Get started with SwiftUI and build efficient iOS apps in this illustrated, easy-to-follow guide with coverage on integration with UIKit, asynchronous programming techniques, efficient app architecture and design patterns

Key Features

• Learn how to structure and maintain clean app architecture
• Under the guidance of industry expert Michele Fadda, build well-structured, maintainable, and high-performance applications
• Understand the declarative functional approach and focus on asynchronous programming within the context of SwiftUI

Book Description

– SwiftUI transforms Apple Platform app development with intuitive Swift code for seamless UI design.

– Explore SwiftUI's declarative programming: define what the app should look like and do, while the OS handles the heavy lifting.

– Hands-on approach covers SwiftUI fundamentals and often-omitted parts in introductory guides.

– Progress from creating views and modifiers to intricate, responsive UIs and advanced techniques for complex apps.

– Focus on new features in asynchronous programming and architecture patterns for efficient, modern app design.

– Learn UIKit and SwiftUI integration, plus how to run tests for SwiftUI applications.

– Gain confidence to harness SwiftUI's full potential for building professional-grade apps across Apple devices.

What you will learn

• Get to grips with UI coding across Apple platforms using SwiftUI
• Build modern apps, delving into complex architecture and asynchronous programming
• Explore animations, graphics, and user gestures to build responsive UIs
• Respond to asynchronous events and store and share data the modern way
• Add advanced features by integrating SwiftUI and UIKit to enhance your apps
• Gain proficiency in testing and debugging SwiftUI applications

Who this book is for

– This book is for iOS developers interested in mastering SwiftUI, software developers with extensive iOS development experience using UIkit transitioning to SwiftUI, as well as mobile consultants and engineers who want to gain an in-depth understanding of the framework.

– Newcomers equipped with knowledge of Swift, UIkit, XCode, and asynchronous programming will find this book invaluable for launching a career in mobile software development with iOS.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Simple Views

1 Exploring the Environment – Xcode, Playgrounds, and SwiftUI

2 Adding Basic UI Elements and Designing Layouts

3 Adding Interactivity to a SwiftUI View

Part 2: Scrollable Views

4 Iterating Views, Scroll Views, FocusState, Lists, and Scroll View Reader

5 The Art of Displaying Grids

Part 3: SwiftUI Navigation

6 Tab Bars and Modal View Presentation

7 All About Navigation

Part 4: Graphics and Animation

8 Creating Custom Graphics

9 An Introduction to Animations in SwiftUI

Part 5: App Architecture

10 App Architecture and SwiftUI Part I: Practical Tools

11 App Architecture and SwiftUI Part II – the Theory

Part 6: Beyond Basics

12 Persistence with Core Data

13 Modern Structured Concurrency

14 An Introduction to SwiftData

15 Consuming REST Services in SwiftUI

16 Exploring the Apple Vision Pro

Review

“Michele has written a fantastic book that I’ll be referring to for quite some time. In particular, I really appreciated the chapters around Navigation and App Architecture (2 chapters on this, alone!). Michele presents well-rounded overview with some great guidance and helpful insights into how and when to effectively pick and choose approaches. A great read!”

Daniel Bolella, Software Developer Lead - iOS at Charles Schwab, Author of Swift Cookbook, Third Edition



About the Author

Michele Fadda, an Italian software developer with over 30 years of experience working in the UK. He began programming at 14. He has worked across telematics, medical, banking, and financial sectors, specializing in iOS and Swift. Michele has contributed to various projects, including medical device apps, telematics apps and financial systems. He pioneered electronic controls for automotive trucks, began his career with aerospace projects and led a MIL-STD qualified helicopter maintenance project. Michele's expertise includes cryptography and system architecture design. He holds an MBA and authored "An iOS Developer's Guide to SwiftUI." Currently, he is the CEO of FWLAB Limited in the UK, focusing on bespoke mobile development and AI.