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An iOS Developer's Guide to SwiftUI

by Michele Fadda

May 2024

Beginner to intermediate

446 pages

10h 33m

English

Packt Publishing

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Technical requirementsExploring SwiftUI with XcodeA brief tour of XcodeYour first SwiftUI projectCreating a SwiftUI projectCreating a multi-platform projectPreviews and the simulatorPlaygroundsThe app submission processCertificatesMobile provisioning profilesThe application submission processSummary
Technical requirementsReusing views codeMore about TextManaging space in SwiftUIThe padding modifierThe .frame modifierThe .alignment modifierThe SpacerThe DividerDigging deeper into stacksOverview of stacksHStackZStackSummary
Technical requirementsPassing values at view creationResponding to a button tapProperty wrappersLimitations of @StateChanging a view appearance dynamically using modifiersBidirectional binding with PickerFinal notes on Subviews and @Binding, Classes, and @ObservableObjectSummary
Technical requirementsIterating viewsHiding or showing the keyboard in a form using @FocusStateScroll viewsControlling scrolling programmatically using ScrollViewReaderSummary
Technical requirementsDisplaying grids in iOSThe Grid viewCreating a simple static gridLazy gridsUsing GridItem to control the layout of LazyVGridScrolling horizontally and sizing the grid automaticallyConditional formatting of a viewReacting to device rotationSummary

Technical requirementsCreating a standard tab barCreating custom tab barsAdapting your code to different versions of the operating systemThe hitchhiker’s guide to modal navigationShowing a modal sheetShowing alertsThe popoverPresentation detentsSummary
Technical requirementsNavigation as a concept in iOS and other platformsShowing a tab bar title with NavigationViewPresenting views with NavigationLink (pre-iOS 16)Adding buttons to NavigationView and activating navigation programmaticallyUsing navigationDestination with NavigationStackUsing NavigationPath to control the navigation stackNavigationSplitView – multicolumn navigationDirect navigation stack manipulation with NavigationPathSaving and loading the navigation stackSummary
Technical requirementsCreating custom modifiersDrawing with the CanvasUsing CALayers in SwiftUICustom layoutSummary
Technical requirementsGesturesBasic gesturesCreating implicit animationsExplicit SwiftUI animationsTransitionsThe .transition() modifierThe matchedGeometryEffect modifierSummary
DiagramsDependency inversionClean ArchitectureDifferent ways to decoupleInitializer injectionMethod injectionProperty injectionA matter of stateiOS 17 changes in state managementOther ways to chop your codeSummary
Keeping it light enoughConflict and the role of the architectWhat good software architecture is and what it is notDon’t be shy; ask an expert!The origin of software patternsAgency theory and bad architectureClean ArchitectureTCA, The Composable ArchitectureSummary
What is persistency?What is Core Data?Understanding Core Data framework classesUsing Core Data with SwiftUICreating a Core Data projectWorking with the data model fileCore Data migrationsThe SQLite data fileCloudKitSummary
A brief introduction to concurrencyUnderstanding traditional concurrency mechanismsThreadsCallbacks and event loopsGCDWhat is structured concurrency?Using the async/await syntaxUnderstanding tasksTask groupsAsynchronous streamsActorsMainActorBridging old GCD and structured concurrencySummary
Technical requirementsUnderstanding the differences between SwiftData and Core DataSwiftData and SwiftUIExploring changes in the binding mechanismsCreating a data modelUnderstanding relationships in SwiftDataOne-to-one relationshipsOne-to-many relationshipsMany-to-one relationshipsMany-to-many relationshipsCascading deletion rulesFetching dataFiltering data with predicatesSummary
Technical requirementsAn overview of RESTPortsUnderstanding REST requests in SwiftCodable, Encodable, and Decodable protocolsUsing URLSessionImplementing HTTP methodsSetting headersHandling errorsURLProtocolSummary
Technical requirementsTools for visionOS developmentAn overview of Unity and RealityKitFirst steps with visionOS developmentSummary
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10 App Architecture and SwiftUI Part I: Practical Tools

This chapter will introduce the interesting topic of application structure and the impact SwiftUI has on modern mobile application architecture on Apple operating systems. This chapter will somewhat change the pace kept by this book this far.

We will begin the chapter by introducing the tools of the trade that help us partition apps into manageable software components, elegantly and practically.

I won’t give you any premade “architectures” or architectural patterns. I will explain this point later. The reason is that I do not believe there is a perfect, premade architecture that you can just copy and paste. Your architecture will need to be unique and match the problem you are facing.