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Mastering SwiftUI for iOS 16 and Xcode 14 is Now Released

As you know, Apple released Xcode 14 and iOS 16, along with the debut of iPhone 14. Now our Mastering SwiftUI book is updated to support the latest version of iOS and Xcode. All the content including screenshots and source code are updated for Xcode 14 and iOS 16. On top of that, we added over 100 pages of...

Announcing Beginning iOS Programming with Swift for iOS 15 and Xcode 13

After months of hard work, the new edition of our Beginning iOS Programming with Swift course for iOS 15 and Xcode 13 is now officially launched. In addition to updating our course for iOS 15 and Xcode 13, this new update comes with two editions of the beginner book for UIKit and SwiftUI. Should you learn SwiftUI or...

Announcing Mastering SwiftUI Book for Xcode 12 and iOS 14

We are launching the update of our Mastering SwiftUI book for Xcode 12 and iOS 14. Along with the release of Xcode 12, Apple released a big update to the SwiftUI framework with a lot of additions. Other than adding new UI components to streamline your UI development, Xcode 12 introduces a new App lifecycle API for...

Building Collection Views in SwiftUI with LazyVGrid and LazyHGrid

The initial release of SwiftUI didn’t come with a native collection view. You can either build your own solution or use third party libraries. In this year’s WWDC, Apple introduced tons of new features for the SwiftUI framework. One of them is to address the need of implementing grid views. SwiftUI now...

Learn SwiftUI Using Swift Playgrounds for iPad and Mac

“I only have an iPad. Can I use it to develop iOS apps?” This is one of the most common questions for beginners. My answer is always “No, you need a Mac to run Xcode for iOS app development.” “But how about Swift Playgrounds for iPad? Can I use the app to learn Swift and app...

Announcing Mastering SwiftUI

We have just launched our new book – Mastering SwiftUI. As introduced to you earlier, this book teaches you how to build UIs and iOS apps with Apple’s brand new UI framework. It is written for both beginners and developers having some experience with Swift programming. We will dive deep into the framework,...

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iOS

iOS Programming Basic: How Does the Hello World App Work?

I hope you enjoy the first iOS programming tutorial and already created your first app. Before we move onto the next tutorial and build a more complex app, let’s step back and have a closer look at the Hello World app....

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iOS

Hello World! Build Your First iPhone App

Update: This tutorial only works for Xcode 4.6 or lower. If you’ve upgraded to Xcode 5, please check out the updated Hello World tutorial. We also published a new screencast to walk you through the process and updated the...

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iOS

How To Download Older Version of Xcode

In the previous article, I suggest you to download and install Xcode 4.3.2 for iOS development as all our upcoming tutorials will be written using this version. A few readers have raised a question about Xcode: Download refused...

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iOS

What You Need to Begin iOS Programming

Update: The post is updated to make it compatible with Xcode 5 and iOS 7. Update #2: You can now refer to this sample chapter of our Beginning iOS 9 Programming with Swift book to learn what you need to start iOS programming. So...

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Announcement

Why Launching AppCoda?

Last September, I released my first iPhone app on the App Store. It’s truly an amazing experience to develop an app. I have been programming for 10 years and developed various kinds of business systems. Yet this is the very...