Move into iOS development by getting a firm grasp of its fundamentals, including the Xcode 13 IDE, Cocoa Touch, and the latest version of Apples acclaimed programming language, Swift 5.5. With this thoroughly updated guide, youll learn the Swift language, understand Apples Xcode development tools, and discover the Cocoa framework. Explore Swifts object-oriented concepts Become familiar with built-in Swift types Dive deep into Swift objects, protocols, and generics Tour the life cycle of an Xcode project Learn how nibs are loaded Understand Cocoas event-driven design Communicate with C and Objective-C In this edition, catch up on the latest iOS programming features: Structured concurrency: async/await, tasks, and actors Swift native formatters and attributed strings Lazy locals and throwing getters Enhanced collections with the Swift Algorithms and Collections packages Xcode tweaks: column breakpoints, package collections, and Info.plist build settings Improvements in Git integration, localization, unit testing, documentation, and distribution And more!