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iPhone 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

Created byGrant Klimaytys

Last updated 9/2021

English

English [Auto],

What you'll learn

Create a fully featured music streaming app on iOS
Create a fully functioning server to store music
Connect server to app using PHP scripts

Course content

9 sections • 48 lectures • 4h 11m total length

Introduction4:56
Setup Xcode and iOS Simulators on a Mac2:16
Install and set up Xcode on a Mac, configure iOS simulators in Xcode, download additional simulators, and create a device, with notes on Apple developer accounts for real devices.

Introduction to Server Setup1:02
Should You Choose a Free or Paid Server?4:44
Free servers are everywhere but they are overcrowded. It's always better to opt for a paid server over which you have much more control. The good news is you can get for less than $5 per month (includes a domain). If you intend to develop apps in the future then having your own test server is a really good idea!

The next sections are labelled one or two. Choose the most appropriate one for your use case.
Option 1: Setting up a Free Server1:09
Option 2: Setting up a Paid Server (Much More Control)4:29
Choose SiteGround's startup plan for 10 GB web space, unlimited traffic, daily backups, and a free domain, then sign up and prepare to configure your server with cPanel in lectures.
How to Upload Your Files to a Server4:44
Develop and test a music backend by uploading tracks to a server via cPanel file manager, creating public_html access, and verifying playback to support a streaming app.
Create Your Server Database Using cPanel6:56
Create a PHP Script to Add Uploaded Music to the Database - Part 19:59
Create a PHP Script to Add Uploaded Music to the Database - Part 29:49
How to Automate a PHP Script Using Cron3:23
Learn how to automate a php script with cron, using cPanel, to run a music scan script on a schedule and optimize resource usage.
Summary of Server Setup and Testing0:59

Introduction to Simple Streaming0:43
Setting up our Project in Xcode3:38
We also disable app transport security to allow loading of our music
How to Disable App Transport Security on iOS1:58
How to Create a Simple Streaming Function in iOS6:39
Inside of ViewController.swift you will create the simplest music streaming function known to man!
Tidying up our Swift Streaming Player by Moving to its Own Class8:31
Summary of Really Simple iOS Music Streaming Function0:42

Introduction to Advanced Audio Features on iOS1:36
Adding a Play Pause Button to a Storyboard for Media Control9:57
Connecting a Play Pause Button to Streaming Music Controls10:19
How to Implement Lock Screen Controls on iOS9:47
Enable background audio and implement lock screen controls by configuring the info.plist, setting the audio session to playback, and becoming first responder to handle remote control events.
How to Handle Audio Interruptions on iOS7:15
How to Add Lock Screen Media Information on iOS7:20
Summary of Adding Sugar to Simple Streaming Function0:52

Introduction to Getting a List of Music From the Database1:02
How to Create a PHP Interface to the MYSQL Database11:35
Create a PHP interface to MySQL to fetch the music list using get_music.php that connects to the database, queries the music table by id desc, and outputs the results.
How to Fetch Remote Database Information into an iOS App7:45
Creating our Song Class to Store Retrieved Items5:57
Define a song class to store downloaded items, including id, name, likes, and plays, with an initializer that converts incoming string data to integers and accessor methods for each property.
How to Parse Retrieved Data into a List of Songs8:19
Summary of Getting a List of Music fom the Remote Database0:41
Fetches data from a database using a php interface, retrieves data through in-app NSURLConnection, and stores each song in a Song class to build the list.

Introduction to Placing Retrieved Song Lists into a Table View0:55
How to Create a Table View and Custom Table View Cell on iOS7:31
How to Populate a Table View with Data14:27
Firing up Our Music Player Whenever a Song is Selected5:42
Develop a functional music player that starts an mp3 when a list item is selected, using didSelectRowAtIndexPath to trigger playback, and display the now playing track name in a label.
Homework: Tidy up the Song Name to Remove the MP3 Ending2:01
Summary of Placing Retrieved Song Lists into a Table View0:46

Introduction to Taking the App to the Next Level - Liking and Sharing0:57
Add a plus-one like button that updates the database and a share to Facebook feature with prefixed text, a thumbnail, and a download link for marketing when a song plays.
Adding a Like Button for the Current Playing Song8:29
Adding a ‘Share on Facebook’ Button - Social Media Rocks!9:14
Summary of taking the App to the Next Level - Liking and Sharing0:36
Learn to make apps social by implementing liking and sharing, including liking a track in your own database and sharing via the ios compose view to Facebook.

Requirements

A mac running OSX or an OSX Virtual Machine
An internet connection

Description

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.

Things You'll Learn

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

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!

------------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

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

You will be taken on a journey through:

How to choose between free or paid servers
How to code a simple streaming function on iOS
How to add advanced audio features to your app
How to make your app talk to a server (aka - creating a backend)
How to report app usage statistics to your remote database

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.

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.

Increase your value by joining now!

Credit: Promo music provided by Ben Sound

Who this course is for:

Beginner/Intermediate programmers should take this course
ABSOLUTE beginners who know nothing about programming SHOULD NOT take this course (take my other one instead!)
People that want to make profitable streaming apps should take this course

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Introduction and Environment Setup2 lectures • 7min

Server Setup and Testing10 lectures • 47min

A Really Simple iOS Music Streaming Function6 lectures • 22min

Adding Some Sugar to our Simple Streaming Function7 lectures • 47min

Getting a List of Music from the Remote Database6 lectures • 35min

Placing Retrieved Song Lists into a Table View6 lectures • 31min

Taking the App to the Next Level - More Data4 lectures • 33min

Taking the App to the Next Level - Liking and Sharing4 lectures • 19min

Summary and Roundup3 lectures • 9min

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