Download or read book Learning Core Data for IOS written by Tim Roadley and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2013 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get Started Fast with iOS 7 Core Data App Development Covers iOS 7 and Xcode 5 This is the first Core Data book to fully reflect Apple's latest platform innovations, including its dramatic recent improvements to iCloud support. Hands-on from start to finish, it teaches you step-by-step as you create a modern data-driven iOS app using Storyboards, ARC, iOS 7, and Xcode 5. Tim Roadley introduces new patterns and best practices designed to overcome the frustrations of Core Data development. One step at a time, you'll build and extend your skills--even mastering advanced techniques such as complex model migration, deep copy, background processing, and integration with Dropbox, StackMob, and iCloud. Downloadable versions of this book's main project are provided with each chapter, so you can see exactly what your app project should look like--and get cookbook-style code for your own projects. Chapter exercises help you explore even further, whether you're a self-learner or a student in an iOS development course. If you're an experienced iOS developer, this guide brings together all the skills, tools, code, and patterns you need to add powerful data management capabilities to any app--quickly, easily, and painlessly. Coverage includes the following: Understanding Core Data Adding Core Data to an existing project Designing, upgrading, and migrating data models (automatically and manually with progress indication) Populating views with data, including table-views and picker-views Preloading a "default data" persistent store from XML Deep-copying from one persistent store to another Performance tuning with Instruments, using large photos as the example Background processing, using thumbnail generation as the example Efficient search Seamlessly backing up and restoring with Dropbox Stable integration with iCloud--with full support for multiple accounts, seeding, and de-duplication Web service integration with StackMob

Download or read book Core Data by Tutorials Eighth Edition written by raywenderlich Tutorial Team and published by Razeware LLC. This book was released on 2020-11-20 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn Core Data With Swift!Take control of your data in iOS apps using Core Data, through a series of high quality hands-on tutorials.Start with the basics like setting up your own Core Data Stack all the way to advanced topics like migration, performance, multithreading, and more! By the end of this book, you'll have hands-on experience with Core Data and will be ready to use it in your own apps.Who This Book Is For:This book is for intermediate iOS developers who already know the basics of iOS and Swift development but want to learn how to use Core Data to save data in their apps.Topics Covered in Core Data by Tutorials:Your First Core Data App: You'll click File\New Project and write a Core Data app from scratch!NSManagedObject Subclasses: Learn how to create your own subclasses of NSManagedObject - the base data storage class in Core Data.The Core Data Stack: Learn how the main objects in Core Data work together, so you can move from the starter Xcode template to your own system.Intermediate Fetching: This chapter covers how to fetch data with Core Data - fetch requests, predicates, sorting and asynchronous fetching.NSFetchedResultsController: Learn how to make Core Data play nicely with table views using NSFetchedResultsController!Versioning and Migration: In this chapter, you'll learn how to migrate your user's data as they upgrade through different versions of your data model.Unit Tests: In this chapter, you'll learn how to set up a test environment for Core Data and see examples of how to test your models.Measuring and Boosting Performance: Learn how to measure your app's performance with various Xcode tools and deal with slow spots in your code.Multiple Managed Object Contexts: Learn how multiple managed object contexts can improve performance and make for cleaner code.Core Data and CloudKit: Learn how to synchronize Core Data across all of a user's devices.

