iPhone^® Application Development All-In-One For Dummies^®

by Neal Goldstein; Tony Bove

• ISBN13: 9780470644669
• ISBN10: 0470644664
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2010-04-01
• Publisher: For Dummies

Summary

One-stop shopping for every aspect of iPhone development!Whether you're a beginning programmer who wants to build an application for your iPhone or you're a professional developer looking to leverage the marketing power of the open iPhone SDK, this helpful guide has your needs covered. iPhone enthusiast and developer Neal Goldstein shows you the ins and outs of developing applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch and explains how to get your apps into the AppStore and market and sell them.You'll learn the basics of getting started, download the SDK, context-based design, and fill your toolbox. Clear, easy-to-understand steps walk you through programming with Objective C or Cocoa and show you how to develop games and graphics. Plus, you'll discover how to design specifically for mobile apps. Aimed at both novice and seasoned developers who are interested in developing iPhone and iPod Touch applications Shows you how to get started, download the SDK, and fill your toolbox Walks you through developing games and graphics Explains how to gets your apps into the AppStore and sell themGetting started developing your own applications today with this fun and friendly guide.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Creating the Killer App

What Makes a Killer iPhone App

Creating a Compelling User Experience

Enlisting in the Developer Corps

Getting to Know the SDK

Looking Behind the Screen

Death, Taxes, and iPhone Provisioning

The App Store Is Not Enough

Objective-C and iPhone Technologies

Using Objective-C's Extensions to C for iPhone Development

The Real Truth about Object-Oriented Programming

Digging Deeper Into Objective-C

Leveraging the Foundation Framework in Your App

Getting Other Objects to Do Your Work for You

Building a Utility App - DeepThoughts

Understanding How an App Runs

Understanding the User Interface Controls

Developing the Main View

Developing the Flipside Controls

Extending Your App with a Photo View

Debugging and Tuning Your Application

Using the Xcode Debugger

Tuning Your Code Using Xcode's Instruments Application

Building an Industrial Strength Application - RoadTrip!

Designing Your Application

Setting the Table

Navigating

Creating Controllers and Model Classes

Finding Your Way

Geocoding and Reverse Geocoding

Storing and Accessing Data

Show Me the Data

A More Flexible Generic Controller

Working the URL Loading System

Setting Up Core Data

Putting Core Data to Work

Extending the App to the Realm of Ultracool

A User Interface for Adding Hotels and Using the Address Book

Incorporating E-Mail: Postcards from the Road

Are We There Yet?

Index

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