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iOS 26 Programming for Beginners

You're reading from   iOS 26 Programming for Beginners A hands-on guide to kickstarting your iOS app development journey with Swift 6, UIKit, and Xcode 26

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2025
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781806023936
Length 634 pages
Edition 10th Edition
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Ahmad Sahar Ahmad Sahar
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Table of Contents (35) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Swift
2. Hello, Xcode FREE CHAPTER 3. Simple Values and Types 4. Conditionals and Optionals 5. Range Operators and Loops 6. Collection Types 7. Functions and Closures 8. Classes, Structures, and Enumerations 9. Protocols, Extensions, and Error Handling 10. Swift Concurrency 11. Design
12. Set Up the User Interface 13. Build the User Interface 14. Complete the User Interface 15. Modify App Screens 16. Code
17. MVC and Table Views 18. Get Data into Table Views 19. Pass Data Between View Controllers 20. Core Location and MapKit 21. JSON Files 22. Custom Views 23. Camera and Photo Library 24. Search 25. Collection Views 26. Features
27. Adopt Liquid Glass 28. Icon Composer 29. Apple Intelligence 30. Foundation Models 31. Test and Submit Your App to the App Store 32. Unlock Your Exclusive Benefits 33. Other Books You May Enjoy
34. Index

Display annotation views on the Map screen

The Map screen at present displays a map region centered on your device location. Now that the map region has been set, you can determine which JournalEntry instances are in this region based on their coordinate property. Remember that the JournalEntry class conforms to MKAnnotation. As the view controller for the map view, the MapViewController class is responsible for providing an MKAnnotationView instance for any MKAnnotation instance within this region.

You will now modify the MapViewController class to get an array of JournalEntry instances from the createSampleJournalEntryData() method and add it to the map view. Follow these steps:

  1. In the Project navigator, click on the JournalEntry file. In the createSampleJournalEntryData() method, modify the statement that creates the journalEntry2 instance, as shown:
    guard let journalEntry2 = JournalEntry(rating: 0, title: "Bad", body: "Today is a bad day...
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