Download or read book Core Data for iOS written by Tim Isted and published by Addison-Wesley Professional. This book was released on 2011-05-24 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, virtually every non-trivial iPhone and iPad app must manage data—quickly, smoothly, reliably, and with minimal impact on the CPU to conserve battery life. Core Data, Apple’s ready-made data persistence layer, can help you achieve all these goals. In Core Data for iOS, two leading iOS developers teach you the entire Core Data framework from the ground up. Writing for intermediate-to-advanced iOS developers, Tim Isted and Tom Harrington thoroughly explain how Core Data is used on iOS devices, introduce each of its primary classes, and show how they interact to provide amazing functionality with minimal configuration. You’ll learn how to store, fetch, and validate data; provide it efficiently to views; and much more. Isted and Harrington first give you a firm grounding in the technology, and then present real-world examples. They present multiple sample projects, as well as a start-to-finish, chapter-length case study. Coverage includes • Understanding Core Data’s features, classes, and interactions • Using Core Data in MVC-based iOS app development • Mapping relational data to object models, and building them with Xcode 4’s Data Modeler • Working with managed objects and using UITableView to display them • Creating predicates to match numbers, data, and objects • Maintaining compatibility across versions of an app’s data model • Tracking managed object contexts across view controllers • Using Core Data’s automatic Undo functionality • Integrating abstract entities, entity inheritance, and multiple view controllers into a complete app • Optimizing for iOS devices’ tight memory limits • Diagnosing and fixing common Core Data problems Introducing Addison-Wesley’s new Core Frameworks Series, written for experienced iOS developers by world-class Mac and iOS developers, these are the first comprehensive, code-rich reference guides to Apple’s Core Frameworks.

Download or read book Core Data in Swift written by Marcus S. Zarra and published by Pragmatic Bookshelf. This book was released on 2016-06-13 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Core Data is intricate, powerful, and necessary. Discover the powerful capabilities integrated into Core Data, and how to use Core Data in your iOS and OS X projects. All examples are current for OS X El Capitan, iOS 9, and the latest release of Core Data. All the code is written in Swift, including numerous examples of how best to integrate Core Data with Apple's newest programming language. Core Data expert Marcus Zarra walks you through a fully developed application based around the Core Data APIs. You'll build on this application throughout the book, learning key Core Data elements such as NSPredicate, NSFetchRequest, thread management, and memory management. Start with the basics of Core Data and learn how to use it to develop your application. Then delve deep into the API details. Explore how to get Core Data integrated into your application properly, and work with this flexible API to create convenience methods to improve your application's maintainability. Reduce your migration difficulties, integrate your Core Data app with iCloud and Watch Kit, and use Core Data in a queue-based environment. By the end of the book, you'll have built a full-featured application, gained a complete understanding of Core Data, and learned how to integrate your application into the iPhone/iPad platform. This book is based on Core Data in Objective-C, Third Edition. It focuses on Swift and adds an additional chapter on how to integrate Core Data with an efficient network implementation, with best practices on how to load and pre-load data into your Swift application. What You Need: Mac OS X El Capitan and iOS 9 and a basic working knowledge of Swift

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Download or read book Learning Core Data for iOS written by Tim Roadley and published by Addison-Wesley. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get Started Fast with iOS 7 Core Data App Development Covers iOS 7 and Xcode 5 This is the first Core Data book to fully reflect Apple’s latest platform innovations, including its dramatic recent improvements to iCloud support. Hands-on from start to finish, it teaches you step-by-step as you create a modern data-driven iOS app using Storyboards, ARC, iOS 7, and Xcode 5. Tim Roadley introduces new patterns and best practices designed to overcome the frustrations of Core Data development. One step at a time, you’ll build and extend your skills--even mastering advanced techniques such as complex model migration, deep copy, background processing, and integration with Dropbox, StackMob, and iCloud. Downloadable versions of this book’s main project are provided with each chapter, so you can see exactly what your app project should look like--and get cookbook-style code for your own projects. Chapter exercises help you explore even further, whether you’re a self-learner or a student in an iOS development course. If you’re an experienced iOS developer, this guide brings together all the skills, tools, code, and patterns you need to add powerful data management capabilities to any app--quickly, easily, and painlessly. Coverage includes the following: Understanding Core Data Adding Core Data to an existing project Designing, upgrading, and migrating data models (automatically and manually with progress indication) Populating views with data, including table-views and picker-views Preloading a “default data” persistent store from XML Deep-copying from one persistent store to another Performance tuning with Instruments, using large photos as the example Background processing, using thumbnail generation as the example Efficient search Seamlessly backing up and restoring with Dropbox Stable integration with iCloud--with full support for multiple accounts, seeding, and de-duplication Web service integration with StackMob

