Learning iOS Programming
From Xcode to App Store
2nd Edition
Published on 1. May 2012
Book
426 pages
978-1-4493-0377-8 (ISBN)
Description
Get a rapid introduction to iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch programming. With this easy-to-follow guide, you'll learn the steps necessary for developing your first marketable iOS application, from opening Xcode to submitting your product to the App Store. Whether you're a developer new to Mac programming or an experienced Mac developer ready to tackle iOS, this is your book.
You'll learn about Objective-C and the core frameworks hands-on by writing iOS applications that use them, giving you the basic skills for building your own applications independently. Packed with code samples, this book is refreshed and updated for iOS 5 and Xcode 4.
* Discover the advantages of building native iOS apps
* Get started with Objective-C and the Cocoa Touch frameworks
* Dive deep into the table view classes for building user interfaces
* Handle data input, parse XML and JSON documents, and store data on SQLite
* Use iOS sensors, including the accelerometer, magnetometer, camera, and GPS
* Build apps that use the Core Location and MapKit frameworks
* Integrate Apple's iCloud service into your applications
You'll learn about Objective-C and the core frameworks hands-on by writing iOS applications that use them, giving you the basic skills for building your own applications independently. Packed with code samples, this book is refreshed and updated for iOS 5 and Xcode 4.
* Discover the advantages of building native iOS apps
* Get started with Objective-C and the Cocoa Touch frameworks
* Dive deep into the table view classes for building user interfaces
* Handle data input, parse XML and JSON documents, and store data on SQLite
* Use iOS sensors, including the accelerometer, magnetometer, camera, and GPS
* Build apps that use the Core Location and MapKit frameworks
* Integrate Apple's iCloud service into your applications
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Alasdair Allan is a senior research fellow in Astronomy at the University of Exeter, where he is building an autonomous, distributed peer-to-peer network of telescopes that reactively schedule observations of time-critical events. He also runs a small technology consulting business writing bespoke software and building open hardware, and is currently developing a series of iPhone applications to monitor and manage cloud-based services and distributed sensor networks.