Mobile Application Development 2

119316

Winter 2025/2026

Prof. Dr. Ansgar Gerlicher @gerlicher

(For WS 2025/2026: Michael Zügel @lb-zuegel)

Credits for supporting me, go to:

Thomas Maier @maiert
Korbinian Kuhn @kuhnko

Stuttgart Media University

1 About

In this lecture you will learn the basics of developing apps for iOS devices. This includes some of the topics listed below.
The lecture is designed for app development beginners who have good Java development skills.
You will learn how to use Swift, SwiftUI and Xcode to create iOS apps.

2 What You'll Gain

By the end of this course, you'll have the skills and confidence to create your own iOS applications from scratch. You'll understand modern Swift programming, the Apple ecosystem, and build apps that follow current industry standards and design patterns.

3 Contents

The lecture is split into a theoretical part, assignments, and a practical part.
The following list gives an overview (not complete) of the topics you will learn in this lecture. The assignments will help you to really understand and establish your knowledge.

Topics	Slides
Introduction, lecture organization	Organization
Userbase and System	Userbase and System
iOS introduction: system architecture, runtime environment, development environment, tools	iOS Introduction
iOS App Basics: App structure, application life cycle	iOS App Basics
iOS Framework Layers	Framework Basics
Swift fundamentals: Swift basics	iOS Swift Fundamentals
Swift Enums, Switches, Function Naming, SwiftUI Basic	Swift Enums, Switches
SwiftUI Basics	SwiftUI Basics
SwiftData: Persisting Data and Data Management	SwiftData
Async Await in Swift	Async Await Functions
SwiftUI States	SwiftUI States
Testing & Deployment	Testing & Deployment

4 Extra Topics / Misc

Topics	Slides
Cross-platform development basics	Cross-Platform-Development
Objective-C overview & quick History	Objective-C Fundamentals
UIKit basics	UIKit Basics
iOS framework basics part 2: UIKit: UITableViewController.	Framework Basics Part 2
iOS framework basics part 3: Storage options: UserDefaults, PropertyLists, Core Data*	Framework Basics Part 3
iOS framework basics part 4: More UIKit, WebKit, AVFoundation	Framework Basics Part 4
Combine - Declarative Event Handling in Swift	Combine Framework
MAC Setup for Wintersemester 2025/2026	Mac Setup WS 25/26
Lession 3 Playground Enums	Playground: Enum
Lession 3 Playground Functions	Playground: Functions
SwiftUI Basic Elements	Swift UI Gallery
Struct VS Class	Struct VS Class
Live Demo: KennDeinZeichen	KennDeinZeichen

5 Assignments

Assignments

6 Notice

No liability assumed. As iOS frameworks, programming languages (e.g. Objective-C, Swift), and development environments evolve very quickly, the lecture slides and assignments have to be constantly updated. Please bear with me, apologies for any inconvenience.

For ideas and any kind of comments please send me a message to gerlicher@hdm-stuttgart.de.