iOS Web Access

Learn how to access the Web from your iOS applications. After reading this guide, you will know how to incorporate links to external resources into your apps, how to create your own browser, how to access and process information from a server, and how to post messages to social networks, including Twitter and Facebook.

Table of Contents

WEB ACCESS
Links
Safari View Controller
WebKit
App Transport Security
Web Content
JSON
XML
Social Networks
Activity View Controller

QUICK REFERENCE
URL
UIApplication
SFSafariViewController
Configuration
SFSafariViewControllerDelegate
WKWebView
URLRequest
WKNavigationDelegate
URLSession
URLSessionDataTask, URLSessionDownloadTask, and URLSessionUploadTask
URLSessionConfiguration
URLSessionDelegate
URLSessionTaskDelegate
JSONDecoder
JSONEncoder
XMLParser
XMLParserDelegate
UIActivityViewController

This guide assumes that you have a basic knowledge of app development, Xcode, and the Swift language. If you don't know how to program in Swift or how to create an application with Xcode, download our guides Introduction to Swift and Interface Builder. For a complete course on app development for iOS, read our book iOS Apps for Masterminds.

This guide is a collection of excerpts from the book iOS Apps for Masterminds. The information included in this guide will help you understand a particular aspect of app development in iOS, but it will not teach you everything you need to know to develop an app for Apple devices. If you need a complete course on app development for iOS, read our book iOS Apps for Masterminds. For more information, visit our website at www.formasterminds.com.