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Posted on October 10, 2018

Use the Speech Synthesizer

It's sometimes nice to add a little sound to your applications, and even better to add a voice. Outside Siri, you can use a cool and simple AVFoundation API to make iOS devices talk. Let's learn how to use the Speech synthesizer. Download the starter file. I've made an app for you that has a …

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Posted on July 18, 2018July 18, 2018

Find a Language Quickly from Text

You can find a video of this lesson on iOS Development Tips Weekly from LinkedIn Learning.  There’s a lot you can do with language easily in iOS and Watch OS. The Apple ecosystem has a Natural Language Processing (NLP ) system built in and easy to use. Let’s look at language recognition. Download the starter …

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Pratical Autolayout
for Xcode 8

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In Practical Auto Layout for Xcode 8, using simple, practical, easy to follow examples, you will learn how to master auto layout, size classes and stack views on the Xcode 8 storyboard. Using easy to follow examples, you will learn how to make universal apps quickly easily and in far less time than ever before.

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Swift Swift:
View Controllers

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You will learn to use auto layout, size classes and new Swift implementations of view controllers. With plenty of color illustrations and code snippets, Swift Swift View Controllers will take you step by step through many easy demonstrations, teaching you the stuff you really need to know to implement any of these view controllers.

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