“Explaining Programmatic UILayouts for UIKit” is a hands-on, live-coded course that teaches you how to build iOS interfaces entirely in Swift—clean, testable, and production-ready. We start by removing the storyboard and bootstrapping the app via SceneDelegate, then lay out views with anchors, layout guides, and UIStackView so your screens adapt to different devices and Dynamic Type.
You’ll create a small design system (Theme for colors/spacing/radii) and reusable components (CardView, PrimaryButton, ActionCard). From there we build a real feature: a Car Search screen powered by a CarAPI (mocked for the course). You’ll wire a programmatic UITableView, use a Diffable Data Source with snapshots for smooth updates, and integrate a UISearchController to filter results without duplicating arrays. We’ll also cover scroll view best practices (contentLayoutGuide vs. frameLayoutGuide), empty/error states, currency formatting, keyboard behavior, and Dark Mode.
Architecture stays pragmatic: MVVM-style view models and dependency injection so you can swap the mock for a live API later. Along the way, you’ll see common pitfalls and how to debug them—ambiguous constraints, safe-area mistakes, and the classic init(coder:) crash when removing storyboards.
By the end, you will be able to:
- Launch apps without storyboards and structure screens programmatically.
- Compose responsive layouts with anchors and stack views.
- Render lists with diffable data sources and update via snapshots.
- Add fast, user-friendly search using UISearchController.
- Ship consistent UIs with reusable components and a simple Theme.
If you’re an iOS dev who wants fewer Interface Builder headaches and more control, this course is for you.
