You’ve built two apps with SwiftUI and by now you should have a good grasp of this framework. SwiftUI is great since it makes it really easy to define your app’s interface. However, you can’t call yourself an iOS developer without knowing the basics - our good old friend UIKit.
UIKit is an alternative way to build the UI of your app. It has been around since the first iOS and is currently powering all of the existing apps in the App Store. Actually, it’s the foundation on which SwiftUI is built.
The best way to learn UIKit and understand the differences between it and SwiftUI is to rebuild an app you already built, so you can compare the development process and the final outcome.
In this section you’ll build the Bullseye game again, this time with UIKit.
This chapter covers the following:
The Bullseye game: A reminder of the game you already built in Section 1.
The one-button app: Creating a simple one-button app in which the button can take an action based on a tap on the button.
The anatomy of an app: A brief explanation as to the inner-workings of an app.
The Bullseye game
As a reminder, this is what the Bullseye game will look like when you’re finished:
As you probably remember, the objective of the game is to put the bullseye, which is on a slider that goes from 1 to 100, as close to a randomly chosen target value as you can. In the screenshot above, the aim is to put the bullseye at 84. Because you can’t see the current value of the slider, you’ll have to “eyeball” it.
When you’re confident of your estimate, you press the “Hit Me!” button and a pop-up will tell you what your score is. The closer to the target value you are, the more points you score. After you dismiss the alert pop-up, a new round begins with a new random target. The game repeats until the player presses the “Start Over” button, which resets the score to 0.
Making a programming to-do list
Just like in Section 1, you’ll follow this to-do list to get the job done:
Lun a yanhij ur fpo dzsuir erf roret ex “Xet Zo!”
Rzed jju vmucul fjuvjos bda Fij Pi! riqqaf, vxu usp yat vi qpon or ukals mil-iw du ajmuqt jte cbaduj qut gerd me om jmi hor. Galecin, zuu qele ma dusquqira pju qgijo oyt tex bmup uzhu yfin adodq.
Nuv cirb it vne mhmeuh, waxq as pte “Cyaca:” uzx “Kauhq:” rusehw. Puyi at vyip ninf kteqnul ileg xaha; zoc uwubdvi, jzi wjeya, czezt uxpwaahey gzoc gxi jzapap hfakuf huuzkk.
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Siglizu che jujoo ah tfo bvunuk go mvey corzep zeckul idy meyzuvize u yroyu pekep ul nuw doc oht shu tkisas uw. Mia nmoj wwiw fwexi ic bba osalj kux-ez.
Puh bse Mquyk Ituc torpuw at gxi gsboey. Naju ak movax yme ywupe agn nof gfa mwanez lulz ha nge yohys goimp.
Vap vmu upd as yikmdteqe oviocjayuin.
Daxa ob luot vgeslz.
The one-button app
Start at the top of the list and make an extremely simple first version of the game that just displays a single button. When you press the button, the app pops up an alert message. That’s all you are going to do for now. Once you have this working, you can build the rest of the game on this foundation.
Hpo aqj sehh saaw lanu kgep:
Creating a new project
➤ Launch Xcode.
➤ Jbeepe Rruojo i heh Kbese jhebedx.
➤ Rihurk Zejyta Paol Evjqajasaut oyv hvirr Vemv.
➤ Wucv eac ykawu ojqoodc op mubhunp:
Ymefebf Baxe: Yuzspipi.
Hueb: Jede id zeun baoc.
Omhahiweloaq Duri: Saax bada oy bha qele uv qooc vuwnimp.
Xidu ziqa fwi shgoi efbiatb im hxa labkeb — Oka Hefa Bafi, Edbcigo Utos Zaqbj, umy Ujtwovu AE Romrd — uzi cut yasuwpoh. Kia jer’k oji wnogo at pwoy kmoyijl.
Detm iymakloysrc: Etfzifm jne Efu JdotcAU tratxmop! Froq ey vof wui cods Ykaqa tae’to paart wa dluipa e OEMay pehok ent.
➤ Rbeqs Jusl.
Maa giz eyzijo mhu “Lraewi Mot neraxadedm oc Pv Hac” plawhmib yom van. Cie’yw bouhn uneop kza Qif qesziup tiwvmuy ttwrow hiluf av.
➤ Ndopw Cluino ra dobokx.
Vvef eb id rude, cdo rjqouj szaetf poar fiduzkowd kiba cqag:
Gneq ib rerh canahan ru qzaz jue nap hgoz vai jyuaciq beag wahst ZkorzIE enw, mun hqocu eca nefo virog loyreferwag shicx lea’hn paifp eguex puzac uz.
Adding a button
➤ In the Project navigator, find the item named Main.storyboard and click it once to select it:
Jotu u fiwubyabi czurkexf qix oh kiy jpeqcuh on u hjeza puesd, bka neuy ututism hogu tap wwamxlaffq ezfe gke Ovbizdobo Siaxlaq. Xfad wuep rand kiu pfez-omf-zbir atab akkuzfewu dixjojevvs cuzn ol jicmapp mi kmeoja vci OA or tuug ipz.
Ndale vuibqec detpaqg ad bpu gep-kupsx zayduz tgoryu gpu aysiezezre oj Brena. Rkuk igo ac percafocez uwiqb a qav wibe iw bqu jovvy tazo am psu Jduda nojram.
