Beginning iOS 4 Application Development

NOTE EDITORE

Develop cutting–edge applications for the iPhone®, iPod touch®, and iPad Get ready to dive into Apple's exciting world of mobile application development. This full–color book shows you how to take advantage of all the new features of the iPhone SDK 4 to create your own native iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad applications. You'll explore Apple's Xcode tools, the Objective–C programming language, and discover a host of APIs that enhance the capabilities of the iPhone SDK. The hands–on approach will help you quickly progress from building your first application to more sophisticated programs that use animations, recognize gestures, integrate voice chatting, and more. Beginning iOS 4 Application Development: Shows how to create native iPhone and iPad applications by taking advantage of the Xcode tools and iPhone SDK Covers ways to speed development using tab bar, navigation, and utility templates Provides methods for accessing built–in applications such as the photo library and camera Describes steps for accessing the accelerometer to create compelling applications Explains how to use background services and perform background tasks Wrox Beginning guides are crafted to make learning programming languages and technologies easier than you think, providing a structured, tutorial format that will guide you through all the techniques involved. wrox.com Programmer Forums Join our Programmer to Programmer forums to ask and answer programming questions about this book, join discussions on the hottest topics in the industry, and connect with fellow programmers from around the world. Code Downloads Take advantage of free code samples from this book, as well as code samples from hundreds of other books, all ready to use. Read More Find articles, ebooks, sample chapters and tables of contents for hundreds of books, and more reference resources on programming topics that matter to you.

SOMMARIO

Introduction xviiPart I: Getting Started Chapter 1: Getting Started with iOS 4 Programming 3 Obtaining the iPhone SDK 4 Components of the iPhone SDK 6 Some Useful Information before You Get Started 17 Summary 20 Chapter 2: Write Your First Hello World! Application 23 Getting Started with Xcode 23 Customizing Your Application Icon 34 Displaying a Splash Screen 36 Summary 39 Chapter 3: Views, Outlets, and Actions 41 Outlets and Actions 41 Using Views 47 Adding Views Dynamically Using Code 64 Understanding View Hierarchy 68 Summary 70 Chapter 4: View Controllers 73 The View–Based Application Template 74 The Window–Based Application Template 85 The Split View–Based Application Template 103 The Tab Bar Application Template 122 Summary 131 Chapter 5: Multi–Platform Support for the iPhone and iPad 133 Technique 1 Modifying the Device Target Setting 134 Technique 2 Creating Universal Applications 141 Technique 3 Maintaining Two Code Bases 149 Making Your Choice 151 Summary 152 Chapter 6: Keyboard Inputs 155 Using the Keyboard 155 Customizing the Type of Inputs 157 Detecting the Presence of the Keyboard 165 Summary 178 Chapter 7: Screen Rotations 181 Responding to Device Rotations 181 Programmatically Rotating the Screen 190 Summary 192 Part II : Displaying and Persisting Data Chapter 8: Using the Table View 197 A Simple Table View 198 Using the Table View in a Navigation–Based Application 210 Displaying Sections 210 Summary 239 Chapter 9: Application Preferences 241 Creating Application Preferences 242 Programmatically Accessing the Settings Values 248 Summary 257 Chapter 10: File Handling 261 Understanding the Application Folders 262 Using Property Lists 267 Copying Bundled Resources 274 Summary 275 Chapter 11: Database Storage Using SQLite3 279 Using SQLite3 280 Creating and Opening a Database 282 Bundling SQLite Databases with Your Application 291 Summary 292 Part III : Advanced iOS 4 Programming Techniques Chapter 12: Simple Animations and Video Playback 297 Using the NSTimer Class 297 Transforming Views 305 Animating a Series of Images 310 Playing Video on the iPhone 313 Summary 317 Chapter 13: Accessing Built–In Applications 319 Sending E Mails 319 Accessing the Camera and the Photo Library 328 Summary 341 Chapter 14: Recognizing Gestures 343 Recognizing Gestures 343 Detecting Touches 367 Summary 383 Chapter 15: Accessing the Accelerometer 385 Using the Accelerometer 385 Visualizing the Accelerometer Data 388 Using the Shake API to Detect Shakes 392 Summary 399Part IV: Network Programming Techniques Chapter 16: Web Services 403 Basics of Consuming XML Web Services 403 Consuming a Web Service in Your iPhone Application 407 Parsing the XML Response 413 Summary 418 Chapter 17: Bluetooth Programming 421 Using the Game Kit Framework 421 Implementing Voice Chatting 431 Summary 438 Chapter 18: Bonjour Programming 441 Creating the Application 441 Publishing a Service 443 Browsing for Services 446 Summary 452 Chapter 19: Apple Push Notification Service 455 Generating a Certificate Request 456 Generating a Development Certificate 457 Creating an Application ID 461 Creating the iPhone Application 467 Creating the Push Notification Provider 471 Summary 475 Chapter 20: Displaying Maps 477 Displaying Maps and Monitoring Changes Using the Map Kit 477 Getting Location Data 483 Summary 515 Chapter 21: Background Applications 519 Understanding Background Execution on the iPhone 519 Local Notification 530 Summary 537 Part V: Appendices Appendix A: Testing on an Actual Device 541 Signing Up for the iPhone Developer Program 541 Obtaining the UDID of Your Device 541 Logging in to the iPhone Provisioning Portal 542 Generating a Certificate 544 Registering Your Devices 547 Creating an Application ID 548 Creating a Provisioning Profile 550 Understanding Application ID and the Wildcard 554 Preparing for App Store Submission 557 Summary 563 Appendix B: Getting Around in Xcode 565 Launching Xcode 565 Debugging Your Applications 571 Appendix C: Getting Around in Interface Builder 577 .xib Window 577 Designing the View 578 Inspector Window 579 Library 581 Outlets and Actions 582 Appendix D: Crash Course in Objective–C 591 Directives 591 Classes 592 Memory Management 605 Protocols 612 Selectors 615 Categories 616 Appendix E: Answers to Exercises Wrox.com Index 619

AUTORE

Wei–Meng Lee is a technologist and founder of Developer Learning Solutions, a technology company specializing in hands–on training in the latest Microsoft and Apple technologies. He is also the author of Beginning iPhone SDK Programming with Objective–C and Beginning iPad Application Development.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780470918029
• Collana: Wrox - Programmer to Programmer
• Dimensioni: 232 x 32.85 x 190 mm Ø 1104 gr
• Formato: Brossura
• Pagine Arabe: 656