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Professional iPhone and iPad Application Development

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Everything you need to create top-notch applications for the iPhone and iPad Developers have demanded an advanced guide to using the very latest version of the iPhone and iPad SDK to develop applications-and this book answers that call! Packed with over twenty complete standalone applications that are designed to be recreated, rebuilt, and reused by the professional developer, this resource delves into the increasingly popular world of application development and presents step-by-step guidance for creating superior apps for the iPhone and iPad. You'll explore the many developer tools and learn how to use them and you'll also discover how to apply the techniques learned, to real world situations. With coverage of the latest version of the iPhone and iPad SDK and the quantity of standalone applications, this book will serve as a tremendous go-to reference in the future. Coverage includes: Navigation Alerts, Action Sheets, and Modal Views Custom Table Views The Split View Touch Events Notification Processing Networking Concepts Multimedia Application Preferences Data Storage The Pasteboard Unit Testing Performance Tuning and Optimization Integrating iAds Multitasking Professional iPhone and iPad Application Development is the only advanced-level resource you need for creating top-quality applications!

Table of Contents:
INTRODUCTION xxiii CHAPTER 1: NAVIGATION 1 Navigation Stack 2 The Navigation Bar 2 A Simple Navigation Bar 3 The Toolbar 17 A Simple Toolbar 18 The Tab Bar 26 A Simple Tab Bar 26 Summary 51 CHAPTER 2: ALERTS, ACTION SHEETS, AND MODAL VIEWS 53 Alerts 53 A Simple AlertView for the iPhone-iPod Touch and iPad 54 Action Sheets 66 An Action Sheet for the iPhone-iPod Touch 67 An Action Sheet for the iPad 80 Modal Views 95 A Modal View for the iPhone and iPod Touch 95 A Modal View for the iPad 106 Summary 119 CHAPTER 3: CUSTOM TABLE VIEWS 121 Table Views 121 A Custom Table View Application 122 Summary 135 CHAPTER 4: THE SPLIT VIEW 137 The UISplitViewController Class 137 A Simple Split View Application 138 Summary 158 CHAPTER 5: TOUCH EVENTS 159 Touch Event Handling 159 A Simple Touch Handler 162 A Simple Gesture Recognizer 174 Summary 197 CHAPTER 6: NOTIFICATION PROCESSING 199 NSNotifications Concepts 200 A Local Named Notification 201 A Local Keyboard Notification 211 Summary 225 CHAPTER 7: NETWORKING CONCEPTS 227 Communication over a Network 228 A Simple Network Browser 230 Peer-to-Peer Device Communications 244 Summary 262 CHAPTER 8: MULTIMEDIA 263 Frameworks for Audio 263 Frameworks for Video 265 Playing Audio from the iPod Library 265 An Application That Plays Video from the iPod Library 291 Summary 312 CHAPTER 9: APPLICATION PREFERENCES 313 Application Configuration 313 Setting Simple Preferences 315 Creating a Child Pane Preference Hierarchy 325 Summary 338 CHAPTER 10: DATA STORAGE 339 Property Lists 339 Core Data 341 The Common Premise for Data Storage 343 Summary 394 CHAPTER 11: THE PASTEBOARD 395 Pasteboard Concepts 396 Cutting and Pasting Text 398 Cutting and Pasting Images 407 Creating Custom Menus for the iPad 416 Summary 427 CHAPTER 12: UNIT TESTING 429 Setting Up the Environment 429 A Simple Unit Test 430 Unit Test Creation Steps: A Simple Unit Test 446 Summary 452 CHAPTER 13: PERFORMANCE TUNING AND OPTIMIZATION 453 Profiling 454 A Simple Memory Leak Test 455 Summary 468 CHAPTER 14: INTEGRATING IADS 469 Joining the iAd Network 469 Preparing Your Application to Use the iAd Network 470 A Simple Application Using iAds 471 Summary 479 CHAPTER 15: MULTITASKING 481 Multitasking Services 481 An Application That Multitasks Audio 483 Summary 503 APPENDIX A: YOUR INITIAL APP — FIRST STEPS 505 Xcode Project Builder 505 Interface Builder 512 Summary 514 APPENDIX B: IPHONE DEVELOPER CENTER 515 Resources for the iOS 4 SDK 515 iPhone Developer Program 518 iTunes Connect 520 News & Announcements 520 Summary 520 APPENDIX C: COCOA TOUCH STATIC LIBRARIES 521 Xcode Project Template 521 An Xcode Application Project 527 Summary 542 APPENDIX D: APPLE DEVELOPER RESOURCES 543 iPhone Developer Program 543 iTunes App Store 544 Application Distribution Procedures 545 iTunes Connect Developer Guide 545 INDEX 547

About the Author :
Gene Backlin is an independent consultant with more than 30 years in the software industry for clients such as IBM, US Environmental Protection Agency, Waste Management, Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, and AT&T. In addition to teaching at DePaul University, Gene previously authored Developing NeXTSTEP Applications, which was bundled with the NeXT developer package. Gene Backlin is an independent consultant with more than 30 years in the software industry for clients such as IBM, US Environmental Protection Agency, Waste Management, Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, and AT&T. In addition to teaching at DePaul University, Gene previously authored Developing NeXTSTEP Applications, which was bundled with the NeXT developer package.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781118008355
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Wrox Press
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1118008359
  • Publisher Date: 19 Oct 2010
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 600


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