Duration

3 days

Overview

This module guides you through the development of Today, a productivity app for iOS that presents daily reminders. Although productivity apps are helpful, they can sometimes induce stress. The goal of Today is to help users focus on their tasks for the day, but use visual design and animation to present a muted, calm interface.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this program, participants should be able to:

Create a reasonably complex iOS application and understand how to use view controllers, populate table views using data sources, configure edit mode on table view cells, use modal views, filter data, employ animation, load data and save data.

Course Pre-requisites

Knowledge of a programming language is an advantage.

System Requirements

A Mac computer running macOS 10.15 Catalina or 11.0 Big Sur

Xcode 12.x

Swift 5.x

References

Day 1

A Swift Tour

Simple values
Control Flow
Functions and Closures
Objects and Classes
Enumerations and Structures
Protocols and Extensions
Error Handling

UIKit Essentials

Getting Started with Today
Creating a Storyboard App
Setting Constraints with Auto Layout

Model-View-Controller

Connecting View Objects to Code
Connecting Outlets and Actions
Setting Up a Table View

Navigation

Creating a Detail View Controller
Creating a Navigation Stack

Day 2

Table Views and Data Sources

Accessing Your Entities
Adopting Protocols and Inheritance
Configuring Table View Cells
Applying Data Source Patterns
Creating Custom Table View Cells

Editable Cells

Customizing Data Sources
Canceling Edits
Editing Reminders
Configuring Edit Mode

Modality

Creating New Reminders
Saving New Reminders

Day 3

Filtering Data

Using Higher-Order Functions
Working with a Dynamic Data Source

Design and Animation

Creating a Progress View
Adhering to Design

System Frameworks

Loading Reminders
Saving Reminders
Continuing Your Learning

Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.