iOS 9 Application Development in 24 Hours, Sams Teach Yourself

Covers iOS 9.1 and up, Xcode 7.x, iPhone, iPad, and More! In just 24 sessions of one hour each, learn how to build powerful applications for today’s hottest handheld devices: the iPhone and iPad! Using this book’s straightforward, step-by-step approach, you’ll master every skill and technology you need, from setting up your iOS development environment to building great user interfaces, sensing motion to writing multitasking applications. Each lesson builds on what you’ve already learned, giving you a rock-solid foundation for real-world success! Step-by-step instructions carefully walk you through the most common iOS development tasks. Quizzes and Exercises help you test your knowledge. Notes present interesting information related to the discussion. Tips show you easier ways to perform tasks. Cautions alert you to possible problems and give you advice on how to avoid them. Printed in full color—figures and code appear as they do in Xcode 7.x • Learn to navigate the Xcode 7.x development environment and install apps on your iDevice • Get started quickly with Apple’s Open Source language: Swift 2.0 • Test code and application logic using the iOS Playground • Understand the Model-View-Controller (MVC) development pattern • Visually design and code interfaces using Xcode Storyboards, Segues, Exits, Image Slicing, and the iOS Object Library • Use Auto Layout and Size Classes to adapt to different screen sizes and orientations • Build advanced UIs with Tables, Split Views, Navigation Controllers, and more • Read and write preferences and data, and create System Settings plug-ins • Use iOS media playback and recording capabilities • Take photos and manipulate graphics with Core Image • Sense motion, orientation, and location with the accelerometer, gyroscope, and GPS • Use 3D touch to add Peek, Pop, and Quick Actions to your apps • Integrate online services using Twitter, Facebook, Email, Web Views, and Apple Maps • Create universal applications that run on both the iPhone and iPad • Write background-aware multitasking applications • Trace, debug, and monitor applications as they run • Additional files and updates available online

Table of Contents:
Introduction 1 Who Can Become an iOS Developer? 2 Who Should Use This Book? 2 What Is (and Isn’t) in This Book? 3 Hour 1: Preparing Your System and iDevice for Development 5 Welcome to the iOS 5 Becoming an iOS Developer 10 Running an iOS App 15 Developer Technology Overview 22 Further Exploration 24 Summary 24 Q&A 24 Workshop 25 Activities 27 Hour 2: Introduction to Xcode and the iOS Simulator 29 Using Xcode 29 Using the iOS Simulator 61 Further Exploration 69 Summary 69 Q&A 69 Workshop 70 Activities 72 Hour 3: Discovering Swift and the iOS Playground 73 Object-Oriented Programming and Swift 73 The Terminology of Object-Oriented Development 75 Exploring the Swift File Structure 78 Swift Programming Basics 84 Memory Management and Automatic Reference Counting 110 Introducing the iOS Playground 111 Further Exploration 118 Summary 119 Q&A 119 Workshop 120 Activities 122 Hour 4: Inside Cocoa Touch 123 What Is Cocoa Touch? 123 Exploring the iOS Technology Layers 125 Tracing the iOS Application Life Cycle 132 Cocoa Fundamentals 134 Exploring the iOS Frameworks with Xcode 142 Further Exploration 149 Summary 149 Q&A 150 Workshop 150 Activities 153 Hour 5: Exploring Interface Builder 155 Understanding Interface Builder 155 Creating User Interfaces 162 Customizing the Interface Appearance 172 Connecting to Code 178 Further Exploration 188 Summary 189 Q&A 189 Workshop 190 Activities 192 Hour 6: Model-View-Controller Application Design 193 Understanding the MVC Design Pattern 193 How Xcode Implements MVC 195 Using the Single View Application Template 200 Further Exploration 218 Summary 218 Q&A 219 Workshop 219 Activities 222 Hour 7: Working with Text, Keyboards, and Buttons 223 Basic User Input and Output 223 Using Text Fields, Text Views, and Buttons 225 Further Exploration 253 Summary 254 Q&A 255 Workshop 255 Activities 257 Hour 8: Handling Images, Animation, Sliders, and Steppers 259 User Input and Output 259 Creating and Managing Image Animations, Sliders, and Steppers 261 Further Exploration 285 Summary 285 Q&A 286 Workshop 286 Activities 289 Hour 9: Using Advanced Interface Objects and Views 291 User Input and Output (Continued) 291 Using Switches, Segmented Controls, and Web Views 298 Using Scrolling and Stack Views 315 Further Exploration 324 Summary 325 Q&A 325 Workshop 326 Activities 328 Hour 10: Getting the User’s Attention 329 Alerting the User 329 