iOS App Development Essentials

5 Days

30 CPD hours

This course is intended for Developers and architects who will be developing applications for iOS devices.

In this course you'll be shown a complete introduction to iPhone and iPad development, emphasizing the newest technologies and best practices for iOS.

Introduction & Setup

• Start Here
• Joining the Apple iOS Developer Program
• Installing Xcode and the iOS SDK
• A Guided Tour of Xcode
• An Introduction to Xcode Playgrounds

Swift Programming Language

• Swift Data Types, Constants, and Variables
• Swift Operators and Expressions
• Swift Flow Control
• The Swift Switch Statement
• An Overview of Swift Functions
• The Basics of Object Oriented Programming in Swift
• An Introduction to Swift Subclassing and Extensions
• Working with Array and Dictionary Collections in Swift
• Understanding Error Handling in Swift

Views, Layouts, & Storyboards

• iOS Application and Development Architecture
• Creating an Interactive iOS App
• Understanding Views, Windows and the View Hierarchy
• An Introduction to Auto Layout in iOS
• Working with iOS Auto Layout Constraints in Interface Builder
• Implementing iOS Auto Layout Constraints in Code
• Implementing Cross-Hierarchy Auto Layout Constraints in iOS
• Understanding the iOS Auto Layout Visual Format Language
• Using Trait Variations to Design Adaptive User Interfaces
• Using Storyboards in Xcode
• An Overview of iOS Table Views
• Using Xcode Storyboards to Build Dynamic TableViews
• Implementing TableView Navigation
• Working with the iOS Stack View Class
• A Guide to Multitasking in iOS
• Implementing a Page based iOS Application using UIPageViewController

Data Storage with Files, iCloud, & Databases

• Working with Directories in Swift on iOS
• Working with Files in Swift on iOS
• Preparing an iOS App to use iCloud Storage
• Managing Files using the iOS UIDocument Class
• Using iCloud Storage in an iOS Application
• Synchronizing iOS Key-Value Data using iCloud
• iOS Database Implementation using SQLite
• Working with iOS Databases using Core Data
• CloudKit Data Storage on iOS

Touch, Taps, & Gestures

• An Overview of iOS Multitouch, Taps and Gestures
• An Example iOS Touch, Multitouch and Tap Application
• Detecting iOS Touch Screen Gesture Motions
• Identifying Gestures using iOS Gesture Recognizers
• iOS 3D Touch
• Implementing TouchID Authentication in iOS Apps

Advanced View Options

• Drawing iOS 2D Graphics with Core Graphics
• Interface Builder Live Views and iOS Embedded Frameworks
• Using Core Graphics and Core Image
• iOS Animation using UIViewPropertyAnimator
• iOS UIKit Dynamics
• iOS Sprite Kit Programming
• iOS Multitasking, Background Transfer Service and Fetching
• iOS Application State Preservation and Restoration
• Integrating Maps into iOS Applications
• Getting Location Information using the iOS Core Location Framework

Extensions

• An Introduction to Extensions in iOS
• An iOS Today Extension Widget Tutorial
• Creating an iOS Photo Editing Extension
• Creating an iOS Action Extension
• Receiving Data from an iOS Action Extension
• Building iOS Message Apps
• Using Event Kit to Create Date and Location Based Reminders

Multimedia and Social Media

• Accessing the iOS Camera and Photo Library
• iOS Video Playback using AVPlayer and AVPlayerViewController
• An iOS Multitasking Picture in Picture Tutorial
• Playing Audio on iOS using AVAudioPlayer
• Recording Audio on iOS with AVAudioRecorder
• iOS Speech Recognition
• Introduction to SiriKit
• Integrating Twitter and Facebook into iOS Applications

The App Store

• Making Store Purchases with SKStoreProductViewController Class
• Building In-App Purchasing into iOS Applications
• Configuring and Creating App Store Hosted Content for iOS In-App Purchases
• Preparing and Submitting an iOS Application to the App Store

Additional course details:

Nexus Humans iOS App Development Essentials training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward.