Learning useful terms in iOS development

You will encounter special terms and definitions in any field. Here are some common terms used in iOS app development. Just read through them for now. Even though you may not understand everything yet, it will become clearer as you go along:

• View: A view is an instance of the UIView class or one of its subclasses. Anything you see on your screen (buttons, text fields, labels, and so on) is a view. You will use views to build your UI.
• Stack View: A stack view is an instance of the UIStackView class, which is a subclass of UIView. It is used to group views together in a horizontal or vertical stack. This makes them easier to position on the screen using Auto Layout, which is described later in this section.
• View Controller: A view controller is an instance of the UIViewController class. It determines what a view displays to the user, and what happens when a user interacts with a view. Every view controller has a view property,...