For Complete Beginners!
If you’re completely new to Swift and iOS development (or need a brush-u...
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UIKit Apprentice
For Complete Beginners!
If you’re completely new to Swift and iOS development (or need a brush-up), this is the series for you.
The UIKit Apprentice is a series of epic-length tutorials for beginners where you’ll learn how to build four complete apps from scratch.
Each new app will be a little more advanced than the one before, and together they cover everything you need to know to make your own apps. By the end of the series you’ll be experienced enough to turn your ideas into real apps that you can sell on the App Store.
These tutorials have easy to follow step-by-step instructions, and consist of more than 1,100 pages and 500 illustrations! You also get full source code, image files, and other resources you can re-use for your own projects.
If you’re new to iOS and Swift, or to programming in general, learning how to write an app can seem incredibly overwhelming.
That’s why you need a guide that:
Shows you how to write an app step-by-step
With tons of illustrations and screenshots to make everything clear
In a fun and easygoing manner!
We’ll start at the very beginning. The first tutorial assumes absolutely zero programming knowledge but still shows you how to build an entire game from scratch.
The UIKit Apprentice series doesn’t cover every single feature of iOS – it just focuses on the absolutely essential ones that you need to know.
Instead of just covering a list of features, the UIKit Apprentice series does something much more important: it explains how all the different building blocks fit together and what is involved in building real apps.
You’re not going to create quick example programs that demonstrate how to accomplish a single feature. Instead, you’ll develop complete, fully-formed apps that are good enough to submit to the App Store!
iOS & Swift
UIKit Fundamentals
Oct 27 2020 · Video Course (1 hr, 58 mins)
Learn the basics of UIKit by creating a simple iPhone app. This course will then show the fundamental conc...
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UIKit Fundamentals
Learn the basics of UIKit by creating a simple iPhone app. This course will then show the fundamental concepts of an app project, adding controls and navigating between screens.
iOS & Swift
Integrating UIKit & SwiftUI
Dec 22 2020 · Video Course (25 mins)
Learn how to integrate SwiftUI views into your UIKit apps and view hierarchies, and how to host UIKit view...
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Integrating UIKit & SwiftUI
Learn how to integrate SwiftUI views into your UIKit apps and view hierarchies, and how to host UIKit views and view controllers in SwiftUI. Coordinate data flow from SwiftUI to UIKit and back again!
iOS & Swift
UIKit: Layout
Nov 12 2020 · Video Course (1 hr, 8 mins)
Learn the basics of creating layouts that handle different screen sizes and orientations, using Auto Layou...
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UIKit: Layout
Learn the basics of creating layouts that handle different screen sizes and orientations, using Auto Layout's Stack Views and Constraints, in Interface Builder.
iOS & Swift
UIKit Animation
Dec 10 2020 · Video Course (2 hrs, 8 mins)
Get started animating your views in iOS! Learn to control changes in their visible properties over time, a...
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UIKit Animation
Get started animating your views in iOS! Learn to control changes in their visible properties over time, along with transitions between the views themselves.
Learn to use the powerful MapKit framework to build an interactive map, displaying location details and launc...
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MapKit Tutorial: Getting Started
Learn to use the powerful MapKit framework to build an interactive map, displaying location details and launching Maps for driving directions.
iOS & Swift
Getting Started with Core Data Tutorial
Sep 19 2018 · Article (35 mins)
Learn the basics of building the data layer of your iOS app in this getting started with Core Data tutorial!
Getting Started with Core Data Tutorial
Learn the basics of building the data layer of your iOS app in this getting started with Core Data tutorial!
iOS & Swift
SwiftUI: Getting Started
Jun 10 2019 · Article (25 mins)
In this SwiftUI tutorial, you’ll learn how to layout the UI by declaring and modifying views, and how to use ...
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SwiftUI: Getting Started
In this SwiftUI tutorial, you’ll learn how to layout the UI by declaring and modifying views, and how to use state variables to update your UI. You’ll use Xcode’s new preview and live preview, and experience the joy of code and WYSIWYG layout that stay in sync.
iOS & Swift
URLSession Tutorial: Getting Started
Jun 12 2019 · Article (30 mins)
In this URLSession tutorial, you’ll learn how to create HTTP requests as well as implement background downloa...
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URLSession Tutorial: Getting Started
In this URLSession tutorial, you’ll learn how to create HTTP requests as well as implement background downloads that can be both paused and resumed.
iOS & Swift
Design Patterns on iOS using Swift – Part 1/2
Aug 7 2017 · Article (30 mins)
In the first half of this two-part tutorial, you’ll learn about common design patterns when building iOS apps...
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Design Patterns on iOS using Swift – Part 1/2
In the first half of this two-part tutorial, you’ll learn about common design patterns when building iOS apps, and how to apply these patterns in your own apps.
iOS & Swift
iOS Storyboards: Getting Started
Oct 14 2019 · Article (30 mins)
In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to design scenes, connect view controllers and define visual transitions i...
