iOS App Development with Swift and Xcode | Short-Term Certification
This offline Short-Term Certification in iOS App Development with Swift and Xcode is an ideal starting point for students pursuing academic training or industrial internships. The course focuses on delivering practical, beginner-to-intermediate knowledge of Apple’s iOS ecosystem, using Swift as the primary language and Xcode as the development environment. What makes this course unique is that you don’t just build toy apps—you will gain practical knowledge by building a real project under the guidance of professional developers from Digital Aptech. Whether you're from a computer science stream or just exploring app development, this course is structured to make you confident in building, testing, and deploying simple iOS applications from scratch.
What You’ll Learn From This Course
- Basics of iOS architecture and development environment
- Writing clean, maintainable Swift code for iOS apps
- Designing responsive layouts using Storyboards and Auto Layout
- Working with user inputs, gestures, and view controllers
- Storing data locally using UserDefaults and Core Data (Intro)
- Connecting apps to external APIs for dynamic content
- Running and testing apps on simulators and physical devices
Tools & Technologies Covered
- Swift (Latest Stable Version)
- Xcode IDE
- Storyboards & Interface Builder
- Auto Layout & Stack Views
- UIKit
- UserDefaults
- Core Data (Intro Level)
- JSON & REST APIs
- Git & GitHub
- iOS Simulator
- Postman (for API testing)
Certification
After completing the course, learners will receive:
- Course Certificate (Digital Aptech Academy)
- 1 Project Completion Certificate
- Placement Assistance
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Unit 1
1 WeekCourse: Swift Basics & Xcode Environment
Setting up Xcode and understanding the iOS development workflow
Variables, constants, functions, conditionals in Swift
Introduction to object-oriented programming in Swift
Building and running your first app on iOS Simulator
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Unit 2
1 WeekCourse: UI Design Using Storyboards & UIKit
Interface Builder and Storyboard overview
Designing screens using Auto Layout and Stack Views
Buttons, Labels, Image Views, Text Fields
Navigation Controller and tabbed interface setup
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Unit 3
1 WeekCourse: Data Handling & User Interaction
Handling user input via forms
Implementing gestures and animations
Storing preferences using UserDefaults
Intro to Core Data (creating simple models)
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Unit 4
2 WeeksCourse: API Integration & Final Project
Fetching data using REST APIs
Parsing JSON and displaying it in Table Views
Error handling and loading indicators
Final Project - News Digest App: -A fully functional iOS app to fetch and display categorized news from a public API -Includes navigation, UI layout, persistent storage of bookmarks
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