Chapter 1: UITableView Touch Up
Setting up the User Interface (UI)
Fetching a user's contacts
Creating a custom UITableViewCell for our contacts
Displaying the list of contacts
Under the hood of UITableView performance
UITableViewDelegate and interactions
Chapter 2: A Better Layout with UICollectionView
Converting from a UITableView to UICollectionView
Creating and implementing a custom UICollectionViewCell
Understanding the UICollectionViewFlowLayout and its delegate
Creating a custom UICollectionViewLayout
UICollectionView performance
User interactions with UICollectionView
Chapter 3: Creating a Contact Detail Page
Implementing navigation with segues
Creating adaptive layouts with Auto Layout
Easier layouts with UIStackView
Passing data between view controllers
Chapter 4: Immersing Your Users With Animation
Adding vibrancy to animations with springs
Taking control of animations with UIViewPropertyAnimator
Customizing view controller transitions
Chapter 5: Improving Your Code with Value Types
Understanding reference types
Understanding value types
Using structs to improve your code
Containing information in enums
Chapter 6: Avoiding Complex Inheritance with Protocols
Defining your own protocols
Checking for traits instead of types
Chapter 7: Refactoring the HelloContacts Application
Properly separating concerns
Adding protocols for clarity
Chapter 8: Adding Core Data to your App
Understanding the Core Data stack
Adding Core Data to an application
Chapter 9: Storing and Querying Data in Core Data
Inserting data with Core Data
Reading data with a simple fetch request
Filtering data with predicates
Reacting to database changes
Chapter 10: Fetching and Displaying Data from the Network
Fetching data from the Web
Working with JSON in Swift
Updating Core Data objects with fetched data
Chapter 11: Being Proactive with Background Fetch
Understanding how background fetch works
Implementing the prerequisites for background fetch
Updating movies in the background
Updating movies in the background
Chapter 12: Enriching Apps with the Camera, Motion and Location
Accessing and using the camera, the simple way
Using CoreLocation to locate your users
Finishing the ArtApp login screen
Chapter 13: Displaying Contents of your App in Spotlight
Understanding Spotlight search
Adding your app contents to the Spotlight index
Indexing with CSSearchableItem
Understanding Spotlight best practices and rating
Chapter 14: Making the Web and your App Meet through Universal Links
Understanding Universal Links
Preparing your server for Universal Links
Implementing Smart App Banners
Handling Universal Links in your app
Helping your users to log in seamlessly
Chapter 15: Instant Information with a Notification Center Widget
Understanding the anatomy of a Today Extension
Adding a Today Extension to your app
Sharing data with App Groups
Chapter 16: Implementing Rich Notifications
Gaining a deep understanding of notifications
Scheduling and handling notifications
Implementing Notification Extensions
Chapter 17: Extending iMessage
Understanding iMessage apps
Creating an iMessage sticker pack
Implementing custom, interactive iMessage apps
Understanding sessions, messages, and conversations
Chapter 18: Integrating Your App with Siri
Understanding intents and vocabularies
Handling intents in your extension
Adding a custom UI to Siri
Chapter 19: Ensuring App Quality with Tests
Testing logic with XCTest
Testing the user interface with XCUITest
Chapter 20: Discovering Bottlenecks with Instruments
Exploring the Instruments suite
Chapter 21: Offloading Tasks with Operations and GCD
Writing asynchronous code
Creating reusable tasks with Operations
Chapter 22: Wrapping Up the Development Cycle and Submitting to the App Store
Adding your application to iTunes Connect
Packaging and uploading your app for beta testing
Preparing your app for launch
