Errata

The Cabin class init method is missing the override keyword.

Currently:

class Cabin: House {
init(){

should be:

class Cabin: House {
override init(){

I believe the intent at this point in the book is to defer version control, same as the earlier exercises, so I believe you wanted to say leave the Git repository option "unselected" instead of "selected."

Current sentence:

"Leave Create Git Repository on My Mac selected and click Create."

should be:

"Leave Create Git Repository on My Mac unselected and click Create."

This would also match the screen shot and default behavior of the dialog box.

The new CountriesTableViewController.swift file has been created and the text says:

"The new CountriesTableViewController.swift file will automatically be opened inside of Xcode. You may notice two warnings on the numberOfSectionsInTableView and numberOfRowsInSection methods. The warning will read similar to this.

Overriding instance method parameter of type UITableView with implicitly unwrapped optional type UITableView!

Click each warning triangle and select the Fix-it,

Remove ! to make the parameter required."

The exclamation point isn't included in the CountriesTableViewController.swift so there are no warnings and no fixes to be made.

In the section that discusses adding code to the new override method tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell the reader is instructed to add the following line of code.

cell.textLabel!.text = country

This raises the following error in XCode: "Operand of '!' should have optional type; type is 'UILabel'"

The "Fix-it" recommended solution from XCode is to delete the "!"

The text defines a function

func goodMorning(name: String, day: String){
println("Good Morning \(name), Happy \(day)")
}

and then goes on to state that it can be called like this,

goodMorning(name: "Steve",day: "Saturday")

However, as no external names are given in the function definition, the correct way to call the function should be

goodMorning("Steve", "Saturday")

Lots of Simons reading this book :-)

Unlike "Simon" (no last name) I had no big problems following the instructions and creating the app without downloading the completed project. Only problem was missing the "Editor -> Embed -> Navigation Controller" step on page 144. I suggest changing figure 5-9 to a screenshot of the menu with the item selected - the auto layout stuff should be known by this point in the book.

On page 156 you use the code "cell.textLabel!.text = country" but XCode throws the following error:

"Operand of postfix, '!' should have optional type; type is UILabel"

After which it refuses to compile and run unless the exclamation mark is removed. I do not know the original reason for it, but without it the app runs fine...

3rd line in the 4th paragraph contains two different delegates, but they are mashed together without the implied "&"

"Remember, the delegate must conform to both UIImagePickerControllerDelegate UINavigationControllerDelegate."

… should be

"Remember, the delegate must conform to both UIImagePickerControllerDelegate & UINavigationControllerDelegate.

The instructions read “At the top of the View Controller Scene is a light gray box; this is the navigation bar. Double-click it, type Passport, and then press Return.”

This did not work for me. I eventually stumbled onto the solution which is to double-click towards the center, horizontally, in the light grey box. When doing so an edit text box appears into which you can enter the name 'Passport'.

Alternatively, click into the light grey box once to select it, then click on the 'Attributes' button in the Utilities pane, then enter the name into the 'Title' box at the top.

“The cellForRowAtIndexPath method is called for each row inside the tableView. It creates the UITableViewCell and assigns text for each cell. Add the following line into the new method:

let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier
("reuseIdentifier", forIndexPath: indexPath) as UITableViewCell

This got this error message:
"AnyObject is not convertible to “UITableViewCell”; did you mean to use ‘as!’ to force downcast?"

“Then add the following line of code:

cell.textLabel.text = country

This got this error message:
"Value of options type ‘UILabel?’ not unwrapped; did you mean to use “!” or ‘?’?"

I am using Xcode Version 6.3.2 (6D2105)

Excerpt From: Steve Derico. “Introducing iOS 8.” iBooks.

The instructions read "Double-click the navigation bar and type "Countries Visited"" but this did not work for me. After struggling with this for a while I discovered that you need to double-click in the horizontal center area of the navigation bar, then you will find a 'edit text' field appear into which you can enter a name.