence with Core Data
- Modern Structured Concurrency
- An Introduction to SwiftData
- Consuming REST Services in SwiftUI
- Exploring the Apple Vision Pro