You will learn to extend your knowledge of making iOS apps so that they can securely interact with web services and receive push notifications. You'll learn how to store data securely on a device using Core Data. You’ll also learn to securely deploy apps to the App Store and beta users over-the-air.
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University of California, Irvine
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
5 hours to complete
Welcome!
Welcome to this course on Networking and Security in iOS Applications. Our focus in this course is very practitioner oriented. We want to get you up and running using social networking integration with single sign-on, basic OAuth2 functionality, secure JSON web APIs, cryptographically secured push notifications, and secure data storage so that you can get apps into the iTunes ecosystem and out into the marketplace. This course will have several code sessions in which we walk you through the process of building apps, some of which you will also build for peer review assignments. Interspersed with the tutorials we will take time-outs to cover the basics of some concepts that might be mysterious without a more formal treatment. Our hope is that you come out of this course knowing more (of course!) and having several projects that you can refer to in the future when you want to incorporate these techniques into your apps - your personal app toolbox. The intensity picks up from the previous course in this Specialization, so get ready!
5 hours to complete
15 videos (Total 98 min), 6 readings, 1 quiz
15 videos
Welcome!3m
Twitter App: Setting up the User Interface11m
Twitter App: Connecting the U/I2m
Twitter App: Styling the U/I via ".layer"6m
Twitter App: Social.Framework and building a UIAlertController6m
Twitter App: Closing a window with UIAlertAction6m
Twitter App: Checking for "Single Sign On"3m
A general pattern for pop-up alerts6m
Twitter App: Tweet with SLComposeViewController8m
Twitter App: Reviewing what we accomplished1m
Facebook: Adding an additional UIAlertAction12m
Facebook: Using SLComposeViewController to Post4m
Future Proofing with the UIActivityViewController13m
Simplifying the Interface - Less Clicks!6m
Peer-Review 01: Your turn!4m
6 readings
Course Overview10m
Pre-Course Survey10m
Getting Help10m
Twitter App Orientation10m
Facebook Orientation10m
Future proofing10m
5 hours to complete
Using Secure Web APIs: an Instagram Case Study
Now it's time to consider what we are going to do if we want to work with web services that aren't deeply integrated into iOS. There are hundreds (thousands?!?!) of them. Most of them require authentication via the OAuth 2.0 protocol. In this week's lessons we will walk through an example of getting a photo from Instagram on behalf of a user. This week is also a code tutorial in preparation for your peer review assignment, but in the middle we need to step back from coding to cover some basics: How do we use a UIImageView? What is OAuth 2.0 anyway? What is JSON and how do we read it? What's the big deal about http vs https anyway?
5 hours to complete
12 videos (Total 142 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz
12 videos
Building the project with Cocoapods3m
Intro to UIImageView9m
Laying out the Interface12m
OAuth 2.014m
Accessing a web service API10m
JSON21m
Custom URL Schemes16m
NSAppTransport in iOS 910m
Network Security Considerations22m
Getting data with NSURLSession10m
Calling and Parsing API JSON data7m
1 reading
Two Updates on the Instagram API10m
4 hours to complete
Don't be so pushy!
In this week we will look at several aspects of push notifications. Those are those alerts that show up at the top of your iOS interface when an app wants to get your attention. There are several ways that they can be initiated. They can be initiated from an app on a local device, or they can be initiated by a remote server somewhere on the internet. Obtaining permission to post those notifications requires lots of steps, certificates, passwords etc. We'll walk you through it all. This week we start with a high-level overview of the iOS app lifecycle. Then we will do three code tutorials. The first will be the one that you will need to do the peer-review assessment. It's a basic countdown timer that sends a notification at a specific time. The second will show you how to make it all fancy with custom actions. The final one will be for remote notifications. Since remote notifications require an Apple developer account ($$$) we won't assess you on it, but if you have one you can try it out on your own and add it to your personal app toolbox.
4 hours to complete
11 videos (Total 108 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz
11 videos
Push notifications: local Part 115m
Push notifications: local Part 217m
Push notifications: actions22m
Push notifications: remote Part 019m
Push notifications: remote Part 0210m
Push notifications: remote Part 034m
Push notifications: remote Part 0412m
Push notifications: remote Part 051m
Push notifications: remote Part 062m
Intro to Peer Review Assignment 032m
1 reading
Remote Push Notification Has Changed10m
5 hours to complete
Storing Data
In this week we look at method of securely storing data on the iOS platform called Core Data.
5 hours to complete
9 videos (Total 140 min), 1 reading, 2 quizzes
9 videos
Core Data: Setting Up Your Project8m
Core Data: Building the Model16m
Core Data: Wiring the UI to CoreData19m
Enrichment: The Full Core Data Example 131m
Enrichment: The Full Core Data Example 216m
Peer Review 04 Instructions: Storing Data App3m
Deploying to the App Store22m
App Store Analytics4m
1 reading
The Full Core Data Example10m
1 practice exercise
Final Exam52m
Reviews
TOP REVIEWS FROM NETWORKING AND SECURITY IN IOS APPLICATIONS
by YSAug 3, 2017
Very detailed course that contains lots of practice. Some information is changed for the current versions iOS and XCode, but despite this I like the course! Thank you.
by JMNov 28, 2015
Excellent intermediate level course for objectives C. Good approach to the course presentation. Introduces concepts clearly and then drives into actual implementation.
by KGMay 25, 2016
Great material, a bit confusing to follow on certain assignments where there's live code writing, troubleshooting and turning off/on of the recording.
by AKAug 8, 2016
Good course, but not that much network and not so much security. Nevertheless, good course with useful techniques and explanations.
About the iOS Development for Creative Entrepreneurs Specialization
This Specialization focuses on the basics of iOS application development. You’ll gain the skills you need to create your own app, including fluency in Objective-C and UIKit and SpriteKit user interface concepts, and you’ll learn to leverage networking, security, audio, video, location, and sensor frameworks. In the final Capstone Project, you’ll apply your skills to create a networked game that leverages sensors on the phone to create a unique gaming experience, and that you can showcase in job applications and interviews or offer in the iTunes store.
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