Hacking with iOS β learn to code iPhone and iPad apps with free Swift tutorials
Learn Swift coding for iOS with these free tutorials β learn Swift, iOS, and Xcode
Whether you want to learn SwiftUI or UIKit, Hacking with iOS is a complete tutorial series written for Swift and iOS, taking you from beginner to advanced using hands-on projects.
Introduction to Swift
Learn the basics of Swift syntax using Xcode playgrounds β start here if this is your first time using Swift.
Constants and variables, UITableView, UIImageView, FileManager, storyboards
Project 1: Storm Viewer
Get started coding in Swift by making an image viewer app and learning key concepts.
Asset catalogs, UIButton, CALayer, UIColor, UIAlertController
Project 2: Guess the Flag
Make a game using UIKit, and learn about integers, buttons, colors and actions.
UIBarButtonItem, UIActivityViewController, URL
Project 3: Social Media
Let users share to Facebook and Twitter by modifying project 1.
loadView(), WKWebView, URLRequest, UIToolbar, UIProgressView, key-value observing
Project 4: Easy Browser
Embed Web Kit and learn about delegation, KVO, classes and UIToolbar.
Closures, method return values, booleans, NSRange
Project 5: Word Scramble
Create an anagram game while learning about closures and booleans.
NSLayoutConstraint, Visual Format Language, layout anchors
Project 6: Auto Layout
Get to grips with Auto Layout using practical examples and code.
JSON, Data, UITabBarController
Project 7: Whitehouse Petitions
Make an app to parse Whitehouse petitions using JSON and a tab bar.
addTarget(), enumerated(), count(), index(of:), joined(), property observers, range operators
Project 8: 7 Swifty Words
Build a word-guessing game and master strings once and for all.
DispatchQueue, perform(inBackground:)
Project 9: Grand Central Dispatch
Learn how to run complex tasks in the background with GCD.
UICollectionView, UIImagePickerController, UUID, classes
Project 10: Names to Faces
Get started with UICollectionView and the photo library.
SpriteKit, physics, blend modes, radians, CGFloat, NSKeyedUnarchiver
Project 11: Pachinko
Dive into SpriteKit to try your hand at fast 2D games.
UserDefaults, NSCoding, Codable, NSKeyedArchiver
Project 12: UserDefaults
Learn how to save user settings and data for later use.
Core Image, UISlider, writing to the photo library
Project 13: Instafilter
Make a photo manipulation program using Core Image filters and a UISlider.
SKCropNode, SKTexture, asyncAfter()
Project 14: Whack-a-Penguin
Build a game using SKCropNode and a sprinkling of Grand Central Dispatch.
Core Animation, CGAffineTransform
Project 15: Animation
Bring your interfaces to life with animation, and meet switch/case at the same time.
MKMapView, MKAnnotation, MKPinAnnotationView, CLLocationCoordinate2D
Project 16: Capital Cities
Teach users about geography while you learn about MKMapView and annotations.
Per-pixel collision detection, advancing particle systems, linear and angular damping
Project 17: Space Race
Dodge space debris while you learn about per-pixel collision detection.
print(), assert(), breakpoints, and view debugging
Project 18: Debugging
Everyone hits problems sooner or later, so learning to find and fix them is an important skill.
Safari extensions, UITextView, NotificationCenter
Project 19: JavaScript Injection
Extend Safari with a cool feature for JavaScript developers.
Timer, follow(path:), sprite color blending, shake gestures
Project 20: Fireworks Night
Learn about timers and color blends while making things go bang!
UNUserNotificationCenter, UNNotificationRequest, UNMutableNotificationContent, UNCalendarNotificationTrigger, and UNTimeIntervalNotificationTrigger
Project 21: Local Notifications
Send reminders, prompts and alerts even when your app isn't running.
CLLocationManager, CLBeaconRegion, CLProximity
Project 22: Detect-a-Beacon
Learn to find and range iBeacons using our first project for a physical device.
SKShapeNode, AVAudioPlayer, UIBezierPath, custom enums
Project 23: Swifty Ninja
Learn to draw shapes in SpriteKit while making a fun and tense slicing game.
contains(where:), NSAttributedString
Project 24: Swift Strings
Dive deep into the workings of Swift's strings
Multipeer Connectivity Framework
Project 25: Selfie Share
Make a multipeer photo sharing app in just 150 lines of code.
Core Motion, collision bitmasks, array reversing, compiler directives
Project 26: Marble Maze
Respond to device tilting by steering a ball around a vortex maze.
Core Graphics
Project 27: Core Graphics
Draw 2D shapes using Apple's high-speed drawing framework.
Touch ID and Face ID, device keychain
Project 28: Secret Swift
Save user data securely using the device keychain and Touch ID.
Mixing UIKit and SpriteKit, texture atlases, scene transitions, destructible terrain
Project 29: Exploding Monkeys
Remake a classic DOS game and learn about destructible terrain and scene transitions.
Profiling, shadows, image caching
Project 30: Instruments
Become a bug detective and track down lost memory, slow drawing and more.
UIStackView, multitasking for iPad, size classes
Project 31: Multibrowser
Get started with UIStackView and see just how easy iPad multitasking is.
Core Spotlight, SFSafariViewController, NSAttributedString, Dynamic Type, automatic UITableViewCell sizing
Project 32: SwiftSearcher
Add your app's content to iOS 9's Spotlight search and take advantage of the new Safari integration.
CloudKit, CKRecord, CKQuery, CKQuerySubscription, AVAudioRecorder, and push messages
Project 33: What's that Whistle?
Build a crowd-sourced song recognition app using Apple's free platform as a service: CloudKit.
GameplayKit, GKMinmaxStrategist, GKGameModel, UIStackView, map()
Project 34: Four in a Row
Let iOS take over the AI in your games using GameplayKit.
GameplayKit, GKRandomSource, GKARC4RandomSource, GKRandomDistribution, GKShuffledDistribution, GKGaussianDistribution
Project 35: Generating random numbers
GameplayKit lets you generate random numbers in ways you soon won't be able to live without.
SKAudioNode, GameplayKit randomization, and the guard keyword
Project 36: Crashy Plane
Ever wanted to make a Flappy Bird clone? Now you can do it in under an hour thanks to SpriteKit.
CAEmitterLayer, CAGradientLayer, IBDesignable, transition(with:), 3D Touch, WatchKit
Project 37: Psychic Tester
Are you psychic? Of course not. But what if we could use our coding skills to make a game to fool your friends into thinking otherwise?
Core Data, NSPersistentContainer, NSFetchRequest, NSSortDescriptor, NSFetchedResultsController, DateFormatter
Project 38: GitHub Commits
Get on board with Core Data and learn to read, write and query objects using Apple's object graph and persistence framework.
XCTest, measure(), filter(), sort(), NSCountedSet
Project 39: Unit testing with XCTest
Learn how to write unit tests and user interface tests using Xcode's built-in testing framework.
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