Mastering IOS Frameworks by Kyle Richter,Joe Keeley -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

About This eBook Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Page Table of Contents Foreword Preface

Prerequisites What You’ll Need How This Book Is Organized About the Sample Code

Getting the Sample Code Installing Git and Working with GitHub Contacting the Authors

Acknowledgments About the Authors 1. UIKit Dynamics

The Sample App Introduction to UIKit Dynamics Implementing UIKit Dynamics

Gravity Collisions Attachments Springs Snap Push Forces Item Properties

In-Depth UIDynamicAnimator and UIDynamicAnimatorDelegate Summary

2. Core Location, MapKit, and Geofencing

The Sample App Obtaining User Location

Requirements and Permissions Checking for Services Starting Location Request Parsing and Understanding Location Data Significant Change Notifications Using GPX Files to Test Specific Locations

Displaying Maps

Understanding the Coordinate Systems MKMapKit Configuration and Customization Responding to User Interactions

Map Annotations and Overlays

Adding Annotations Displaying Standard and Custom Annotation Views Draggable Annotation Views Working with Map Overlays

Geocoding and Reverse-Geocoding

Geocoding an Address Reverse-Geocoding a Location

Geofencing

Checking for Regional Monitoring Capability Defining Boundaries Monitoring Changes

Getting Directions Summary

3. Leaderboards

The Sample App

Spawning a Cactus Cactus Interaction Displaying Life and Score Pausing and Resuming Final Thoughts on Whack-a-Cac

iTunes Connect Game Center Manager Authenticating

Common Authentication Errors iOS 6 and Newer Authentication

Submitting Scores

Adding Scores to Whack-a-Cac Presenting Leaderboards Score Challenges Going Further with Leaderboards

Summary

4. Achievements

iTunes Connect Displaying Achievement Progress Game Center Manager and Authentication The Achievement Cache Reporting Achievements Adding Achievement Hooks Completion Banners Achievement Challenges Adding Achievements into Whack-a-Cac

Earned or Unearned Achievements Partially Earned Achievements Multiple Session Achievements Piggybacked Achievements and Storing Achievement Precision Timer-Based Achievements

Resetting Achievements Going Further with Achievements Summary

5. Getting Started with Address Book

Why Address Book Support Is Important Limitations of Address Book Programming The Sample App Getting Address Book Up and Running

Reading Data from the Address Book Reading Multivalues from the Address Book Understanding Address Book Labels Working with Addresses

Address Book Graphical User Interface

People Picker

Programmatically Creating Contacts Summary

6. Working with Music Libraries

The Sample App Building a Playback Engine

Registering for Playback Notifications User Controls Handling State Changes Duration and Timers Shuffle and Repeat

Media Picker Programmatic Picker

Playing a Random Song Predicate Song Matching

Summary

7. Implementing HealthKit

Introduction to HealthKit Introduction to Health.app The Sample App Adding HealthKit to a Project Requesting Permission for Health Data Reading Characteristic HealthKit Data Reading and Writing Basic HealthKit Data Reading and Writing Complex HealthKit Data Summary

8. Implementing HomeKit

The Sample App Introduction to HomeKit Setting Up HomeKit Components

Developer Account Setup Enabling HomeKit Capability Home Manager Home Rooms and Zones Accessories Services and Service Groups Actions and Action Sets

Testing with the HomeKit Accessory Simulator Scheduling Actions with Triggers Summary

9. Working with and Parsing JSON

JSON

Benefits of Using JSON JSON Resources

The Sample App Accessing the Server Getting JSON from the Server

Building the Request Inspecting the Response Parsing JSON Displaying the Data

Posting a Message

Encoding JSON Sending JSON to the Server

Summary

10. Notifications

Differences Between Local and Push Notifications The Sample App App Setup Creating Development Push SSL Certificate Development Provisioning Profile Custom Sound Preparation Registering for Notifications Scheduling Local Notifications Receiving Notifications Push Notification Server Sending the Push Notifications Handling APNs Feedback Summary

11. Cloud Persistence with CloudKit

CloudKit Basics The Sample App Setting Up a CloudKit Project

Account Setup Enabling iCloud Capabilities

CloudKit Concepts

Containers Databases Records Record Zones Record Identifiers Assets

CloudKit Basic Operations

Fetching Records Create and Save a Record Update and Save a Record

Subscriptions and Push

Push Setup Subscribing to Data Changes

User Discovery and Management Managing Data in the Dashboard Summary

12. Extensions

Types of Extensions

Today Share Action Photo Editing Document Provider Custom Keyboard

Understanding Extensions API Limitations Creating Extensions Today Extension Sharing Code and Information between Host App and Extension Apple Watch Extension Summary

