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In Xcode, choose FileNewProject... Under the iOS section (not the OS X section), click Application. From the template choices that appear, select Empty Application.

Figure 31.2  Creating a new iOS application

Creating a new iOS application

Xcode’s project templates contain boilerplate code that can speed up development. However, you are using the Empty Application template, which is as close to a blank template as you can get. Allowing Xcode to generate too much boilerplate code at this point gets in the way of learning how things work.

The names of the templates often change with new Xcode releases, so do not worry ...

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