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Apple’s iOS SDK provides an amazingly powerful collection of frameworks. But it has been difficult to find detailed and useful knowledge about them–until now. With this book’s practical insights and tested code, you can use Apple’s frameworks to create apps that are more innovative and usable…faster and more reliable…more successful and profitable.

Kyle Richter and Joe Keeley focus on intermediate-to-advanced techniques that professional iOS developers can use every day. Their far-reaching coverage ranges from social support to security, Core Data to iCloud–even Apple Watch.

Organized as a convenient modular reference, nearly every chapter contains a complete Objective-C sample project. A multi-chapter Game Center case study shows how multiple iOS features can be combined to do even more.

Mastering iOS Frameworks 2nd Edition Catalog

1 UIKit Dynamics

2 Core Location, MapKit, and Geofencing

3 Leaderboards

4 Achievements

5 Getting Started with Address Book

6 Working with Music Libraries

7 Implementing HealthKit

8 Implementing HomeKit

9 Working with and Parsing JSON

10 Notifications

11 Cloud Persistence with CloudKit

12 Extensions

13 Handoff

14 AirPrint

15 Getting Up and Running with Core Data

16 Integrating Twitter and Facebook Using Social Framework

17 Working with Background Tasks

18 Grand Central Dispatch for Performance

19 Using Keychain and Touch ID to Secure and Access Data

20 Working with Images and Filters

21 Collection Views

22 Introduction to TextKit

23 Gesture Recognizers

24 Accessing the Photo Library

25 Passbook and PassKit

26 Debugging and Instruments

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2. Core Location, MapKit, and Geofencing

Maps and location information are some of the most useful features of iOS. They give apps the capability to help users find their way with relevant, local information. Apps exist today to help users find locations for very specific needs, find roads and directions, and use specialized transportation services, and even to bring an element of fun to visiting the same locations over and over. With the addition of Apple’s new maps, some powerful new features have been added that developers can take advantage of to take their apps to the next level.

iOS offers two frameworks to assist with locations and maps. The Core Location framework provides classes that help the device determine its location and heading, and work with location-based information. The MapKit framework provides the user interface aspect of location awareness. It includes Apple Maps, which provides map views, satellite views, and hybrid views in normal 2D and a new 3D view. MapKit offers the capability to manage map annotations like pins, and map overlays for highlighting locations, routes, or other features on a map.