13. Handoff

The Sample App Handoff Basics Implementing Handoff

Creating the User Activity Continuing an Activity

Implementing Handoff in Document-Based Apps Summary

14. AirPrint

AirPrint Printers Testing for AirPrint Printing Text

Print Info Setting Page Range UISimpleTextPrintFormatter Error Handling Starting the Print Job Printer Simulator Feedback

Print Center

UIPrintInteractionControllerDelegate

Printing Rendered HTML Printing PDFs Summary

15. Getting Up and Running with Core Data

Deciding on Core Data Sample App Starting a Core Data Project

Core Data Environment

Building Your Managed Object Model

Creating an Entity Adding Attributes Establishing Relationships Custom Managed Object Subclasses

Setting Up Default Data

Inserting New Managed Objects Other Default Data Setup Techniques

Displaying Your Managed Objects

Creating Your Fetch Request Fetching by Object ID Displaying Your Object Data Using Predicates

Introducing the Fetched Results Controller

Preparing the Fetched Results Controller Integrating Table View and Fetched Results Controller Responding to Core Data Changes

Adding, Editing, and Removing Managed Objects

Inserting a New Managed Object Removing a Managed Object Editing an Existing Managed Object Saving and Rolling Back Your Changes

Summary

16. Integrating Twitter and Facebook Using Social Framework

The Sample App Logging In Using SLComposeViewController Posting with a Custom Interface

Posting to Twitter Posting to Facebook Creating a Facebook App

Accessing User Timelines

Twitter Facebook

Summary

17. Working with Background Tasks

The Sample App Checking for Background Availability Finishing a Task in the Background

Background Task Identifier Expiration Handler Completing the Background Task

Implementing Background Activities

Types of Background Activities Playing Music in the Background

Summary

18. Grand Central Dispatch for Performance

The Sample App Introduction to Queues Running on the Main Thread Running in the Background Running in an Operation Queue

Concurrent Operations Serial Operations Canceling Operations Custom Operations

Running in a Dispatch Queue

Concurrent Dispatch Queues Serial Dispatch Queues

Summary

19. Using Keychain and Touch ID to Secure and Access Data

The Sample App Setting Up and Using Keychain

Setting Up a New KeychainItemWrapper Storing and Retrieving the PIN Keychain Attribute Keys Securing a Dictionary Resetting a Keychain Item Sharing a Keychain Between Apps Keychain Error Codes

Implementing Touch ID Summary

20. Working with Images and Filters

The Sample App Basic Image Data and Display

Instantiating an Image Displaying an Image Using the Image Picker Resizing an Image

Core Image Filters

Filter Categories and Filters Filter Attributes Initializing an Image Rendering a Filtered Image Chaining Filters

Feature Detection

Setting Up a Face Detector Processing Face Features

Summary

21. Collection Views

The Sample App Introducing Collection Views

Setting Up a Collection View Implementing the Collection View Data Source Methods Implementing the Collection View Delegate Methods

Customizing Collection View and Flow Layout

Basic Customizations Decoration Views

Creating Custom Layouts Collection View Animations

Collection View Layout Changes Collection View Layout Animations Collection View Change Animations

Summary

22. Introduction to TextKit

The Sample App Introducing NSLayoutManager Detecting Links Dynamically Detecting Hits Exclusion Paths Content Specific Highlighting Changing Font Settings with Dynamic Type Summary

23. Gesture Recognizers

Types of Gesture Recognizers Basic Gesture Recognizer Usage Introduction to the Sample App

Tap Recognizer in Action Pinch Recognizer in Action

Multiple Recognizers for a View

Gesture Recognizers: Under the Hood Multiple Recognizers for a View: Redux Requiring Gesture Recognizer Failures

Custom UIGestureRecognizer Subclasses Summary

24. Accessing the Photo Library

The Sample App The Photos Framework Using Asset Collections and Assets

Permissions Asset Collections Assets

Changes in the Photo Library

Asset Collection Changes Asset Changes

Dealing with Photo Stream Summary

25. Passbook and PassKit

The Sample App Designing the Pass

Pass Types Pass Layout—Boarding Pass Pass Layout—Coupon Pass Layout—Event Pass Layout—Generic Pass Layout—Store Card Pass Presentation

Building the Pass

Basic Pass Identification Pass Relevance Information Barcode Identification Pass Visual Appearance Information Pass Fields

Signing and Packaging the Pass

Creating the Pass Type ID Creating the Pass Signing Certificate Creating the Manifest Signing and Packaging the Pass Testing the Pass Interacting with Passes in an App

Updating Passes Automatically Summary

26. Debugging and Instruments

Introduction to Debugging

The First Computer Bug Debugging Basics with Xcode

Breakpoints

Customizing Breakpoints Symbolic and Exception Breakpoints Breakpoint Scope

Working with the Debugger Instruments

The Instruments Interface Exploring Instruments: The Time Profiler Exploring Instruments: Leaks Going Further with Instruments

Summary

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