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iOS 9 App Development: Create a Spotify Clone

Stream your music collection and learn how to play and control music on iOS. An epic course to make your own Spotify.
Instructor: Grant Klimaytys
Grant Klimaytys

Build iOS music streaming apps with Swift 2

iOS 9 App Development: Create a Spotify Clone


Music is one of the biggest app categories across all app stores. They have the potential to earn substantial revenue.

Learn the basic concepts, tools, and functions that you will need to build fully functional iOS music streaming apps with the popular programming language, Swift 2.
Also learn how to set up your own server and upload music that your app will eventually play.

No knowledge is needed of programming for this course but it helps.
If you are a complete beginner then please take other course (iOS Apps for Complete and Utter Beginners) .

This course establishes a strong understanding of music app creation concepts and includes training on Xcode and Swift 2. It also includes training on MYSQL, PHP and cPanel.
Each chapter starts with an introduction and sounds out with a summary to help you learn even better.

What am I going to get from this course?

  • Xcode Installation and Setup
  • Basic Streaming Functions on iOS
  • How to Setup a Server (free or paid)
  • How to Automate Music File indexing on a Server Using PHP (no PHP experience necessary)
  • How to Make an iOS App Communicate with a Server
  • How to Add Lock Screen Controls
  • How to Add Lock Screen Media Information
  • How to Handle Audio Interruptions like Phone Calls
  • How to Create Table Views and Custom table View Cells on iOS
  • Dynamically Adding More Data to Your App and Remote Database
  • Sharing Song Information on Facebook
  • Liking a Track Through our Remote Database
  • BONUS

    • Not only do you learn the ins and outs of streaming music in iOS apps but this course includes a MASSIVE bonus.
    I teach you how to create and setup a fully functional server that does the following:

    Automatically scan for new music uploads and add them to a MYSQL database. (with no input required from you)
    Produce PHP files that allow your app to access a backend

With these skills mastered, the course will take you through how to create a backend for your app (as well as the front end!).
Complete this course and you'll discover you now have skills that are continuously in demand from most businesses.


iOS 9 App Development: Create a Spotify Clone

Who should take this course?

  • Beginner/Intermediate programmers should take this course
  • People that want to make profitable streaming apps should take this cours

Powerful Skills at Your Fingertips

By learning to create both iOS apps as well as PHP and MYSQL backends you will become incredibly valuable to potential employers.
Combining these 2 skills is the number one reason developers get hired for startups. Those startups need this information and are willing to pay for it!

About the Instructor

Grant Klimaytys
Grant Klimaytys
Professional App Developer and Teacher

Course content

Total 4 hours 11 minutes
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Section 1：Introduction and Environment Setup
1 Introduction Preview 4:56
2 Setup Xcode and the iOS simulators 2:17
Section 2：Server Setup and Testing
3 Introduction to Server Setup Preview 1:02
4 Should You Choose a Free or Paid Server 4:44
5 Option1: Setting up a Free Server 1:09
6 Option 2: Setting up a Paid Server 4:29
7 How to Upload Your Files to a Server 4:44
8 Create Your Server Database Using cPanel 6:56
9 Create a PHP Script - Part 1 10:00
10 Create a PHP Script - Part 2 9:49
11 How to Automate a PHP Script Using Cron 3:23
12 Summary of Server Setup and Testing 0:59
Section 3：A Really Simple iOS Music Streaming Function
13 Introduction to Simple Streaming Preview 0:43
14 Setting up our Project in Xcode 3:38
15 How to Disable App Transport Security Preview 1:58
16 Create a Simple Streaming Funciton 6:39
17 Tidying up our Swift Stream Playe 8:31
18 Summary of iOS Music Streaming Function 0:42
Section 4：Adding Some Sugar to our Simple Streaming Function
19 Introduction to Advanced Audio Features Preview 1:36
20 Adding a Play Pause Button 9:57
21 Connecting a Play Pause Button 10:19
22 How to Implement Lock Screen Controls 9:47
23 How to Handle Audio Interruptions 7:15
24 How to Add Lock Screen Media Information 7:20
25 Summary of Adding Sugar 0:52
Section 5：Getting a List of Music from the Remote Database
26 Introduction to Getting a List of Music Preview 1:02
27 Create a PHP Interface to MySQL Database 11:35
28 How to Fetch Remote Database Information 7:45
29 Create our Song Class 5:57
30 How to Parse Retrieved Web Data 8:19
31 Summary of Getting a List of Music 0:41
Section 6：Placing Retrieved Song Lists into a Table View
32 Placing Retrieved Song Lists 0:55
33 Create a Table View and table View Cell 7:31
34 How to Populate a Tableview with Data 14:27
35 Firing up Our Music Player 5:42
36 Homework: Tidy up the Song Name 2:02
37 Summary of Placing Retrieved Song Lists 0:46
Section 7：Taking the App to the Next Level - More Data
38 Introduction to Take the App to Next Preview 1:05
39 Adding in Artist Information 17:26
40 Reporting Number of Plays 13:18
41 Summary of Taking the App to the Next 0:46
Section 8：Taking the App to the Next Level - Liking and Sharing
42 Introduction to Take the App to the Next Preview 0:57
43 Adding a Like Button 8:29
44 Adding a Share on Facebook Button 9:15
45 Summary of Taking the App the Next 0:36
Section 9：Summary and Roundup
46 Summary of Everything Youve Learnt 4:46
47 Where to go Next How to Make Money 2:11
48 Thankyou and a Special Gift Just For You 2:05

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