Intro to iOS App Development with Swift

ABOUT THIS COURSE

This course is a great introduction to iOS app development subject! You will build an iPhone app that records a conversation between you and a friend and then makes your voices sound like a Chipmunk or Darth Vader.

iOS is the platform of the future. In 2018, there were 20 million registered developers on iOS. These Developers made around $100 billion in revenue while catering to 500 million weekly visitors to the App Store. 

This course will introduce you to iOS app development in Swift, a new programming language from Apple, and serves as your launching point into the iOS Developer Nanodegree.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

Introduction to Swift and Xcode: the tools of iOS:

• Learn all the Swift you need to know in 5 min.
• Take a tour of Xcode
• Apple’s integrated development environment.
• Get to know the Model View Controller
• MVC and design pattern

iOS App Structure: AutoLayout and Buttons:

• Storyboard and AutoLayout
• Tools used to build user interfaces in iOS.
• Develop the Pitch Perfect App and creating the UI.
• Use Autolayout constraints to control the placement of UIButtons and UILabels on the screen.

Using ViewControllers to build an app with Multiple Views:

• The UIViewController class
• View Controller Lifecycle and Multiple Views.
• React to touch events and change the user interface.
• Add a second screen to your app using a UINavigationController.

How to record audio and use the Delegation Design Pattern:

• Learn about the AVFoundation class
• Setup audio recording in the Pitch Perfect App.
• Practice Delegation pattern and implement programmatic segues.

Playback Sound and Add Sound Effects:

• Setup audio playback including rate
• Pitch, echo, and reverb
• Use UIStackViews to create an elega