SwiftUI Cookbook: A Guide for Building Beautiful and Interactive SwiftUI Apps, 3rd Edition

Experience the potential of SwiftUI, Swift 5.9, and Xcode 15 for crafting cutting-edge apps on iOS 17, macOS 14.0 Sonoma, and watchOS 10

Book Description
SwiftUI is the modern way to build user interfaces for iOS, macOS, and watchOS. It provides a declarative and intuitive way to create beautiful and interactive user interfaces. The new edition of this comprehensive cookbook includes a fully updated repository for SwiftUI 5, iOS 17, Xcode 15, and Swift 5.9. With this arsenal, it teaches you everything you need to know to build beautiful and interactive user interfaces with SwiftUI 5, from the basics to advanced topics like custom modifiers, animations, and state management. In this new edition, you will dive into the world of creating powerful data visualizations with a new chapter on Swift Charts and how to seamlessly integrate charts into your SwiftUI apps. Further, you will be able to unleash your creativity with advanced controls, including multi-column tables and two-dimensional layouts. You can explore new modifiers for text, images, and shapes that give you more control over the appearance of your views. You will learn how to develop apps for multiple platforms, including iOS, macOS, watchOS, and more. With expert insights, real-world examples, and a recipe-based approach, you’ll be equipped to build remarkable SwiftUI apps that stand out in today’s competitive market.

Table of Contents
Using the Basic SwiftUI Views and Controls
Displaying Scrollable Content with Lists and Scroll Views
Exploring Advanced Components
Viewing while Building with SwiftUI Preview in Xcode 15
Creating New Components and Grouping Views with Container Views
Presenting Views Modally
Navigation Containers
Drawing with SwiftUI
Animating with SwiftUI
Driving SwiftUI with Data
Driving SwiftUI with Combine
SwiftUI Concurrency with async await
Handling Authentication and Firebase with SwiftUI
Persistence in SwiftUI with Core Data and SwiftData
Data Visualization with Swift Charts
Creating Multiplatform Apps with SwiftUI
SwiftUI Tips and Tricks
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Index
Authors
Juan C. Catalan is a software engineer with more than 18 years of professional experience. He started mobile development back in the days of iOS 3. Juan has worked as a professional iOS developer in many industries, including medical devices, financial services, real estate, document management, fleet tracking and industrial automation. He has contributed to more than 30 published apps in the App Store, some of them with millions of users. Juan gives back to the iOS development community with technical talks, mentoring developers, reviewing technical books and now as a book author. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife Donna, where they spend time with their kids.