IOS SDK Programming a Beginners Guide 9780071759090, 0071759093, 9780071759083, 0071759085

Table of contents :
Contents......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 18
Introduction......Page 20
1 The iOS Software Development Kit (SDK)......Page 24
The App Store......Page 25
The Software Development Kit (SDK)......Page 27
Objective-C, Foundation Framework, Cocoa Touch, and UIKit......Page 28
The iOS Frameworks......Page 29
Small Screen......Page 31
Relevant Documentation......Page 32
Try This: Getting a Quick Start on iOS Development......Page 33
Summary......Page 46
2 A C Refresher......Page 48
Try This: Creating a Simple C Program Using Xcode......Page 50
C Comments......Page 51
Try This: Creating a Header File......Page 52
Try This: Using Preprocessor Statements......Page 54
Data Types and Operators......Page 55
Control, Functions, and Conditional Statements......Page 56
Functions......Page 58
Pointers......Page 59
Try This: Using Pointers......Page 60
Dereferencing a Pointer......Page 61
Try This: Using an Array with Pointers......Page 62
Summary......Page 63
3 Just Enough Objective-C: Part One......Page 64
Class Interface and Implementation......Page 65
Try This: Generating an Objective-C Class’ Interface and Implementation......Page 66
Method Declaration and Definition......Page 67
Try This: Adding SayHello to the Simple Class......Page 68
Implementation Anatomy......Page 69
Understanding Simple Messaging......Page 71
Nested Arguments......Page 72
Class and Instance Methods......Page 73
Try This: Adding sayGoodBye as a Class Method......Page 74
The alloc and init Methods......Page 75
Managing Memory Using Retain and Release......Page 76
Try This: Using Manual Memory Management......Page 78
Instance Variables and Memory......Page 80
Managing Memory Using Autorelease......Page 81
Summary......Page 82
4 Just Enough Objective-C: Part Two......Page 84
Properties......Page 85
Assign......Page 87
Copy......Page 88
Releasing Properties......Page 89
Try This: Creating a Simple Multiple-Argument Message......Page 90
The id Type......Page 92
Overriding Methods......Page 93
Overloading Methods......Page 94
Using Protocols......Page 95
Handling Exceptions......Page 97
Summary......Page 98
5 Deploying to an iPhone, Debugging, and Testing......Page 100
Membership......Page 102
Certificates, Devices, Application IDs, and Provisioning......Page 103
Try This: Deploying an Application to iPhone......Page 106
Debugging......Page 111
Using the Debugger......Page 112
Try This: Debugging an Application......Page 116
NSZombieEnabled......Page 120
Try This: Enabling Zombies......Page 121
Instruments—Leaks......Page 124
Try This: Find a Memory Leak......Page 125
Ad Hoc Deployment and Testing......Page 127
Distributing Your App via the App Store......Page 130
Summary......Page 131
6 UIApplication and UIApplicationDelegate......Page 132
Try This: Adding a UIView and UIViewController to a UIApplicationDelegate......Page 133
Connecting UIWindow, UIApplication, and UIApplicationDelegate......Page 140
Try This: Exploring Main Window.xib......Page 141
UIApplication and UIApplicationDelegate......Page 142
The main.m File......Page 143
Handling Application Life Cycle Events......Page 144
Application Interruptions......Page 146
Try This: Handling Application Interruptions......Page 148
Summary......Page 149
7 UIView and UIViewController......Page 150
The UIView Class......Page 151
The UIViewController Class......Page 152
IBOutlet and IBAction......Page 153
Try This: Using a View-Based Application Template......Page 154
Try This: Using a Window-Based Application Template......Page 156
UIViewController and Application Life Cycle Events......Page 160
Try This: Exploring Several Life Cycle Methods......Page 161
Summary......Page 163
8 UITabBar and UITabBarController......Page 164
UITabBar, UITabBarController, UITabBarItem, and UITabBarControllerDelegate......Page 165
Try This: Using the Tab Bar Application Template......Page 168
Try This: Adding a Tab Bar Item to a Tab Bar Application......Page 170
Try This: Creating a Tab Bar Application from Scratch......Page 171
Try This: Allowing Users to Customize a Tab Bar......Page 174
Summary......Page 179
9 UINavigationBar and UINavigationController......Page 182
UINavigationBar, UINavigationController, and UINavigationItem......Page 185
Try This: Building a Three-View Application Using a Navigation Bar......Page 186
Adding Another View......Page 195
Try This: See How a Utility Application Uses NavigationBar......Page 199
Configuring the Navigation Bar......Page 200
Try This: Using a Navigation Controller in a Tab......Page 201
Summary......Page 206
10 Tables Using UITableView and UITableViewController......Page 208
UITableViewDataSource......Page 212
Try This: Adopting the UITableViewDelegate and UITableViewDataSource......Page 214
Try This: Adding a Delegate and Data Source......Page 217
Try This: Using a UITableViewController......Page 221
Grouping and Indexing......Page 224
Try This: Grouping......Page 225
Try This: Indexing......Page 228
Try This: Adding an Image......Page 230
Try This: Row Selection......Page 232
Try This: Changing Row Height......Page 233
Accessorizing Table Cells......Page 234
Try This: Accessorizing a Table Cell......Page 235
Customizing a Table Cell......Page 236
Try This: Customizing a Cell Using Interface Builder......Page 237
