What this book covers

Chapter 1, Getting Started, introduces ResearchKit and explains the anatomy of a ResearchKit-based application.

Chapter 2, ResearchKit Hello World, helps you create your first ResearchKit application and teaches how to integrate ResearchKit in your projects.

Chapter 3, Building Surveys, covers how to create and present clinical surveys. In this process, you'll also learn about the ResearchKit object model.

Chapter 4, ResearchKit Informed Consent, explains how to create, present, and obtain informed consent to participate in clinical studies from the end users.

Chapter 5, Active Tasks, covers how to use active tasks—one of the most important features of ResearchKit.

Chapter 6, Navigable and Custom Tasks, helps you create smart surveys that can skip questions based on the answers provided by users.

Chapter 7, Back End Service, explains how to serialize task results to send to a backend service.

Chapter 8, Where to go from here, helps you learn various tools and tips to create real-world ResearchKit applications.