Exploring User Alert Methods 340 Further Exploration 355 Summary 355 Q&A 356 Workshop 356 Activities 359 Hour 11: Implementing Multiple Scenes and Popovers 361 Introducing Multiscene Storyboards 362 Using Segues 388 Popovers, Universal Applications, and iPhones 402 Further Exploration 407 Summary 408 Q&A 408 Workshop 409 Activities 411 Hour 12: Making Choices with Toolbars and Pickers 413 Understanding the Role of Toolbars 413 Exploring Pickers 416 Using the Date Picker 424 Using a Custom Picker 437 Further Exploration 452 Summary 453 Q&A 453 Workshop 454 Activities 456 Hour 13: Advanced Storyboards Using Navigation and Tab Bar Controllers 457 Advanced View Controllers 457 Exploring Navigation Controllers 459 Understanding Tab Bar Controllers 464 Using a Navigation Controller 470 Using a Tab Bar Controller 481 Further Exploration 490 Summary 491 Q&A 492 Workshop 492 Activities 495 Hour 14: Navigating Information Using Table Views and Split View Controllers 497 Understanding Tables 497 Exploring the Split View Controller 506 A Simple Table View Application 509 Creating a Master-Detail Application 519 Further Exploration 533 Summary 534 Q&A 534 Workshop 535 Activities 537 Hour 15: Reading and Writing Application Data 539 iOS Applications and Data Storage 539 Data Storage Approaches 542 Creating Implicit Preferences 551 Implementing System Settings 558 Implementing File System Storage 571 Further Exploration 579 Summary 579 Q&A 580 Workshop 580 Activities 583 Hour 16: Building Responsive User Interfaces 585 Responsive Interfaces 585 Using Auto Layout 590 Programmatically Defined Interfaces 615 Further Exploration 622 Summary 622 Q&A 622 Workshop 623 Activities 625 Hour 17: Using Advanced Touches and Gestures 627 Multitouch Gesture Recognition 627 3D Touch Peek and Pop 630 Using Gesture Recognizers 633 Implementing 3D Touch Gestures 654 Further Exploration 658 Summary 659 Q&A 660 Workshop 660 Activities 662 Hour 18: Sensing Orientation and Motion 663 Understanding Motion Hardware 663 Accessing Orientation and Motion Data 666 Sensing Orientation 670 Detecting Acceleration, Tilt, and Rotation 675 Further Exploration 687 Summary 688 Q&A 688 Workshop 688 Activities 691 Hour 19: Working with Rich Media 693 Exploring Rich Media 693 The Media Playground Application 709 Further Exploration 736 Summary 737 Q&A 737 Workshop 738 Activities 741 Hour 20: Interacting with Other iOS Services 743 Extending iOS Service Integration 743 Using Contacts, Email, Social Networking, Safari, and Maps 761 Further Exploration 776 Summary 777 Q&A 777 Workshop 777 Activities 780 Hour 21: Implementing Location Services 781 Understanding Core Location 781 Creating a Location-Aware Application 789 Using the Magnetic Compass 799 Further Exploration 808 Summary 809 Q&A 809 Workshop 809 Activities 812 Hour 22: Building Background-Ready Applications 813 Understanding iOS Backgrounding 813 Disabling Backgrounding 821 Handling Background Suspension 823 Implementing Local Notifications 824 Using Task-Specific Background Processing 828 Completing a Long-Running Background Task 833 Performing a Background Fetch 839 Adding 3D Touch Quick Actions 844 Further Exploration 848 Summary 848 Q&A 848 Workshop 849 Activities 851 Hour 23: Universal Applications and Size Classes 853 Universal Application Development 853 Size Classes 857 Further Exploration 873 Summary 873 Q&A 874 Workshop 874 Activities 875 Hour 24: Application Tracing, Monitoring, and Debugging 877 Instant Feedback with NSLog 878 Using the Xcode Debugger 881 Further Exploration 898 Summary 898 Q&A 899 Workshop 899 Activities 901 Index 903 Online Appendix A: Introducing Xcode Source Control Note: Appendix A is a bonus online chapter. 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About the Author :
John Ray currently serves as the Director of the Office of Research Information Systems at The Ohio State University. He has written numerous books for Macmillan/Sams/Que, including Using TCP/IP: Special Edition, Teach Yourself Dreamweaver MX in 21 Days, Mac OS X Unleashed, My OS X – El Capitan Edition, and Sams Teach Yourself iOS 8 Development in 24 Hours. As a Macintosh user since 1984, he strives to ensure that each project presents the Macintosh with the equality and depth it deserves. Even technical titles such as Using TCP/ IP contain extensive information about the Macintosh and its applications and have garnered numerous positive reviews for their straightforward approach and accessibility to beginner and intermediate users. You can visit John’s website at http://teachyourselfios.com or follow him on Twitter at @johnemeryray or #iOSIn24.