More iPhone Development with Swift: Exploring the iOS SDK

Interested in iPhone and iPad apps development? Want to learn more? Whether you are a relative newcomer to iPhone and iPad or iOS development or an old hand looking to expand your horizons, we have the perfect Swift-flavored book for you. (Source code has been updated to reflect Xcode 6.3.2 and Swift 1.2!)

The update to the bestselling More iPhone Development by Dave Mark and Jeff LaMarche, More iPhone Development with Swift digs deeper into the new Apple Swift programming language and iOS 8 SDK, explaining complex concepts and techniques in the same friendly, easy-to-follow style you’ve come to expect.

More iPhone Development with Swift covers topics like Swift, Core Data, peer-to-peer networking using Multipeer Connectivity, working with data from the web, MapKit, in-application e-mail, Camera Live-Previews integration, Barcode scanning and more. All the concepts and APIs are clearly presented with code snippets you can customize and use, as you like, in your own apps. You’ll journey through coverage of concurrent programming and some advanced techniques for debugging your applications.

• All about Swift, Core Data: key concepts and techniques for writing larger applications
• How to leverage the new Swift programming language with the new iOS SDK
• How to utilize a variety of networking mechanisms, including peer-to-peer connections over Bluetooth/WiFi using Multipeer Connectivity
• Essentials of concurrent programming and advanced debugging techniques
• Tips on working with data from the web and the cloud, including Apple's iCloud

This book is a perfect more advanced companion to Beginning iPhone Development with Swift. So, this book is for those who have some experience with Swift and the iOS SDK already and for readers of the Beginning iPhone Development book.

Chapter 1: Here We Go Round Again

Chapter 2: Core Data, What, Why and How

Chapter 3: A Super Start

Chapter 4: The Devil in the Detail View

Chapter 5: Preparing for Change: Migrations and Versioning

Chapter 6: Custom Managed Objects

Chapter 7: Relationships, Fetched Properties, and Expressions

Chapter 8: Behind Every iCloud

Chapter 9: Peer-to-Peer Over Bluetooth Using Multipeer Connectivity

Chapter 10: MapKit

Chapter 11: Messaging: Mail, Social, and iMessage

Chapter 12: Media Library Access and Playback

Chapter 13: Lights, Camera and Action

Chapter 14: Interface Builder and Storyboards

Chapter 15: Unit Testing, Debugging, and Instruments

Chapter 16: The Road Goes Ever On