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iOS 26 Programming for Beginners - Tenth Edition: A hands-on guide to kickstarting your iOS app development journey with Swift 6, UIKit, and Xcode 26
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781806023936
Publisher: Packt Publishing
Published: Nov 27 2025
Pages: 634
Weight: 2.37
Height: 1.28 Width: 7.50 Depth: 9.25
Language: English
Build real-world iOS apps from scratch while learning the latest Swift 6, Xcode 26, and Apple Intelligence features in this fully updated 10th edition
Key Features:
- Have fun building your first iOS app and start your iOS programming career
- Learn to integrate Apple Intelligence and the sleek new Liquid Glass UI for modern app experiences
- Establish a solid foundation with UIKit, testing, and deployment best practices
Book Description:
iOS 26 Programming for Beginners returns in its 10th edition, fully updated to reflect Apple's latest innovations in app development. Perfect for complete newcomers as well as those transitioning from other platforms, this practical guide walks you through every step of building your first iOS app using Swift 6 and Xcode 26.
Following a project-based approach, you'll create a feature-rich journal app while mastering UIKit fundamentals, including storyboards, navigation, data persistence, media integration, and map-based features. Each chapter builds on the last with clear explanations, step-by-step instructions, and real-world examples that reinforce your learning.
Along the way, you'll enhance your app with Apple Intelligence, Apple's on-device AI platform, to deliver smart, personalized user experiences. You'll also leverage the elegant Liquid Glass UI design system introduced in iOS 26, to give your app a modern and immersive feel.
By the end of this book, you'll have built and deployed a complete iOS app and gained the essential skills to pursue a career in mobile development.
What You Will Learn:
- Install and configure Xcode 26 for iOS development
- Build intuitive user interfaces using UIKit and Auto Layout
- Handle JSON data and persistent storage
- Integrate Core Location and MapKit for GPS features
- Enhance app features with Apple Intelligence
- Apply the new Liquid Glass UI for visual polish
- Submit and deploy your app to the App Store
Who this book is for:
This iOS programming book is for beginners with minimal coding experience who want to enter the world of Swift programming and iOS app development. A basic understanding of programming concepts is all you need to get started.
Table of Contents
- Hello, Xcode
- Simple Values and Types
- Conditionals and Optionals
- Range Operators and Loops
- Collection Types
- Functions and Closures
- Classes, Structures, and Enumerations
- Protocols, Extensions, and Error Handling
- Swift Concurrency
- Set Up the User Interface
- Build the User Interface
- Complete the User Interface
- Modify App Screens
- MVC and Table Views
- Getting Data into Table Views
- Pass Data Between View Controllers
- Core Location and MapKit
- JSON Files
- Custom Views
- Camera and Photo Library
- Search
- Collection Views
- Adopt Liquid Glass
- Icon Composer
- Apple Intelligence
- Foundation Models
- Test and Submit Your App to the App Store
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