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Chapter 7

Table Views, Arrays, and Dictionaries—Oh My!

Day 3 is data day! Up until now, we’ve focused on the user interface and navigation of our Birthday Reminder app. Today, we’re going to learn how to integrate data into our app.

In this chapter, we’ll learn how to create and manipulate an array of dictionaries, and populate our app from the data. In Chapter 8, we’ll modify our data implementation to use a persistent storage solution using Apple’s Core Data framework.

Table views

Table views are a central component for many iPhone apps—and Birthday Reminder is no exception. Table views enable iPhone apps to display large amounts of content ...

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