Build Your Own iOS App

About this course: In the Build Your Own iOS App capstone you will expand your repertoire of additional features and more advanced functions that may be implemented within the iOS environment. You will refine your development skill set and will apply your accumulated skills over the entire specialization series in an applied application development capstone project. This particular course is project based and structured around you building a high quality app as a capstone to the specialization. Currently this course is taught using Swift 2. The team is aware of the release of Swift 3 and will be making edits to the course in time. Please be aware that at this time the instruction is entirely with Swift 2.

Created by:  University of Toronto

• Taught by:  Parham Aarabi, Professor

  Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Basic Info Course 4 of 4 in the iOS App Development with Swift Specialization Commitment 4 weeks of study, 3-5 hours/week Language English How To Pass Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. User Ratings 2.8 stars Average User Rating 2.8See what learners said Coursework

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Syllabus


WEEK 1


Welcome to Build Your Own iOS App
Introduction and course roadmap.


2 videos, 11 readings expand

1. Reading: About the course
2. Video: Fun With Selfies
3. Reading: Fun With Selfies: Module Download for Xcode 7.2
4. Reading: Fun With Selfies: Module Download for Xcode 7.3
5. Reading: Fun With Selfies: Module Download for Xcode 8.1/8.2
6. Reading: Fun With Selfies: Module Download for Xcode 8.3
7. Reading: Fun With Selfies: Xcode 7.3 & Xcode 8.2
8. Reading: Fun with Selfies: Using the FaceTracker framework
9. Reading: Fun with Web Services
10. Reading: Fun with Web Services: Set up Accounts
11. Reading: Fun with Web Services: Starter Code
12. Reading: Fun With Web Services: Practice Playground
13. Video: Making Prototypes With Keynote

Facetracker Library
Get the face detector library running and understand its notation/connections


2 videos, 6 readings expand

1. Reading: Fun With Selfies: Facetracker File Download for Xcode 7.2
2. Reading: Fun With Selfies: FaceTracker File Download for Xcode 7.3
3. Reading: Fun With Selfies: FaceTracker File Download for Xcode 8.1/8.2
4. Reading: Fun With Selfies: FaceTracker File Download for Xcode 8.3
5. Reading: Fun With Selfies: An important note about using the FaceTracker framework
6. Reading: Fun With Selfies: Add Facetracker Framework Video
7. Video: Fun With Selfies: Add Facetracker Framework
8. Video: Fun With Selfies: Facetracker view controller

WEEK 2


Object Animation (Basic)
Create a simple animation of an object based on the position of the face


3 videos, 1 reading expand

1. Video: Fun With Selfies: Basics of facetracker
2. Reading: Fun with Web Services: API Documentation
3. Video: Fun With Web Services: Making HTTP Requests
4. Video: Example - App Prototype

Graded: Peer Check-In: App Prototype

Animation Series (Complex)
Create a series of animations based on the face location and associate these with a certain look


1 video expand

1. Video: Fun With Selfies: Show tracked points

WEEK 3


Final App Submission
Create a final app with the ability to take a photo and share the result. Final peer assessment.


2 videos, 1 reading expand

1. Video: Farewell from iOS App Team
2. Reading: Final Project
3. Video: Final Example

Graded: Final Project Submission