Building a Random Photo Generator App for iOS Using Swift and Xcode
Key insights
- ⚒️ Building first iOS app for newbies using Swift and Xcode
- 📷 Creating a random photo generator app
- 📱 Guidance on setting up a new project in Xcode
- 🎨 Learning to change background color and add functionality to the app
- 🖼️ Creating a UI image view, setting its content mode and background color, adding it to the view, assigning width and height, and centering it, Preparing to get a random photo from the internet and adding a button
- 🌈 Changing the view color by modifying background color, creating a UI image view for displaying random photos, setting content mode and background color for the image view, adding the image view to the view, assigning width and height, and centering it, preparing to fetch a random photo from the internet, planning to add a button for user interaction
- 🖼️ The speaker demonstrates how to convert a URL string into an image and populate an image view. They also show how to add a button to automatically find a new photo
- 🔗 Copying and pasting a URL string to use as a source for images, creating a URL from the string and getting its contents via data, converting the data into an image and populating an image view, adding a button to automatically find a new photo
- 🔘 A tutorial on creating a UI button, setting its properties, adding it as a subview, and adjusting its frame to avoid overlap with the safe area. The code for setting the button's frame should be placed in viewDidLayoutSubviews
- 🛠️ Creating a UI button and setting its type, setting button properties like background color, title, and title color, adding the button as a subview, adjusting the button's frame to avoid overlap with the safe area insets, placing the code for setting the button's frame in viewDidLayoutSubviews
- 👩💻 Adding functionality to a button and creating a title for the app in the navigation controller
- 🔲 Adjusting the button position and appearance, connecting a button to a function using target and action, adding a title to the app in the navigation controller
- 🎨 Creating a first app with random photo display, large title preference, and background color change on button tap. Also, using an array of colors
Q&A
What features does the app include?
The app includes random photo display, a large title preference, and the ability to change the background color on button tap. It also demonstrates using an array of colors for the background color change.
What does the tutorial cover about adding functionality to the button?
The tutorial covers adjusting the button position and appearance, connecting a button to a function using target and action, and adding a title to the app in the navigation controller.
How do I add a button to automatically find a new photo?
The speaker demonstrates adding a button to automatically find a new photo. This includes creating a UI button, setting its properties, adding it as a subview, and adjusting its frame to avoid overlap with the safe area. The code for setting the button's frame should be placed in viewDidLayoutSubviews.
How can I change the background color and display random photos?
You can change the view color by modifying the background color. For displaying random photos, the video explains creating a UI image view, setting its content mode and background color, adding the image view to the view, and preparing to fetch a random photo from the internet. Moreover, it covers the steps to add a button for user interaction.
What are the initial steps in building the iOS app?
The initial steps involve creating a UI image view, setting its content mode and background color, adding it to the view, assigning width and height, and centering it. Additionally, the video covers preparing to fetch a random photo from the internet and planning to add a button for user interaction.
What will I learn in this video?
You will learn to build your first iOS app using Swift and Xcode. The app will be a random photo generator with a button to change the photo and background color. The video provides step-by-step guidance on setting up a new project in Xcode and adding functionality to the app.
- 00:03 In this video, we're learning to build an iOS app for absolute newbies using Swift and Xcode. The app is a random photo generator with a button to change the photo and background color. We start by creating a new project in Xcode and then proceed to build the app's functionality.
- 02:50 Creating a UI image view, setting its content mode and background color, adding it to the view, assigning width and height, and centering it. Preparing to get a random photo from the internet and adding a button.
- 05:41 The speaker demonstrates how to convert a URL string into an image and populate an image view. They also show how to add a button to automatically find a new photo.
- 08:21 A tutorial on creating a UI button, setting its properties, adding it as a subview, and adjusting its frame to avoid overlap with the safe area. The code for setting the button's frame should be placed in viewDidLayoutSubviews.
- 11:07 Adding functionality to a button and creating a title for the app in the navigation controller.
- 13:48 Creating a first app with random photo display, large title preference, and background color change on button tap. Also, using an array of colors.