You're reading from iOS 26 Programming for Beginners A hands-on guide to kickstarting your iOS app development journey with Swift 6, UIKit, and Xcode 26

Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2025

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781806023936

Length 634 pages

Edition 10th Edition

Languages

Apple

Tools

iOS

Concepts

iOS Development

Author (1):

Ahmad Sahar

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Table of Contents (35) Chapters

Preface

1. Swift

2. Hello, Xcode FREE CHAPTER

3. Simple Values and Types

4. Conditionals and Optionals

5. Range Operators and Loops

6. Collection Types

7. Functions and Closures

8. Classes, Structures, and Enumerations

9. Protocols, Extensions, and Error Handling

10. Swift Concurrency

11. Design

12. Set Up the User Interface

13. Build the User Interface

14. Complete the User Interface

15. Modify App Screens

16. Code

17. MVC and Table Views

18. Get Data into Table Views

19. Pass Data Between View Controllers

20. Core Location and MapKit

21. JSON Files

22. Custom Views

23. Camera and Photo Library

24. Search

25. Collection Views

26. Features

27. Adopt Liquid Glass

28. Icon Composer

29. Apple Intelligence

30. Foundation Models

31. Test and Submit Your App to the App Store

32. Unlock Your Exclusive Benefits

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33. Other Books You May Enjoy

34. Index

Technical requirements

You will modify the JRNL Xcode project that you created in Chapter 1, Hello, Xcode.

The resource files and completed Xcode project for this chapter are in the Chapter10 folder of the code bundle for this book, which can be downloaded here:

https://github.com/PacktPublishing/iOS-26-Programming-for-Beginners-10E

Check out the following video to see the code in action:

https://youtu.be/pof2hChUGbg

Before you get started with the project, you’ll learn some common terms used in iOS development.

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