Download or read book Learning Core Data for iOS with Swift written by Tim Roadley and published by Addison-Wesley Professional. This book was released on 2015-12-07 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get Started Fast with Core Data App Development Using iOS 9, Swift, and Xcode 7 Core Data is a remarkably mature, stable, and fast platform for data access, and Swift is a world-class language for applying it. Now, there’s a complete guide to using Core Data and Swift together in production apps. Tim Roadley shows you how to gain the benefits of a relational database without writing SQL queries, so you can get more done faster, with less coding. This book fully reflects Apple’s latest iOS 9 platform innovations and teaches Core Data entirely with Swift examples. It guides you step-by-step through creating a modern data-driven iOS app that fully integrates iCloud via CloudKit for public data sharing. Roadley introduces up-to-date patterns and best practices designed to overcome the frustrations of Core Data development. Each chapter builds on the last, introducing new topics in the order you’ll implement them and extending your skills simply and intuitively. Each chapter offers downloadable project code, along with exercises to help you explore even further, either as a self-learner or a student in an iOS development course. Roadley even shows how to build helper classes that simplify reuse of his example code. If you’re an experienced iOS developer, here are all the Swift skills and resources you need to integrate data into any app—quickly, easily, and painlessly. Coverage includes Understanding what Core Data is and what it can (and can’t) do Configuring basic managed object models, and choosing data types Expanding data models without introducing errors Using relationships and entity inheritance to unlock more power Delivering memory-efficient, high performance table views Enabling users to easily modify managed object attributes Generating persistent stores of preloaded default data Using Deep Copy to copy objects and relationships between persistent stores Optimizing performance by eliminating bottlenecks and offloading intensive tasks to the background Implementing efficient search Integrating diverse iCloud accounts and preferences Mastering advanced iCloud integration, including entity-level seeding and unique object de-dupe Leveraging public CloudKit databases to sync data across users with different iCloud accounts About the Website All code samples are available for download at timroadley.com. informit.com/learningseries timroadley.com

Download or read book IOS 10 Swift Programming Cookbook written by Vandad Nahavandipoor and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ready to build truly stunning apps for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch? This cookbook—written exclusively in Swift 3—provides more than 120 proven solutions for tackling the latest features in iOS 10 and watchOS 3. With these code-rich recipes, you’ll learn how to build dynamic voice interfaces with Siri and messaging apps with iMessage. You’ll also learn how to use interactive maps, multitasking functionality, the UI Testing framework, and many other features. This cookbook is ideal for intermediate and advanced iOS developers looking to work with the newest versions of Apple’s mobile operating systems. Each recipe includes reusable code that's available on GitHub, so you can put it to work right away. Let users interact with your apps and services through Siri Write your own iMessage extensions that allow added interactivity Work with features in Swift 3, Xcode 8, and Interface Builder Build standalone apps for Apple Watch Create vibrant user interfaces with new UIKit features Use Spotlight APIs to make your app content searchable Add Picture in Picture playback functionality to iPad apps Take advantage of MapKit and Core Location updates Use Apple’s new UI Testing framework Liven up your UI with gravity and turbulence fields

