iOS 11 by Tutorials: Learning the new iOS APIs with Swift 4

 Table of Contents : Extended

Introduction

What you need

Who this book is for

Whatʼs in store

Book source code and forums

Book updates

License

Acknowledgments

About the cover

Chapter 1: Whatʼs New in Swift....4

One-sided ranges

Strings

Dictionary enhancements

Generic subscripts and associated type constraints

Limiting @objc inference

Other changes

Migrating to Swift....4

Where to go from here?

Chapter 2: Whatʼs New In Foundation

Getting started

Decoding Sources

May I make an observation?

Decoding articles

Where to go from here?

Chapter 3: Whatʼs New in Xcode....9

Getting started

Source editor improvements

Source control improvements

Breakpoint improvements

Folder and group synchrony

Improved view debugger

Runtime issues checker

Simulator improvements

Xcode Server

Wireless development

New build system

Where to go from here?

Chapter 4: Whatʼs new in UIKit

Getting started

Paste configuration

Drag and drop basics

Whatʼs new with table views

Whatʼs new in Accessibility

UIColor in asset catalogs

Where to go from here?

Chapter 5: Whatʼs New in Layout

Getting st-arrrr-ted

Large titles

Search controllers

Safe area

Margins

Scroll views

Self-sizing cells

Refresh control

Insets

Stack views

Images

Navigation bar custom views

Where to go from here?

Chapter 6: Beginning Drag and Drop

Getting started

Starting a drag

Accepting the drop

Model coordination

Performing the drop

Updating the source

Flocking

Where to go from here?

Chapter 7: Advanced Drag and Drop

Getting started

Adding drag support

Multiple representations with item providers

Adding drop support

Animating drag & drop

Adding animation

Indicating progress

Data privacy

Spring loading

Where to go from here?

Chapter 8: Document Based Apps

Documents on iOS

Getting started

Creating files

Displaying files

Opening from other apps

Customizing the document browser

Animation controller

Custom activities

Where to go from here?

Chapter 9: Core ML & Vision Framework

Getting started

Detecting faces

Working with landmarks

Core ML: Scene Classification

Tipping the hat

Where to go from here?

Chapter 10: Natural Language Processing

Getting started

Language identification

Adding a search feature

Using named entities

Sentiment analysis

Where to go from here?

Chapter 11: Introduction to ARKit

Getting started

ARKit session

Setting up ARKit

Creating AR objects

Measuring distances

ARSession state

Where to go from here?

Chapter 12: PDFKit

Getting started

Displaying a PDF

Under my thumb nail

Annotations

Performing custom actions

Saving PDFs

Where to go from here?

Chapter 13: MusicKit

Getting started

Developer token

Asking for permission

Getting a list of songs

Music playback

Handling errors

Where to go from here?

Chapter 14: Password AutoFill

Getting started

Basic autofill

Associating your website

Where to go from here?

Chapter 15: Dynamic Type

A brief review

How dynamic type impacts layout

Getting started

Baseline to baseline

UIFontMetrics

Images

Modifying the layout

Where to go from here?

Conclusion

iOS 11 introduces lots of great APIs and other changes, from the brand new Drag and Drop, to augmenting your world with ARKit, to expanding your app's horizons with machine learning in CoreML. Reading and understanding all the official Apple documentation on these changes can be time-consuming — and confusing.

This is where iOS 11 by Tutorials comes to the rescue! In this book, you’ll learn the new iOS 11 APIs the quick and easy way: by following fun and easy-to-read tutorials.

Who This Book Is For

This book is for intermediate iOS developers who already know the basics of iOS and Swift development but want to learn the new APIs introduced in iOS 11.

 Topics Covered in iOS 11 by Tutorials

• ARKit: Learn how to use ARKit to place 3D objects in your users' environment.
• CoreML: Explore using CoreML to analyze text: identifying its language, detecting sentiments, and much more. Then, turn to the Vision framework and learn how to do face detection and object classification.
• Drag and Drop: Learn how to use the new Drag and Drop API, moving items around within a single app and sharing them with other apps.
• Swift 4: Discover the enhancements in Swift 4, and its support in Foundation, such as the new Codable protocol, improvements to Dictionaries, and one-sided ranges.
• Layout and UIKit: Learn all about the new UI paradigms, including large titles, integrated search bars, and layout safe areas.
• PDFKit: Create PDFs using native Apple support, complete with thumbnails, markup, and forms.
• MusicKit: Give your users their music right in your app using the new MusicKit framework.
• And much more, including password autofill, dynamic type, and document based apps.

One thing you can count on: after reading this book, you’ll be prepared to take advantage of all the improvements iOS 11 has to offer!