Beginning iOS 14 & Swift App Development

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This book takes you on a fun, hands-on and pragmatic journey to learning iOS 14 application development using Swift. You'll start building your first iOS app within minutes. Every section is written in a bite-sized manner and straight to the point. In the end, you will have the skills to create an app and submit it to the app store. The book covers: Working with Xcode and Swift to build a BMI calculator app; building a Quotes app using Table View; creating a To Do List app (create, read, update and delete to-do items); implementing data persistency to the To Do List app using Core Data; improving the To Do List app by adding images and swipe deletion; building a cryptocurrency price tracker app which retrieves prices via an API; building an image detection app using machine learning; creating an Augmented Reality app with ARKit; publishing the app on the App Store; SwiftUI; Widgets; App Clips; Dark Mode; porting your iOS app to the Mac with Project Catalyst; and In-App Purchases. The goal of this book is to teach you iOS development in a manageable way without overwhelming you, focusing only on the essentials and covering the material in a hands-on practice manner for you to code along. No previous knowledge of iOS development is required, but you should have basic programming knowledge.