Building a Note-Taking App for iOS 11 with Swift

Create your first iPhone app while you learn the basics of Swift and Xcode. Build a complete note-taking app for iOS 11.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know before starting this course
• Related courses
• How to use the exercise files

1. Project Overview

• Features of the note-taking app
• Demo of the finished app

2. Understanding iOS Specifics

• Issues in cross-platform development
• Unique concepts to iOS
• Optional values in Swift

3. Get Started

• Download Xcode
• Create the Xcode project
• The Xcode Interface
• Configure Xcode preferences
• Apply an app icon

4. Create the Table and a Data Source

• Create a user interface with a table view
• Connect UI objects to code
• Set a data source for the table view
• Reuse cells
• Wrap a table view in a navigation controller
• Create a button to add rows to the table view

5. Edit and Save Data

• Handle table view row deletions
• Save data to user defaults
• Save data to a file

6. Work with Multiple View Controllers

• Set a delegate for the table view
• Transition to a second view controller
• Create a custom class for a view controller
• Send data to the second view controller
• Send data back to the original view controller
• Show and hide the software keyboard
• Change title sizes

Conclusion

• Next steps