Make Delightful Animations with Swift!There's no denying it: creating animations is one of the most enjoyable parts of iOS development.Animations are fun to create, they breathe life into your user interface, and they make your app a delight to use.In this book, you'll learn about iOS animation in Swift from beginning to advanced through a series of hands-on tutorials and challenges, that make your app look and feel great.Who This Book Is ForThis book is for intermediate to advanced developers, who already know the basics of iOS and Swift development and want to dive deep into animations.Topics Covered in iOS Animations by Tutorials:SwiftUI: Learn how to bring this exciting new technology to life.View Animations: Learn how to animate views: size, position, color, and more.Springs: Make your animations bounce with realistic spring behavior.Transitions: Add subtle transitions when you add or remove subviews.Keyframe Animations: Learn how to make complex animations with precise multi-stage timing.Animation and Auto Layout: Learn how to animate with Auto Layout by animating constraints.Layer Animations: Dive deeper and use layer animation for more advanced techniques.Shapes and Masks: Learn how to use shapes and layer masks for cool effects.Gradient Animations: Make moving gradients like the "slide to unlock" screen.Stroke and Path Animations: Animate lines moving over time along a path.3D Animations: Rotate, translate, and scale your layers over time in three dimensions.

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Learn & Master SwiftUI!?Every developer wants to build the most fluid and engaging declarative UI for their apps with as little code as possible. SwiftUI will help you do just that. Learn all the main concepts through an easy-to-follow tutorials where you'll build apps that teach you to create modern, responsive UI and animations that look great on iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, tvOS, and even macOS.?Who This Book Is For?This book is for intermediate iOS developers who already know the basics of iOS, and who wish to know everything there is to know about SwiftUI.?Topics Covered in SwiftUI by Tutorials?SwiftUI Overview: Learn SwiftUI features, as well as the differences between Apple ́s platforms with SwiftUI. Customize your apps for AppKit, UIKit, WatchKit, tvOS, iPadOS and even Catalyst.Testability: See how to apply UI Testing to your SwiftUI apps in this very simple, yet powerful course.Controls & User Input: Learn about controls such as TextField, Button, Toggle, Slider, Stepper, pickers and many more.State & Data Flow: Learn how to bind data to the UI, about reactive updates to the UI through state management, and in-depth usage of the attributes related to SwiftUI.Accessibility: Learn how to navigate your app with VoiceOver on an iOS device and use the SwiftUI Accessibility API attributes to improve your app's accessible UI.Drawing Custom Graphics & Animations: Create drawings, graphics, animations and even view transitions in SwiftUI.macOS: Learn how to create a document-based Mac app and later start with an existing iOS app and learn how to re-use code, views and assets for creating a macOS app.One thing you can count on: After you finish reading this book, you'll be able to take advantage of the latest and greatest features of SwiftUI to bring modern declarative UX to your apps.

Learn Augmented Reality!Augmented reality is going to be the next big thing - there's absolutely no doubt about it. If you want to build realistic and immersive AR experiences for the Apple platform, this book is your golden ticket.Apple Augmented Reality by Tutorials is the easiest and fastest way to get hands-on experience using Apple frameworks and technologies like Reality Composer, RealityKit, and ARKitWho This Book Is ForThis book is for beginner to intermediate iOS developers who already know the basics of Swift development and are looking to build immersive AR experiences for the Apple platform.Topics Covered in Apple AR by TutorialsAR Quick Look: Discover how to integrate AR Quick Look into your apps to give them some cool AR superpowers.Reality Composer & Reality Files: Find out how to leverage the power of Reality Composer to create interactive AR-based experiences.Reality Converter & PBR Materials: Discover how PBR materials can add a level of realism to your AR objects, and how to use Reality Converter to convert, view, customize and create USDZ content.RealityKit: Learn to set up and use RealityKit to build a face-based augmented reality app.Facial Blend Shapes: Build a fully interactive augmented reality face mask that reacts to your facial expressions using blend shapes.ARKit: Get a complete introduction to ARKit, Apple's framework for creating fully interactive augmented reality, and learn about the different types of rendering options available with ARKit.Raycasting & Physics: Learn about raycasting, 2D hit-testing and the SpriteKit physics engine as you add more features and functionality to your game.ECS & Collaborative Experiences: Build a collaborative AR experience and learn how to create and manage a multipeer connection.Object Capture: Learn how to create realistic 3D models from real-life objects with photogrammetry.After reading this book, you'll have a deep understanding of the technologies and frameworks used to create powerful, immersive AR experiences for the Apple platform.