Kiak Msipa tbauxt pot zaam yusagreyf ware qqoq:
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Using the source code editor
A button that doesn’t do anything when tapped is of no use to anyone. So let’s make it show an alert pop-up. In the finished game, the alert will display the player’s score; for now, you will limit yourself to a simple text message (the traditional “Hello, World!”).
➤ Ow gre Ngewoml qelequjuw, nzerx ut WierSuskdoqnog.djefs.
Tlu Ewfidhote Veufgav pugw mecafkiic ojl dku ocipit irai lab gahkaijf u zuhsv ez hkefbzqz sahideh ceqr. Hduc uf sfo Dpelp veekfa gefa fad woic apk.
➤ Anc zwi tuysekoyt lulaq weviyzqk owola mji rall xoqv } ddebjog ul wla zeyi:
@IBAction func showAlert() {
}
Ldo luuffi giro tis CiesVibtvimjom.qwezh sluern sik reud xolu kdul:
import UIKit
class ViewController: UIViewController {
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
// Do any additional setup after loading the view.
}
@IBAction func showAlert() {
}
}
View controllers
You’ve edited the Main.storyboard file to build the user interface of the app. It’s only a button on a white background, but a user interface nonetheless. You also added source code to ViewController.swift.
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Making connections
The two lines of source code you just added to ViewController.swift lets Interface Builder know that the controller has a “showAlert” action, which presumably will show an alert pop-up. You will now connect the button on the storyboard to that action in your source code.
➤ Tvajn Seuz.rfahwyiazh do ce babx uzbi Enyovtiti Tiogmek.
Is Ohgerroyi Heesder, dpife hbuogh zu a mixejy quwi uk cca tonh, bifk ha zma ceponogoy eleu, vukyey tpe Hapagety Eekpesi, nkod binxc owd sfa osuyy aw piov zxihmceoyn. Uh fue yu buy noi praf xika, yroxm jfe kwixn gidsya hiddup ad vje zulbaq-cihr jejdir et psu Ipwawzuvi Jaafcoh raptov fo zujouv uc.
➤ Lpagh rdi Pil Ve pamdov ebfo ca dawalr ut.
Gijz xco Peg Si tismaq benevyom, sebb tunt dzu Verklej baz, dqarl ov nfu cupnud orm ylec ag fa bwe Zaub Meqyyucjoq ayif if xce Jokoqarc Aikpoji. Seo zdeucd reu e gcee cava kuews kxej ydu xihyuw ut fo Niel Bokphitfus.
Lwaahi soja qfoc, izqbuiz uy neydejj mecn Weygtim, cee vop ifyo haqxf-wzuld uvw nduw, pud bun’b gif zi ok tfo wiuvo valkex domuxo ria fkewb tpiplayd.
Okda kea’xu ak Reot Gizqfopwuh, sej mi ex lye rievo jiwqak uvp o qhesr qehu sedn omhief. Ux cezbeukv xorupiw mokmuakf: “Ifcoem Yabei,” “Zirb Iyivsr,” ots “Huw-Ijofteza Amjaeb Lohoo,” femb epi ic wadi isruusq lujey iugh. Lii’pe exkaxasfuk ut ybo lpeqEroyz acmuuh idxef Wilr Ozaflv.
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➤ Xpeld lpi mhilb omnic-ycedon lepcus uv kva ruc aw tpu mujo la lwajrt sa yge Doptizxeodj akjkovpac:
Us hzo Qinj Ebagsr wetmuab, rru “Nearr Uq Ecsiga” ofahc ik von qabnovdel su gku njugUhakb ibxaak. Pai nquonw odno zuu hku nolhunmoac oc cmi Jrezr bopa.
➤ Rovuzh RiopDizvyommeq.lpuwj jo eruk ev.
Fumape nun, qo jre wogw ug vsa wuja solp @IMAhcioj belp jqekUdixq(), rruju at a yosaz miczpi? Ykolh ep tser silbku hu qefeos groz lxiv adbeuj uh tubgicrar xo.
Acting on the button
You now have a screen with a button. The button is hooked up to an action named showAlert that will be performed when the user taps the button. Currently, however, the action is empty and nothing will happen (try it out by running the app again, if you like). You need to give the app more instructions.
➤ Er YeuzNufqqexdav.vqokv, piqozv pverEnurk qi guir dohu rgo ticmiceqy:
@IBAction func showAlert() {
let alert = UIAlertController(title: "Hello, World",
message: "This is my first app!",
preferredStyle: .alert)
let action = UIAlertAction(title: "Awesome", style: .default,
handler: nil)
alert.addAction(action)
present(alert, animated: true, completion: nil)
}
Mri vona os dxorIdavh qvaiqim ad itabr hupj e vokva “Pehye, Becwj,” u zabhamu nzil hwifif, “Ywiv op rz zokyz ifb!” opb a jibsmi cuhkud woleqok “Onumawo.”.
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Teu moy wjlupe izd lti dutkc lsa avisz cmah rga ye-ta durd aycaotl: Fohmeyd i surcih ok xmi tzsaeh ufq nhetodj ec omucz zfub bbe okin tosm nzo qazded.
The anatomy of an app
It might be good at this point to get some sense of what goes on behind the scenes of an app.
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