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SwiftUI Advanced Handbook

39 sections - 4 hours of video

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An extensive series of tutorials covering advanced topics related to SwiftUI, with a main focus on backend and logic to take your SwiftUI skills to the next level

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Taught by Meng To

Purchase includes access to 50+ courses, 320+ premium tutorials, 300+ hours of videos, source files and certificates.

39 topics

All techniques are explained step-by-step, in a beginner-friendly format so that you can easily follow in a cohesive way.

1

Firebase Auth

How to install Firebase authentification to your Xcode project

8:18

2

Read from Firestore

Install Cloud Firestore in your application to fetch and read data from a collection

8:01

3

Write to Firestore

Save the data users input in your application in a Firestore collection

5:35

4

Join an Array of Strings

Turn your array into a serialized String

3:33

5

Data from JSON

Load data from a JSON file into your SwiftUI application

5:08

6

HTTP Request

Create an HTTP Get Request to fetch data from an API

6:31

7

WKWebView

Integrate an HTML page into your SwiftUI application using WKWebView and by converting Markdown into HTML

5:25

8

Code Highlighting in a WebView

Use Highlight.js to convert your code blocks into beautiful highlighted code in a WebView

5:11

9

Test for Production in the Simulator

Build your app on Release scheme to test for production

1:43

10

Debug Performance in a WebView

Enable Safari's WebInspector to debug the performance of a WebView in your application

1:57

11

Debug a Crash Log

Learn how to debug a crash log from App Store Connect in Xcode

2:22

12

Simulate a Bad Network

Test your SwiftUI application by simulating a bad network connection with Network Link Conditionner

2:11

13

Archive a Build in Xcode

Archive a build for beta testing or to release in the App Store

1:28

14

Apollo GraphQL Part I

Install Apollo GraphQL in your project to fetch data from an API

6:21

15

Apollo GraphQL Part 2

Make a network call to fetch your data and process it into your own data type

6:43

16

Apollo GraphQL Part 3

Display the data fetched with Apollo GraphQL in your View

5:08

17

Configuration Files in Xcode

Create configuration files and add variables depending on the environment - development or production

4:35

18

App Review

Request an app review from your user for the AppStore

5:43

19

ImagePicker

Create an ImagePicker to choose a photo from the library or take a photo from the camera

5:06

20

Compress a UIImage

Compress a UIImage by converting it to JPEG, reducing its size and quality

3:32

21

Firebase Storage

Upload, delete and list files in Firebase Storage

11:11

22

Search Feature

Implement a search feature to filter through your content in your SwiftUI application

9:13

23

Push Notifications Part 1

Set up Firebase Cloud Messaging as a provider server to send push notifications to your users

5:59

24

Push Notifications Part 2

Create an AppDelegate to ask permission to send push notifications using Apple Push Notifications service and Firebase Cloud Messaging

6:30

25

Push Notifications Part 3

Tie everything together and test your push notifications feature in production

6:13

26

Network Connection

Verify the network connection of your user to perform tasks depending on their network's reachability

6:49

27

Download Files Locally Part 1

Download videos and files locally so users can watch them offline

6:05

28

Download Files Locally Part 2

Learn how to use the DownloadManager class in your views for offline video viewing

6:02

29

Offline Data with Realm

Save your SwiftUI data into a Realm so users can access them offline

10:20

30

HTTP Request with Async Await

Create an HTTP get request function using async await

6:11

31

Xcode Cloud

Automate workflows with Xcode Cloud

9:23

32

SceneStorage and TabView

Use @SceneStorage with TabView for better user experience on iPad

3:52

33

Network Connection Observer

Observe the network connection state using NWPathMonitor

4:37

34

Apollo GraphQL Caching

Cache data for offline availability with Apollo GraphQL

9:42

35

Create a model from an API response

Learn how to create a SwiftUI model out of the response body of an API

5:37

36

Multiple type variables in Swift

Make your models conform to the same protocol to create multiple type variables

4:23

37

Parsing Data with SwiftyJSON

Make API calls and easily parse data with this JSON package

9:36

38

ShazamKit

Build a simple Shazam clone and perform music recognition

12:38

39

Firebase Remote Config

Deliver changes to your app on the fly remotely

9:05

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We all try to be consistent with our way of teaching step-by-step, providing source files and prioritizing design in our courses.

Meng To

I design, code and write

Meng To is the author of Design+Code. Meng started off his career as a self-taught designer from Montreal and eventually traveled around the world for 2 years as his US VISA was denied. During his travels, he wrote a book which now has 35,000 readers.

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Haawa

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Hey MengTo, I launched my iOS/watchOS app RunnerGoal almost completely built with SwiftUI. Thank you for the design lessons and many controls and animation that I used from you SwiftUI course. Man bowing deeply.

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After months of hard work i'm excited to share my new app "Read" which helps you reach your yearly book goal by telling you how many pages or percent to read daily. You can time your read.

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Senior iOS Developer at 3PDevelopment

Made using SwiftUI and @MengTo's awesome Design+Code courses on SwiftUI and UI design!

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Simple Ratio is Live! After years of designing apps, I can finally say I built my own. Big thanks to Meng To for getting me started with SwiftUI.

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