Download or read book Core Data written by Marcus Zarra and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Core Data is Apple's recommended way to persist data: it's easy to use, built-in, and integrated with iCloud. It's intricate, powerful, and necessary--and this book is your guide to harnessing its power. Learn fundamental Core Data principles such as thread and memory management, discover how to use Core Data in your iPhone, iPad, and OS X projects by using NSPredicate to filter data, and see how to add iCloud to your applications. Cocoa expert Marcus Zarra walks you through developing a full-featured application based around the Core Data APIs. You'll build up a single application throughout the book, learning key Core Data principles such as NSPredicate, thread management, and memory management. Geared toward intermediate to advanced developers, this book gets you comfortable with the basics of Core Data. Then you'll delve deep into the details of the API. You'll explore not only how to get Core Data integrated into your application properly, but even better, how to work with the API's flexibility to create convenience methods to improve your application's maintainability. Learn how to reduce your number of mapping models, integrate your Core Data app with Spotlight and Quick Look, connect your application with sync services, and find out how to use Core Data in a multithreaded environment. By the end of the book, you'll have built a full-featured application, gained a complete understanding of Core Data, and learned how to integrate your application into the iPhone/iPad platform. This second edition updates all examples for OS X Mountain Lion and iOS 6, gets you up to speed on changes in multithreading, and provides new chapters covering iCloud and NSFetchedResultsController. What You NeedMac OS X Mountain Lion and iOS 6. This book is for intermediate-level iOS developers.

Download or read book Pro iOS Persistence written by Michael Privat and published by Apress. This book was released on 2014-11-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pro iOS Persistence explains how to build apps in Objective-C and Swift that persist and use data most effectively including the popular Core Data framework. Covering common and advanced persistence patterns, this book prepares any iOS developer to store and retrieve data accurately and efficiently. This book starts by giving you a solid grounding in Core Data, providing a foundation for the rest of the book. With this knowledge, you'll have all you need to master Core Data and power your data-driven applications. You'll see how to work with SQLite and how to create an efficient data model to represent your data. Once you've established your data model, you'll learn how to work with data objects and refine result sets to get the most out of the stored data. The advanced portions of the book begin by showing you how to tune your apps' performance and memory usage, to give you a truly professional edge. You'll see how to version and migrate your data as well, to ensure your data stays organized and efficient. Finally, the book covers managing table views with NSFetchedResultsController.

Download or read book Learning Core Audio written by Chris Adamson and published by Addison-Wesley. This book was released on 2012-04-03 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Audio can affect the human brain in the most powerful and profound ways. Using Apple’s Core Audio, you can leverage all that power in your own Mac and iOS software, implementing features ranging from audio capture to real-time effects, MP3 playback to virtual instruments, web radio to VoIP support. The most sophisticated audio programming system ever created, Core Audio is not simple. In Learning Core Audio, top Mac programming author Chris Adamson and legendary Core Audio expert Kevin Avila fully explain this challenging framework, enabling experienced Mac or iOS programmers to make the most of it. In plain language, Adamson and Avila explain what Core Audio can do, how it works, and how it builds on the natural phenomena of sound and the human language of audio. Next, using crystal-clear code examples, they guide you through recording, playback, format conversion, Audio Units, 3D audio MIDI connectivity, and overcoming unique challenges of Core Audio programming for iOS. Coverage includes: mastering Core Audio’s surprising style and conventions; recording and playback with Audio Queue; synthesizing audio; perform effects on audio streams; capturing from the mic; mixing multiple streams; managing file streams; converting formats; creating 3D positional audio; using Core MIDI on the Mac; leveraging your Cocoa and Objective-C expertise in Core Audio’s C-based environment, and much more. When you’ve mastered the “black arts” of Core Audio, you can do some serious magic. This book will transform you from an acolyte into a true Core Audio wizard.

