In this tutorial, you will create a simple iOS application using AWS Amplify, a set of tools and serverless services in the cloud. In the first module, you’ll build a simple iOS application. Through the remaining modules, you will initialize a local app using the Amplify Command Line Interface (Amplify CLI), add user authentication, add a GraphQL API and a database to store your data, and update your app to store images.
This tutorial will walk you through the steps to create a simple iOS application discussed above. You will learn to:
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Manage serverless cloud backend from the command line
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Add auth to your app to enable sign-in and sign-out
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Add a GraphQL API, database, and storage solution
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Share your backend between multiple projects.
This tutorial is divided into five short modules. You must complete each module in order, before moving on to the next one.
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Create an iOS App (10 minutes): Create an iOS app and test it in the iPhone simulator.
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Initialize a Local App (10 minutes): Initialize a local app using AWS Amplify.
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Add Authentication (10 minutes): Add auth to your application.
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Add a GraphQL API and Database (20 minutes): Create a GraphQL API.
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Add the Ability to Store Images (10 minutes): Add storage to your app.
You will be building this iOS application using the Terminal and Apple's Xcode IDE.
| Info | Level |
|---|---|
| ✅ AWS Level | Beginner |
| ✅ iOS Level | Beginner |
| ✅ Swift Level | Beginner |
| ⏱ Time to complete | 1h |
| 💰 Cost to complete | Free tier eligible |
To follow this tutorial, you need the following tools and resources:
- Xcode 15.x or more recent, available on the Apple Store.
- an AWS Account with at least these permissions (an
Administratorrole orrootaccount will also work, but we recommend a least-privileges approach). - NodeJS 22.4 or more recent.
- AWS Command Line Interface AWS CLI 2.17.x or more recent.
You can install these tools following these instructions:
# install brew itself
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
# install python3 and pip3
brew install python3
# install the AWS CLI
brew install awscli
# install Node.js & npm
brew install node
Once installed, you should have at least the versions shown below (anything more recent is valid !) :
brew --version
# Homebrew 4.3.9-38-g4bd3b93
# Homebrew/homebrew-core (git revision 6b117484622; last commit 2024-07-03)
# Homebrew/homebrew-cask (git revision 75f95ae22c; last commit 2024-07-03)
python3 --version
# Python 3.12.4
aws --version
# aws-cli/2.17.5 Python/3.11.9 Darwin/23.5.0 source/arm64
node --version
# v22.4.0
Next : Create an iOS App.