The iOS Programming : Big Nerd Ranch Guide,

iOS Programming
Table of Contents
Introduction
	Prerequisites
	What Has Changed in the Seventh Edition?
	Our Teaching Philosophy
	How to Use This Book
	How This Book Is Organized
	Style Choices
		Typographical conventions
	Necessary Hardware and Software
Chapter 1  A Simple iOS Application
	Creating an Xcode Project
	Model-View-Controller
	Designing Quiz
	Interface Builder
	Building the Interface
		Creating view objects
		Configuring view objects
		Running on the simulator
		A brief introduction to Auto Layout
		Making connections
			Declaring outlets
			Setting outlets
			Defining action methods
			Setting targets and actions
			Summary of connections
	Creating the Model Layer
		Implementing action methods
		Loading the first question
	Building the Finished Application
	Application Icons
	Launch Screen
	For the More Curious: Running an Application on a Device
Chapter 2  The Swift Language
	Types in Swift
	Using Standard Types
		Inferring types
		Specifying types
			Number and Boolean types
			Collection types
		Literals and subscripting
		Initializers
		Properties
		Instance methods
	Optionals
		Subscripting dictionaries
	Loops and String Interpolation
	Enumerations and the Switch Statement
		Enumerations and raw values
	Closures
	Exploring Apple’s Swift Documentation
Chapter 3  Views and the View Hierarchy
	View Basics
	The View Hierarchy
	Creating a New Project
	Views and Frames
		Customizing the labels
	The Auto Layout System
		The alignment rectangle and layout attributes
		Constraints
		Adding constraints in Interface Builder
		Intrinsic content size
		Misplaced views
		Adding more constraints
	Challenges
	Bronze Challenge: More Auto Layout Practice
	Silver Challenge: Adding a Gradient Layer
	Gold Challenge: Spacing Out the Labels
	For the More Curious: Retina Display
Chapter 4  View Controllers
	The View of a View Controller
	Setting the Initial View Controller
	Tab Bar Controllers
		Tab bar items
	Loaded and Appearing Views
		Refactoring in Xcode
		Accessing subviews
	Interacting with View Controllers and Their Views
	Bronze Challenge: Another Tab
	Silver Challenge: Different Background Colors
Chapter 5  Programmatic Views
	Creating a View Programmatically
	Programmatic Constraints
		Anchors
		Activating constraints
		Layout guides
		Margins
		Explicit constraints
	Programmatic Controls
	Bronze Challenge: Points of Interest
	Silver Challenge: Rebuild the Conversion Interface
	For the More Curious: NSAutoresizingMaskLayoutConstraint
Chapter 6  Text Input and Delegation
	Text Editing
		Keyboard attributes
		Responding to text field changes
		Dismissing the keyboard
	Implementing the Temperature Conversion
		Number formatters
	Delegation
		Conforming to a protocol
		Using a delegate
		More on protocols
	Bronze Challenge: Disallow Alphabetic Characters
	Silver Challenge: Displaying the User’s Region
Chapter 7  Internationalization and Localization
	Internationalization
		Formatters
		Base internationalization
		Preparing for localization
	Localization
		NSLocalizedString and strings tables
	Bronze Challenge: Another Localization
	For the More Curious: Bundle’s Role in Internationalization
	For the More Curious: Importing and Exporting as XLIFF
Chapter 8  Debugging
	A Buggy Project
	Debugging Basics
		Interpreting console messages
		Fixing the first bug
		Caveman debugging
	The Xcode Debugger: LLDB
		Setting breakpoints
		Stepping through code
		The LLDB console
Chapter 9  UITableView and UITableViewController
	Beginning the LootLogger Application
	UITableViewController
		Subclassing UITableViewController
	Creating the Item Class
		Custom initializers
	UITableView’s Data Source
		Giving the controller access to the store
		Implementing data source methods
	UITableViewCells
		Creating and retrieving UITableViewCells
		Reusing UITableViewCells
	Editing Table Views
		Editing mode
		Adding rows
		Deleting rows
		Moving rows
	Design Patterns
	Bronze Challenge: Sections
	Silver Challenge: Constant Rows
	Gold Challenge: Favorite Items
Chapter 10  Subclassing UITableViewCell
	Creating ItemCell
	Exposing the Properties of ItemCell
	Using ItemCell
	Dynamic Cell Heights
	Dynamic Type
		Responding to user changes
	Bronze Challenge: Cell Colors
	Silver Challenge: Long Item Names
