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Mastering iOS 12 Programming

You're reading from   Mastering iOS 12 Programming Build professional-grade iOS applications with Swift and Xcode 10

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789133202
Length 750 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Preface 1. UITableView Touch-up FREE CHAPTER 2. A Better Layout with UICollectionView 3. Creating a Detail Page 4. Immersing Your Users with Animation 5. Understanding the Swift Type System 6. Writing Flexible Code with Protocols and Generics 7. Improving the Application Structure 8. Adding Core Data to Your App 9. Fetching and Displaying Data from the Network 10. Being Proactive with Background Fetch 11. Syncing Data with CloudKit 12. Using Augmented Reality 13. Improving Apps With Location Services 14. Making Smarter Apps with CoreML 15. Tracking Activity Using HealthKit 16. Streamlining Experiences with Siri 17. Using Media in Your App 18. Implementing Rich Notifications 19. Instant Information with a Today Extension 20. Exchanging Data With Drag And Drop 21. Improved Discoverability with Spotlight and Universal Links 22. Extending iMessage 23. Ensuring App Quality with Tests 24. Discovering Bottlenecks with Instruments 25. Offloading Tasks with Operations and GCD 26. Submitting Your App to the App Store 27. Answers 28. Other Books You May Enjoy

Instant Information with a Today Extension

When a user swipes right on the Lock Screen or in the Notification Center, they are taken to section called the Today View. In this section, users are presented with several widgets that provide useful information at a glance. These widgets are called Today Extensions.

In this chapter, you will learn how you can build a Today Extension so you can integrate useful information from your app with the Today View. A proper integration with the Today View can help users see the information they care about at a glance. The basis for the extension that you will build in this chapter is an inspirational quote app called The Daily Quote. In its current state, The Daily Quote only shows a quote when the user opens the app. You will expand this app by implementing a Today Extension.

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  • Understanding the anatomy...
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