Free iOS 9 tutorials
Paul Hudson June 11th 2015 @twostraws
iOS 9 introduces a wealth of great new functionality for developers, and I want to teach you how to get started with iOS 9 features in your own apps and games.
Note: If you have yet to learn Swift, I wrote a huge collection of free Swift tutorials that teach you how to make iOS apps – you should start there first before progressing onto these tutorials.
- Overview: What's new in iOS 9? – this walks you through some of the key new features for developers in iOS 9, complete with code examples.
- Overview: What's new in Swift 2? – this highlights the many changes and improvements made in Swift, with code examples for you to try.
- In Detail: The new features of Swift 2 by example – this gives a detailed breakdown of the key syntax changes: error handling, guard, defer and availability checking.
- Learn UIStackView and iPad multitasking – build a multi-page web browser using the new stack view in iOS 9, then make it work great when used in Slide Over or Split View multitasking.
- Learn Core Spotlight and SFSafariViewController – index your app data in the iOS search, then load content using the new SafariServices framework.
- Learn CloudKit and UIStackView – try the improved CloudKit syntax in Swift 2, while adding in AVAudioRecorder and some extra UIStackView action.
- Learn GameplayKit and GKMinmaxStrategist – create a Four in a Row game with advanced AI thanks to the artificial intelligence built right into iOS 9.
- Learn GameplayKit and GKRandomSource – learn how the new randomization techniques let you easily create true random, fair random and even Gaussian random.
- Learn SKAudioNode and GKRandomDistribution – create a Flappy Bird clone using physics, particle systems and looping background music.
- Learn 3D Touch, CAGradientLayer, CAEmitterLayer, and WatchKit – create a psychic hoax game that is guaranteed to fool your friends.
- Learn Safari content blocking – use the Safari content blocker extension introduced in iOS 9 to block any kind of web content in minutes.
About the author
Paul Hudson is the creator of Hacking with Swift, the most comprehensive series of Swift books in the world. He's also the editor of Swift Developer News, the maintainer of the Swift Knowledge Base, and a speaker at Swift events around the world. If you're curious you can learn more here.
