How to Use Core Spotlight to Improve Your Appâs User Experience
Blog post from Stream
This tutorial demonstrates how to integrate Apple's Core Spotlight framework into an iOS app to enhance search functionality and user experience. By building an app that lists countries and displays detailed information upon selection, developers learn to index app content with Core Spotlight so it can be accessed via Spotlight search on an iPhone. The tutorial guides users through removing storyboard dependencies, setting up a UITableView for country selection, and implementing Core Spotlight features for indexing and de-indexing country selections. It also covers deep linking, allowing users to be directed back to specific app features from Spotlight search results. The example app illustrates the bidirectional communication between the app and Spotlight, allowing users to easily return to their last activity or specific app content based on search terms.