Try This: Using a Table in a Navigation Controller in a Tab......Page 242
Edit Mode Methods......Page 249
Try This: Editing Rows......Page 251
Summary......Page 259
11 Activity Progress and Alerting Users......Page 260
Showing Activity—the UIActivityIndicatorView......Page 262
Try This: Using a UIActivitylndicatorView......Page 264
Try This: Using a UIProgress View......Page 267
Alerting Users......Page 274
UIAlertView and UIAlertViewDelegate......Page 275
Try This: Creating a Simple UIAlertView......Page 277
Try This: Using an Alert with Multiple Buttons......Page 279
Try This: Using a UIActionSheet......Page 280
Try This: Adding an Application Badge......Page 283
Summary......Page 284
12 Controls—Part One: Using Buttons, Sliders, Switches, and Text Fields......Page 286
UIButton with a Background Image and Image......Page 288
Try This: Using a Custom Button Background Image and Image......Page 289
Button Types......Page 293
UIToolBar......Page 294
Try This: Creating a UIToolbar......Page 296
UISlider......Page 299
Try This: Using a Switch and a Slider......Page 300
UITextField......Page 303
Try This: Using UITextField (with a Number Pad)......Page 305
UITextView......Page 309
Try This: Using a UISegmentedControl......Page 310
The Web View......Page 312
UIWebViewDelegate......Page 313
Try This: Creating a Simple Web Browser......Page 314
Summary......Page 317
13 Controls—Part Two: Using Pickers and Using the Camera......Page 318
Date Pickers......Page 319
Try This: Using a Date Picker......Page 322
Try This: Using a UIDatePicker in Timer Mode......Page 326
UIPickerView......Page 329
Try This: Using a Picker......Page 331
Try This: Using a UIPickerView with Two Components......Page 335
Try This: Loading UIImageViews into a UIPickerView......Page 339
Using the Camera: UIImagePickerController......Page 341
UIImagePickerControllerDelegate......Page 342
Try This: Using the UIImagePickerController......Page 343
Try This: Using Notifications......Page 349
Summary......Page 351
14 Application Settings......Page 352
The Settings Bundle......Page 354
Try This: Creating a Settings Bundle......Page 355
Settings Field Types......Page 358
Try This: Adding a PSTextFieldSpecifier......Page 359
Try This: Adding a PSMultiValueSpecifier......Page 361
Try This: Adding a PSToggleSwitchSpecifier......Page 363
Try This: Adding a PSSliderSpecifier......Page 365
Try This: Adding a PSChildPaneSpecifier......Page 367
Reading Settings Using NSUserDefaults......Page 369
Try This: Reading the Settings Bundle......Page 370
Summary......Page 371
15 Property Lists and Archiving......Page 372
Directories......Page 373
Property Lists......Page 374
Try This: Preserving an NSArray......Page 375
NSPropertyListSerialization......Page 377
Try This: Preserving to an XML Property List......Page 378
Protocols to Adopt......Page 381
NSKeyedArchiver and NSKeyedUnarchiver......Page 382
Try This: Archiving and Unarchiving an Object......Page 383
Try This: Archiving and Unarchiving an Object Hierarchy......Page 387
Multitasking and Saving Application State......Page 391
Summary......Page 392
16 Data Persistence Using SQLite......Page 394
Try This: Creating a Simple Database Using FireFox SQLite Manager......Page 395
Opening the Database......Page 399
Statements, Preparing Statements, and Executing Statements......Page 400
Select......Page 401
Try This: Opening and Querying a Database......Page 402
SQLite Binding, Inserting, Updating, and Deleting......Page 409
Try This: Inserting, Updating, and Deleting Records......Page 411
Try This: Inserting Records......Page 413
Try This: Updating Records......Page 415
Try This: Deleting Records......Page 418
Summary......Page 420
17 Core Data......Page 422
Core Data in Brief......Page 423
Entities......Page 424
Relationships......Page 425
Try This: Adding Entities and Relationships to a Core Data Model......Page 426
NSPersistentStoreCoordinator......Page 431
NSFetchRequest......Page 432
NSPredicate......Page 433
NSSortDescriptor......Page 434
Try This: Fetching All AKCGroup Entities......Page 435
Saving Changes......Page 438
Updating Entities......Page 439
Try This: Adding Navigation and AKCGroup Editing......Page 440
Try This: Adding Navigation and Editing for a List of Breeds......Page 447
Try This: Adding a Breed Detail View......Page 451
Distributing Core Data with Your App......Page 453
What Next?......Page 455
Summary......Page 456
18 Multimedia......Page 458
Playing Sounds......Page 459
AudioServicesPlaySystemSound......Page 460
AVAudioPlayer and AVAudioPlayerDelegate......Page 461
Try This: Playing a Sound and an MP3......Page 462
Media Data Classes......Page 465
Selecting Multimedia......Page 466
Playing Multimedia: MPMusicPlayerController......Page 467
Try This: Using the Media Picker and Media Player......Page 468
MPMoviePlayerController......Page 474
Try This: Play a Video......Page 475
Summary......Page 478
19 Universal Applications for the iPad......Page 480
Try This: Building an App for iPad and iPhone......Page 483
Try This: Reacting to Orientation Changes......Page 486
Icons and Default Screens......Page 487
Try This: Add a Split View......Page 488
Using Popovers for Information or Editing......Page 500
Try This: MoviePlayer Centered on the iPad Screen......Page 501
External Display......Page 504
Working with Documents......Page 505
Summary......Page 506
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