Chapter 11  Stack Views
	Using UIStackView
		Implicit constraints
			Content hugging priorities
			Content compression resistance priorities
		Stack view distribution
		Nested stack views
		Stack view spacing
	Segues
	Hooking Up the Content
	Passing Data Around
	Bronze Challenge: More Stack Views
Chapter 12  Navigation Controllers
	UINavigationController
	Navigating with UINavigationController
	Appearing and Disappearing Views
	Dismissing the Keyboard
		Event handling basics
		Dismissing by pressing the Return key
		Dismissing by tapping elsewhere
	UINavigationBar
		Adding buttons to the navigation bar
	Bronze Challenge: Displaying a Number Pad
	Silver Challenge: A Different Back Button Title
	Gold Challenge: Pushing More View Controllers
Chapter 13  Saving, Loading, and Scene States
	Codable
	Property Lists
	Error Handling
	Application Sandbox
		Constructing a file URL
	Scene States and Transitions
	Persisting the Items
		Notification center
		Saving the Items
		Loading the Items
	Bronze Challenge: Throwing Errors
	Gold Challenge: Support Multiple Windows
	For the More Curious: Manually Conforming to Codable
	For the More Curious: Scene State Transitions
	For the More Curious: The Application Bundle
Chapter 14  Presenting View Controllers
	Adding a Camera Button
	Alert Controllers
	Presentation Styles
Chapter 15  Camera
	Displaying Images and UIImageView
	Taking Pictures and UIImagePickerController
		Creating a UIImagePickerController
		Setting the image picker’s delegate
		Presenting the image picker modally
		Permissions
		Saving the image
	Creating ImageStore
	Giving View Controllers Access to the Image Store
	Creating and Using Keys
	Persisting Images to Disk
	Loading Images from the ImageStore
	Bronze Challenge: Editing an Image
	Silver Challenge: Removing an Image
	For the More Curious: Navigating Implementation Files
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Chapter 16  Adaptive Interfaces
	Size Classes
		Modifying traits for a specific size class
	Adapting to Dark Mode
		Adding colors to the Asset Catalog
		Using custom dynamic colors
	Bronze Challenge: Stacked Text Field and Labels
Chapter 17  Extensions and Container View Controllers
	Starting Mandala
		Creating the model types
		Adding resources to the Asset Catalog
	Extensions
	Creating a custom container view controller
		Creating the MoodSelectionViewController
		Creating the MoodListViewController
		Handling the embed segue
Chapter 18  Custom Controls
	Creating a Custom Control
		Relaying actions
	Using the Custom Control
	Updating the Interface
	Adding the Highlight View
	Bronze Challenge: More Access Control
Chapter 19  Controlling Animations
	Property Animators
		Basic animations
		Timing functions
		Spring animations
	Animating Colors
	Animating a Button
Chapter 20  Web Services
	Starting the Photorama Application
	Building the URL
		Formatting URLs and requests
		URLComponents
	Sending the Request
		URLSession
	Modeling the Photo
	JSON Data
		JSONDecoder and JSONEncoder
		Parsing JSON data
	Enumerations and Associated Values
	Passing the Photos Around
	Downloading and Displaying the Image Data
	The Main Thread
	Bronze Challenge: Printing the Response Information
	Silver Challenge: Fetch Recent Photos from Flickr
	For the More Curious: HTTP
Chapter 21  Collection Views
	Displaying the Grid
	Collection View Data Source
	Customizing the Layout
	Creating a Custom UICollectionViewCell
	Downloading the Image Data
		Image caching
	Navigating to a Photo
	Bronze Challenge: Horizontal Scrolling
	Silver Challenge: Updated Item Sizes
Chapter 22  Core Data
	Object Graphs
	Entities
		Modeling entities
		NSManagedObject and subclasses
	NSPersistentContainer
	Updating Items
		Inserting into the context
		Saving changes
	Updating the Data Source
		Fetch requests and predicates
	Silver Challenge: Photo View Count
	For the More Curious: The Core Data Stack
		NSManagedObjectModel
		NSPersistentStoreCoordinator
		NSManagedObjectContext
Chapter 23  Core Data Relationships
	Relationships
	Adding Tags to the Interface
	Background Tasks
	Silver Challenge: Favorites
Chapter 24  Accessibility
	VoiceOver
		Testing VoiceOver
		Accessibility in Photorama
	Bronze Challenge: VoiceOver Pronunciation
Chapter 25  Afterword
	What to Do Next
	Shameless Plugs
Index