Download or read book Machine Learning with Core ML written by Joshua Newnham and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2018-06-28 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leverage the power of Apple's Core ML to create smart iOS apps Key Features Explore the concepts of machine learning and Apple’s Core ML APIs Use Core ML to understand and transform images and videos Exploit the power of using CNN and RNN in iOS applications Book Description Core ML is a popular framework by Apple, with APIs designed to support various machine learning tasks. It allows you to train your machine learning models and then integrate them into your iOS apps. Machine Learning with Core ML is a fun and practical guide that not only demystifies Core ML but also sheds light on machine learning. In this book, you’ll walk through realistic and interesting examples of machine learning in the context of mobile platforms (specifically iOS). You’ll learn to implement Core ML for visual-based applications using the principles of transfer learning and neural networks. Having got to grips with the basics, you’ll discover a series of seven examples, each providing a new use-case that uncovers how machine learning can be applied along with the related concepts. By the end of the book, you will have the skills required to put machine learning to work in their own applications, using the Core ML APIs What you will learn Understand components of an ML project using algorithms, problems, and data Master Core ML by obtaining and importing machine learning model, and generate classes Prepare data for machine learning model and interpret results for optimized solutions Create and optimize custom layers for unsupported layers Apply CoreML to image and video data using CNN Learn the qualities of RNN to recognize sketches, and augment drawing Use Core ML transfer learning to execute style transfer on images Who this book is for Machine Learning with Core ML is for you if you are an intermediate iOS developer interested in applying machine learning to your mobile apps. This book is also for those who are machine learning developers or deep learning practitioners who want to bring the power of neural networks in their iOS apps. Some exposure to machine learning concepts would be beneficial but not essential, as this book acts as a launchpad into the world of machine learning for developers.

Download or read book Learning iCloud Data Management written by Jesse Feiler and published by Addison-Wesley Professional. This book was released on 2014-01-23 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A great read for iOS developers who want to learn if iCloud is right for their app and dive right in with lots of practical code examples.” —Jon Bell, UXLaunchpad.com Get Hands-On Mastery of iCloud Data Management for iOS 7 and OS X Mavericks As apps rapidly move into business and the cloud, iOS and OS X developers need new data management techniques. In Learning iCloud Data Management, renowned Apple database expert Jesse Feiler shows you how to use Apple’s latest APIs and technologies to structure and synchronize all forms of data. Feiler helps you understand the issues, implement efficient solutions, and deliver highly usable apps that seamlessly synchronize during the “Round Trip” between iOS and OS X and back again. This guide walks you through integrating several key Apple data management technologies, including the Address Book and Calendar APIs. Feiler shows you how to structure data so it’s easy to build great Cocoa and Cocoa Touch user interfaces and to quickly incorporate reliable iCloud syncing. Step by step, you’ll discover how to blend Apple’s standard application data structures with your own user data to create a feature-rich and fully syncable environment. Coverage includes Understanding iCloud from the developer’s and user’s point of view Accessing synchronized user calendars and contacts Integrating Reminders into your apps Playing by iCloud’s user privacy rules Applying consistent iOS Settings and OS X Preferences across user devices Managing persistent storage with Core Data Using Xcode Project Workspaces for shared development Adding data to app bundles and resources Integrating iCloud infrastructure, file wrappers, documents, and data Completing the”Round Trip” between both iOS and OS X

Download or read book Learning IOS Development written by Maurice Sharp and published by Addison-Wesley Professional. This book was released on 2014 with total page 591 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers the perfect hands-on introduction to iOS development, covering everything your students need to know about Objective-C, XCode, and modern iOS user interface development. With sample projects and end-of-chapter exercises, this book is ideal for classroom instruction. The authors get started fast with Objective-C, covering basic syntax, memory management, Foundation Classes, development paradigms, blocks, threads, and more. Next, they show how to use XCode and related tools to build projects, instrument and efficiently debug code, and deploy apps. In the next part, hey turn to interfaces, covering design, content construction, View Controllers, Views, Animations, Touch, Table Views, and even a taste of Core Data.

