Beginning iPhone Development: Exploring the iPhone SDK

✍ Scribed by Dave Mark, Jeff LaMarche (auth.)

• Publisher: Apress
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 515
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Are you a programmer looking for a new challenge? Does the thought of building your very own iPhone app make your heart race and your pulse quicken? If so, then Beginning iPhone Development is just the book for you.

Assuming only a minimal working knowledge of Objective-C, and written in a friendly, easy-to-follow style, Beginning iPhone Development offers a complete soup-to-nuts course in iPhone and iPod Touch programming.

The book starts with the basics, walking you through the process of downloading and installing Apple's free iPhone software development kit, then stepping you though the creation of your first simple iPhone application. You'll move on from there, mastering all the iPhone interface elements that you've come to know and love, such as buttons, switches, pickers, toolbars, sliders, etc.

You'll master a variety of design patterns, from the simplest single view to complex hierarchical drill-downs. You'll master the art of table-building and learn how to save your data using the iPhone file system. You'll also learn how to save and retrieve your data using SQLite, iPhone's built-in database management system.

You'll learn how to draw using Quartz 2D and OpenGL ES. You'll add multi-touch gesture support (pinches and swipes) to your applications, and work with the Camera, photo library, and Accelerometer. You'll master application preferences, learn how to localize your apps into other languages, and so much more.

Apple's iPhone SDK, this book, and your imagination are all you'll need to start building your very own best-selling iPhone applications.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii
Welcome to the Jungle....Pages 1-10
Appeasing the Tiki Gods....Pages 11-27
Handling Basic Interaction....Pages 29-52
More User Interface Fun....Pages 53-87
Autorotation and Autosizing....Pages 89-111
Multiview Applications....Pages 113-137
Tab Bars and Pickers....Pages 139-183
Introduction to Table Views....Pages 185-230
Navigation Controllers and Table Views....Pages 231-301
Application Settings and User Defaults....Pages 303-327
Basic Data Persistence....Pages 329-359
Drawing with Quartz and OpenGL....Pages 361-400
Taps, Touches, and Gestures....Pages 401-428
Where Am I? Finding Your Way with Core Location....Pages 429-439
Whee!....Pages 441-461
iPhone Camera and Photo Library....Pages 463-472
Application Localization....Pages 473-490
Where to Next?....Pages 491-494
Back Matter....Pages 495-508

✦ Subjects

Programming Techniques