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Develop apps for Apple platforms. Learn the basics of Xcode, SwiftUI, and UIKit to create compelling apps.

Syllabus

  • SwiftUI
  • Start building apps with SwiftUI, a declarative framework that developers use to compose the layout and behavior of multiplatform apps. You’ll build Scrumdinger, an app that manages daily meetings.
    • Chapter 1: SwiftUI essentials
    • Create an adaptive user interface for Scrumdinger with the basic building blocks of SwiftUI. Add and modify views, and refine the app’s accessibility.
      • Getting started with Scrumdinger (5min)
      • Using stacks to arrange views (15min)
    • Chapter 2: Views
    • Learn about common language patterns as you build the view hierarchy for Scrumdinger and display the contents of a collection.
      • Creating a card view (20min)
      • Displaying data in a list (15min)
    • Chapter 3: Navigation and modal presentation
    • Build a navigation hierarchy for your app, and present a modal view with its own navigation stack. Learn the fundamentals of state management. And apply that knowledge to start building an editable view.
      • Creating a navigation hierarchy (20min)
      • Managing data flow between views (5min)
      • Creating the edit view (30min)
    • Chapter 4: Passing data
    • Create a source of truth for your app’s data. And use bindings to keep data in sync between views.
      • Passing data with bindings (30min)
    • Chapter 5: State management
    • Learn how SwiftUI manages state for reference types. Make your app respond to changes dynamically.
      • Making classes observable (10min)
      • Responding to events (5min)
      • Managing state and life cycle (30min)
      • Updating app data (15min)
    • Chapter 6: Persistence and error handling
    • Use SwiftData to model and persist your app’s data when your app closes. Handle errors, and provide users with clear and meaningful error messages.
      • Persisting data (20min)
      • Handling errors (20min)
      • Examining data flow in Scrumdinger (5min)
      • Finding more resources (5min)
    • Chapter 7: Drawing
    • Define shapes with SwiftUI geometry tools. Draw segments to represent the speaking time for scrum participants. And fill in a ring that shows the meeting progress.
      • Drawing the timer view (20min)
    • Chapter 8: Recording audio
    • Respect user privacy by requesting access to their hardware or sensitive data. Record audio and transcribe it to text.
      • Transcribing speech to text (25min)
  • UIKit
  • Explore UIKit, an imperative framework for constructing apps for iOS. Create Today, an app that helps people track their important tasks for the day.
    • Chapter 1: UIKit essentials
    • Set up your Xcode project, and compose your first collection view. Learn about collection views as you connect a data source.
      • Getting started with Today (5min)
      • Creating a list view (30min)
    • Chapter 2: Collection views and navigation
    • Create a new collection view to display more details about reminders. Create an accessible button that responds to user interaction. Navigate between your reminder list and detail views.
      • Adopting collection views (5min)
      • Displaying cell info (20min)
      • Making reminders identifiable (35min)
      • Displaying reminder details (25min)
    • Chapter 3: Making editable views
    • Add new sections to a collection view to support editing reminders. Create customizable content views for your editable details. Observe changes to reminder data, and communicate those changes throughout your view hierarchy.
      • Getting ready for editing (30min)
      • Managing content views (5min)
      • Using content views (35min)
      • Editing reminders (30min)
    • Chapter 4: Adding, deleting, and filtering reminders
    • Add new reminders, and delete reminders. Use a segmented control to filter between reminder list styles.
      • Adding and deleting reminders (20min)
      • Filtering reminders (25min)
    • Chapter 5: Custom views and animation
    • Create accessible custom views, and animate their changes. Emphasize your design with a gradient background.
      • Examining accessibility in Today (10min)
      • Creating a progress view (40min)
      • Creating a gradient background (10min)
    • Chapter 6: System frameworks
    • Sync reminders between Today and EventKit as you persist data in an event store.
      • Loading reminders (40min)
      • Saving reminders (35min)
      • Continuing your learning (5min)
  • Next steps
  • Take the next step in making apps using tests, generics, and concurrency. Create and test Earthquakes, an app that loads data fetched from a remote server.
    • Chapter 1: Tests
    • Develop a network client to download and decode data from a real-world data source. Decouple network dependencies from your app’s code to add tests and simplify development.
      • Getting started with Earthquakes (5min)
      • Decoding structured JSON (30min)
      • Using existentials and generics (5min)
      • Building a network test client (25min)
    • Chapter 2: Network data
    • Safely and concurrently fetch and cache network data. Display earthquake data in a map view created in SwiftUI.
      • Managing structured concurrency (15min)
      • Caching network data (25min)
      • Adding the detail view (25min)
      • Refining your craft (5min)
  • macOS
  • Explore Article Accelerator, a sample app that displays training content, and learn how the app showcases fundamental traits of the macOS experience.
    • Chapter 1: macOS essentials
    • Get to know the sample app, and consider what features to include to make your app feel at home on the platform.
      • Getting started with Article Accelerator (10min)
      • Navigating the sample project (10min)
      • Dissecting an app's architecture (5min)
    • Chapter 2: Navigation
    • Explore how to combine different navigation containers to create your navigation experience. Learn how to define a navigation split view with sidebar and detail panes.
      • Displaying multicolumn navigation (5min)
      • Supporting multiple windows (20min)
      • Customizing menus (15min)
      • Working with toolbars (10min)
    • Chapter 3: SwiftData
    • Learn how Article Accelerator persists data. Discover how SwiftData and SwiftUI work together to keep user content always up to date.
      • Persisting user data (10min)
      • Adding and deleting data (15min)
      • Fetching, sorting, and filtering data (15min)
    • Chapter 4: Core macOS features
    • Examine an app that blends seamlessly with the platform by incorporating features that support large displays and inputs. Learn how to operate between the SwiftUI and AppKit UI frameworks.
      • Integrating AppKit (15min)
      • Supporting drag and drop (10min)
      • Displaying app settings (5min)
    • Chapter 5: Other frameworks
    • Integrate additional frameworks to enrich user interaction with your app. Use TipKit to increase the discoverability of features in your app.
      • Surfacing app features (5min)
    • Chapter 6: Design
    • Uncover how visual adjustments create an organized and minimalist interface. Explore the visual design and usability of Article Accelerator.
      • Exploring app design (10min)
      • Growing your knowledge (5min)
  • Resources
  • Learn more about how to get started with app development.
    • Documentation
      • The Swift Programming Language
      • SwiftUI framework
      • SwiftUI tutorials
      • Develop in Swift tutorials
      • UIKit framework
      • AppKit framework
      • Human Interface Guidelines
      • App technologies
      • SF Symbols
      • Concurrency
    • Videos
      • Introduction to SwiftUI
      • Data essentials in SwiftUI
      • Demystify SwiftUI
      • Meet async/await in Swift
      • The SwiftUI cookbook for navigation
      • Make your app visually accessible
      • Build accessible apps with SwiftUI and UIKit
      • Modern cell configuration
      • Explore structured concurrency in Swift
    • Forums
      • Apple Developer Forums
      • Swift Forums
    • Sample Code
      • Fruta: Building a feature-rich app with SwiftUI
      • Building custom views in SwiftUI
      • Delivering an exceptional accessibility experience
      • Creating accessible views
      • Managing model data in your app
      • Monitoring data changes in your app
      • Building widgets using WidgetKit and SwiftUI
    • Xcode and SDKs
      • Xcode 16

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