Download or read book Beginning iPhone Development with Swift 5 written by Wallace Wang and published by Apress. This book was released on 2019-05-31 with total page 653 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to integrate all the interface elements iOS users have come to know and love, such as buttons, switches, pickers, toolbars, and sliders. In this edition of the best selling book, you’ll also learn about touch gestures, table views, and collection views for displaying data on a user interface. Assuming little or no working knowledge of the Swift programming language, and written in a friendly, easy-to-follow style, this book offers a comprehensive course in iPhone and iPad programming. The book starts with a gentle introduction to using Xcode and then guides you though the creation of your first simple application. You’ll start with designing basic user interfaces and then explore more sophisticated ones that involve multiple screens such as navigation controllers, tab bars, tool bars, page views, and split views that are particularly useful on the larger screens of the iPad and certain iPhone models. And there’s much more! Beginning iPhone Development with Swift 5 covers the basic information you need to get up and running quickly to turn your great ideas into working iOS apps. Once you’re ready, move on to Pro iPhone Development with Swift 5 to learn more of the really unique aspects of iOS programming and the Swift language. What You Will Learn Discover what data persistence is, and why it’s importantBuild cool, crisp user interfacesDisplay data in Table ViewsWork with all the most commonly used iOS Frameworks Who This Book is For Aspiring iOS app developers new to the Apple Swift programming language and/or the iOS SDK.

Download or read book Core Data by Tutorials Sixth Edition Persisting IOS App Data with Core Data in Swift written by Aaron Douglas and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-25 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn Core Data with Swift! Take control of your data in iOS apps using Core Data, through a series of high quality hands-on tutorials. Start with with the basics like setting up your own Core Data Stack all the way to advanced topics like syncing with iCloud, migration, performance, multithreading, and more! By the end of this book, you'll have hands-on experience with Core Data and will be ready to use it in your own apps. Who This Book Is For: This book is for intermediate iOS developers who already know the basics of iOS and Swift development but want to learn how to use Core Data to save data in their apps. Topics Covered in Core Data by Tutorials: Your First Core Data App: You'll click File\New Project and write a Core Data app from scratch! NSManagedObject Subclasses: Learn how to create your own subclasses of NSManagedObject - the base data storage class in Core Data. The Core Data Stack: Learn how the main objects in Core Data work together, so you can move from the starter Xcode template to your own system. Intermediate Fetching: This chapter covers how to fetch data with Core Data - fetch requests, predicates, sorting and asynchronous fetching. NSFetchedResultsController: Learn how to make Core Data play nicely with table views using NSFetchedResultsController! Versioning and Migration: In this chapter, you'll learn how to migrate your user's data as they upgrade through different versions of your data model. Synchronize with iCloud: Learn how to make your apps synchronize across devices, using the power of iCloud! Unit Tests: In this chapter, you'll learn how to set up a test environment for Core Data and see examples of how to test your models. Measuring and Boosting Performance: Learn how to measure your app's performance with various Xcode tools and deal with slow spots in your code. Multiple Managed Object Contexts: Learn how multiple managed object contexts can improve performance and make for cleaner code. 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.

Download or read book Machine Learning by Tutorials Second Edition written by raywenderlich Tutorial Team and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn Machine Learning!Machine learning is one of those topics that can be daunting at first blush. It's not clear where to start, what path someone should take and what APIs to learn in order to get started teaching machines how to learn.This is where Machine Learning by Tutorials comes in! In this book, we'll hold your hand through a number of tutorials, to get you started in the world of machine learning. We'll cover a wide range of popular topics in the field of machine learning, while developing apps that work on iOS devices.Who This Book Is ForThis books is for the intermediate iOS developer who already knows the basics of iOS and Swift development, but wants to understand how machine learning works.Topics covered in Machine Learning by TutorialsCoreML: Learn how to add a machine learning model to your iOS apps, and how to use iOS APIs to access it.Create ML: Learn how to create your own model using Apple's Create ML Tool.Turi Create and Keras: Learn how to tune parameters to improve your machine learning model using more advanced tools.Image Classification: Learn how to apply machine learning models to predict objects in an image.Convolutional Networks: Learn advanced machine learning techniques for predicting objects in an image with Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs).Sequence Classification: Learn how you can use recurrent neural networks (RNNs) to classify motion from an iPhone's motion sensor.Text-to-text Transform: Learn how to use machine learning to convert bodies of text between two languages.By the end of this book, you'll have a firm understanding of what machine learning is, what it can and cannot do, and how you can use machine learning in your next app!