iOS SDK Programming A Beginners Guide

by Brannan, James; Ward, Blake

• ISBN13: 9780071759083
• ISBN10: 0071759085
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-01-31
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Summary

Create your own iPhone and iPad apps with ease!iOS SDK Programming: A Beginner's Guideshows you, step by step, how to build custom applications for the iPhone and iPad. All text, code, illustrations, and examples reflect the latest features in iOS SDK 4. Free online videos help flatten the learning curve. Author James A. Brannan works exclusively as an iPhone and iPad developer and shares his large arsenal of tips and tricks with you in this book, along with ways to avoid common pitfalls. By the end of the book you'll be able to build, test, and debug your own iPhone and iPad applications easily.iOS SDK Programming: A Beginner's Guide Explains how to use Interface Builder, the graphical tool that makes creating iPhone and iPad user interfaces easy Offers detailed coverage of the iPad's user interface controls, including popovers and split views Covers iPhone and iPad development using the iOS SDK 4.0 Features examples for each major concept, augmented by new videos on the author's website Helps you approach iPhone development quickly and easily using the standard graphical controls, without being initially overloaded by the numerous APIs Contains easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions illustrating nearly every major conceptStart-to-finish coverage The iPhone Software Development Kit (SDK); C Refresher; Just Enough Objective-C; Deploying to an iPhone, Debugging, and Testing; UIApplication and UIApplicationDelegate; UIView and UIViewController; UITabBar and UITabBarController; UINavigationBar and UINavigationController; Tables Using UITableView and UITableViewController; Activity Progress and Alerting Users; Controls; Application Settings; Property Lists and Archiving; Data Persistence Using SQLite; Core Data; Multimedia; Building a Universal Application

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. The iOS Software Development Kit (SDK); Chapter 2. A C Refresher;Chapter 3. Just Enough Objective-C: Part One; Chapter 4. Just Enough Objective-C: Part Two; Chapter 5. Deploying to an iPhone, Debugging, and Testing; Chapter 6. UIApplication and UIApplicationDelegate; Chapter 7. UIView and UIViewController; Chapter 8. UITabBar and UITabBarController; Chapter 9. UINavigationBar and UINavigationController; Chapter 10. Tables Using UITableView and UITableViewController; Chapter 11. Activity Progress and Alerting Users; Chapter 12. Controls--Part One: Using Buttons, Sliders, Switches, and Text Fields; Chapter 13. Controls--Part Two: Using Pickers and Using the Camera; Chapter 14. Application Settings; Chapter 15. Property Lists and Archiving; Chapter 16. Data Persistence Using SQLLite; Chapter 17. Core Data; Chapter 18. Multimedia; Chapter 19. Universal Applications for the iPad; Index