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iOS Storyboards: Getting Started
In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to design scenes, connect view controllers and define visual transitions in storyboards, without writing any code.
iOS & Swift
UIScrollView Tutorial: Getting Started
Nov 13 2019 · Article (30 mins)
In this UIScrollView tutorial, you’ll create an app similar to the default iOS Photos app to learn all about ...
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UIScrollView Tutorial: Getting Started
In this UIScrollView tutorial, you’ll create an app similar to the default iOS Photos app to learn all about paging, scrolling and more with UIScrollView.
iOS & Swift
Model-View-Controller (MVC) in iOS – A Modern Approach
Apr 15 2019 · Article (15 mins)
Learn some tips and tricks to go one up on MVC, Apple’s recommended architecture pattern, and modify your cod...
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Model-View-Controller (MVC) in iOS – A Modern Approach
Learn some tips and tricks to go one up on MVC, Apple’s recommended architecture pattern, and modify your code to be scalable and extensible!
iOS & Swift
Alamofire 5 Tutorial for iOS: Getting Started
Feb 10 2020 · Article (30 mins)
In this Alamofire tutorial, you’ll build an iOS companion app to perform networking tasks, send request param...
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Alamofire 5 Tutorial for iOS: Getting Started
In this Alamofire tutorial, you’ll build an iOS companion app to perform networking tasks, send request parameters, decode/encode responses and more.
iOS & Swift
Creating a Framework for iOS
Jan 20 2021 · Article (25 mins)
Learn how to build an iOS framework, which lets you share code between apps, modularize your code or distribu...
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Creating a Framework for iOS
Learn how to build an iOS framework, which lets you share code between apps, modularize your code or distribute it as a third-party library.
iOS & Swift
UISearchController Tutorial: Getting Started
Oct 7 2019 · Article (20 mins)
In this tutorial, you’ll build a searchable Candy app based on a standard table view. You’ll add table view s...
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UISearchController Tutorial: Getting Started
In this tutorial, you’ll build a searchable Candy app based on a standard table view. You’ll add table view search capability, dynamic filtering and an optional scope bar using UISearchController, UISearchBar and friends.
iOS & Swift
SwiftUI Tutorial: Navigation
Nov 11 2019 · Article (45 mins)
In this tutorial, you’ll use SwiftUI to implement the navigation of a master-detail app. You’ll learn how to ...
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SwiftUI Tutorial: Navigation
In this tutorial, you’ll use SwiftUI to implement the navigation of a master-detail app. You’ll learn how to implement a navigation stack, a navigation bar button, a context menu and a modal sheet.
iOS & Swift
React Native Tutorial: Building iOS Apps with JavaScript
Aug 2 2017 · Article (40 mins)
In this React Native tutorial you’ll learn how to build native iOS and Android apps based on the hugely popul...
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React Native Tutorial: Building iOS Apps with JavaScript
In this React Native tutorial you’ll learn how to build native iOS and Android apps based on the hugely popular React JavaScript library.
iOS & Swift
UICollectionView Tutorial: Getting Started
Feb 3 2021 · Article (25 mins)
Get hands-on experience with UICollectionView by creating your own grid-based photo browsing app using the Fl...
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UICollectionView Tutorial: Getting Started
Get hands-on experience with UICollectionView by creating your own grid-based photo browsing app using the Flickr API.
Animations are everywhere in iOS. In this tutorial, you’ll learn to chain the basic UIView animations togethe...
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Basic UIView Animation Tutorial: Getting Started
Animations are everywhere in iOS. In this tutorial, you’ll learn to chain the basic UIView animations together to create incredibly satisfying effects!
Build a UICollectionView custom layout inspired by the Pinterest app, and learn how to cache attributes and dynamically size cells.
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Custom UIViewController Transitions: Getting Started
Nov 1 2017 · Article (25 mins)
This tutorial will teach you to create custom UIViewController transitions for presenting and dismissing, and...
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Custom UIViewController Transitions: Getting Started
This tutorial will teach you to create custom UIViewController transitions for presenting and dismissing, and how to make them interactive!
iOS & Swift
Modern Collection Views with Compositional Layouts
Oct 30 2019 · Article (25 mins)
In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to build beautiful, modern UICollectionView layouts using iOS 13’s new dec...
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Modern Collection Views with Compositional Layouts
In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to build beautiful, modern UICollectionView layouts using iOS 13’s new declarative UICollectionViewCompositionalLayout API.
iOS & Swift
CALayer Tutorial for iOS: Getting Started
Jul 8 2020 · Article (35 mins)
In this article, you’ll learn about CALayer and how it works. You’ll use CALayer for cool effects like shapes...
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CALayer Tutorial for iOS: Getting Started
In this article, you’ll learn about CALayer and how it works. You’ll use CALayer for cool effects like shapes, gradients and particle systems.