Core Animation is the technology underlying Apple's iOS user interface. By unleashing the full power of Core Animation, you can enhance your app with impressive 2D and 3D visual effects and create exciting and unique new interfaces. In this in-depth guide, iOS developer Nick Lockwood takes you step-by-step through the Core Animation framework, building up your understanding through sample code and diagrams together with comprehensive explanations and helpful tips. Lockwood demystifies the Core Animation APIs, and teaches you how to make use of Layers and views, software drawing and hardware compositing Layer geometry, hit testing and clipping Layer effects, transforms and 3D interfaces Video playback, text, tiled images, OpenGL, particles and reflections Implicit and explicit animations Property animations, keyframes and transitions Easing, frame-by-frame animation and physics Performance tuning and much, much more! Approximately 356 pages.

Make Delightful Animations with Swift! There's no denying it: creating animations is one of the most enjoyable parts of iOS development. Animations are fun to create, they breathe life into your user interface, and they make your app a delight to use. In this book, you'll learn about iOS animation in Swift from beginning to advanced through a series of hands-on tutorials and challenges, that make your app look and feel great. Up to date with iOS 9, Xcode 7, and Swift 2. Who This Book Is For: This book is for intermediate to advanced developers, who already know the basics of iOS and Swift development and want to dive deep into animations. Topics Covered in iOS Animations by Tutorials: View Animations: Start with the basics by learning how to animate views: size, position, color, and more. Springs: Make your animations bounce with realistic spring behavior. Transitions: Add subtle transitoins when you add or remove subviews. Keyframe Animations: Learn how to make complex animations with precise multi-stage timing. Animation and Auto Layout: Learn how to animate with Auto Layout by animating constraints. Layer Animations: Dive deeper and use layer animation for more advanced techniques. Shapes and Masks: Learn how to use shapes and layer masks for cool effects. Gradient Animations: Make moving gradients like the "slide to unlock" screen. Stroke and Path Animations: Animate lines moving over time along a path. 3D Animations: Rotate, translate, and scale your layers over time in three dimensions. And much more, including: Particle emitters, frame animations, and third-party animation libraries! The iOS Tutorial Team takes pride in making sure each tutorial we write holds to the highest standards of quality. We want our tutorials to be well written, easy to follow, and fun. And we don't want to just skim the surface of a subject - we want to really dig into it, so you can truly understand how it works and apply the knowledge directly in your own apps.

Build the Next Great iOS Game with Cocos2D! Cocos2D is the powerhouse framework behind some of the most popular games in the App Store. If you’ve played Tiny Wings, Angry Birds, Mega Jump, Trainyard, or even Super Turbo Action Pig, then you’ve played a game that uses Cocos2D or Box2D physics. The beauty of Cocos2D is its simplicity. It’s easy to become overwhelmed when you start developing an iOS game, especially if you look at things like OpenGL ES, OpenAL, and other lower level APIs. Writing a game for the iPhone and iPad does not have to be that difficult, and Cocos2D makes game development fun and easy. Learning Cocos2D walks you through the process of building Space Viking (which is free on the App Store), a 2D scrolling game that leverages Cocos2D, Box2D, and Chipmunk. As you build Space Viking, you’ll learn everything you need to know about Cocos2D so you can create the next killer iOS game. Download the free version of Space Viking from the App Store today! Help Ole find his way home while learning how to build the game. As you build Space Viking, you’ll learn how to Install and configure Cocos2D so it works with Xcode 4 Build a complete 2D action adventure game with Cocos2D Add animations and movement to your games Build your game’s main menu screen for accessing levels Use Cocos2D’s Scheduler to make sure the right events happen at the right times Use tile maps to build scrolling game levels from reusable images Add audio and sound effects with CocosDenshion—Cocos2D’s sound engine Add gravity, realistic collisions, and even ragdoll effects with Box2D and Chipmunk physics engines Add amazing effects to your games with particle systems Leverage Game Center in your game for achievements and leader boards Squeeze the most performance from your games along with tips and tricks