UPGRADE YOUR APPS FOR iOS 11

Practical iOS 11 includes seven all-new projects that teach all the major changes introduced in iOS 11, plus technique projects that deep-dive into smaller features:

• Project 1: Trade my Tesla Teach iOS how to evaluate the trade-in price of cars using machine learning.
• Project 2: Sightspotter Blend augmented reality with Core Location to help tourists find their way around a city.
• Project 3: Going Postal Create fun postcards using images, text, and colors, all powered by iOS 11's new drag and drop APIs.
• Project 4: Swift Sampler Learn to render PDFs with watermarks and interactive thumbnails, all using PDFKit.
• Project 5: Picture Protector Build an app that detects faces in photos and lets users interactively blur any they want.
• Project 6: Name that Tune Use MusicKit to fetch data from Apple Music and build a fast-paced two-player charts game.
• Project 7: Video X-Ray Let users record a video while the Vision framework silently detects and records all objects in the scene.

Along the way you'll learn:

• What's new in Swift 4 and how you can start using the new features today.
• How to use Core ML and the Vision framework to leverage machine learning in your own apps.
• The all-new PDFKit framework, delivering fast and efficient PDF rendering on iOS.
• How to integrate drag and drop into your apps, both using built-in controls and custom controls.
• Building a complete game from scratch using ARKit's augmented reality technology.
• Taking advantage of the new MusicKit APIs to work with Apple Music.
• Reading and acting on NFC tags using Core NFC.
• Using the new depth-mapping APIs exposed through the iPhone 7 Plus camera.
• Updating your app for the new iOS 11 look and feel.
• And more – iOS 11 is packed with new features to learn!

If you want to take advantage of all the incredible new functionality provided in iOS 11, there's no faster way than Practical iOS 11.

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