iOS 6 Programming, Pushing the Limits: Advanced Application Development for Apple iPphone, iPad, and iPod Touch - Softcover

Napier, Rob; Kumar, Mugunth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1118449959 ISBN 13: 9781118449950

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2012

Synopsis

Learn to build extraordinary apps for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch

iOS is the hottest development platform around, and iOS 6 adds a new and deeper dimension to explore. This guide offers serious information for serious programmers who know the basics and are ready to dive into the advanced features of iOS. You'll learn to create killer apps for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch, including how to maximize performance and make more money from your apps with in-app purchases. Topics covered include security, multitasking, running on multiple platforms, blocks and functional programming, advanced text layout, and much more.

• App development for iPhones and iPads is a lucrative and exciting venture; books on this topic are steady bestsellers
• This advanced guide helps experienced developers take full advantage of the latest platform upgrade, iOS 6
• Provides in-depth background on maximizing your apps with Apple's iPhone SDK 6.0, including the major new APIs and building applications for the new iPad
• Covers keeping control of multitasking, increasing income with in-app purchases, key value observing with Cocoa, running on multiple platforms, advanced text layout, building a Core foundation, and more

iOS 6 Programming: Pushing the Limits gives experienced mobile developers a wealth of knowledge for creating outstanding iPhone and iPad apps on the latest platform.

About this title

From the Back Cover

WHY SETTLE FOR GOOD MOBILE APPS WHEN YOU CAN BUILD EXTRAORDINARY ONES?

iOS is the hottest development platform around, and now iOS 6 adds a new, deeper dimension to explore. A serious book for serious programmers, iOS 6 Programming Pushing the Limits takes you beyond the basics to reveal advanced iOS 6 features and programming techniques not covered in most other development books. Long-time mobile developers Rob Napier and Mugunth Kumar share everything they know about creating killer apps for all Apple mobile devices. Including how to:

• Support the new iPhone 5
• Interact with the Objective-C runtime
• Secure your data with Security Services
• Create amazing animations
• Maximize your impact with Core Text
• Make the most of collection views
• Tune your application’s performance and squash the bugs
• Create high performance apps for any RESTful web service
• Implement super-fast caching in regions with spotty network connectivity
• Unlock the power of Core Foundation

Not a book for the timid, or for novice developers, iOS 6 Programming Pushing the Limits takes you deep inside the latest iOS version and helps you get to grips with powerful tools to push the limits of your mobile development skills.

About the Author

ROB NAPIER has been developing iPhone applications for as long as there has been an iPhone platform. Before coming to Cocoa development, he made his living sneaking into Chinese facilities in broad daylight. He now is a Mac developer for Dell. It’s not clear which was the stranger choice of career. He has passion for the fiddly bits below the surface, like networking, performance, security, and correct use of the MVC pattern. He muses on technical topics at Cocoaphony (cocoaphony.net).

MUGUNTH KUMAR is an independent iOS developer based in Singapore. He holds a master’s degree from Nanyang Technological University. His core areas of interest include human-computer interaction and usability engineering. He writes in-depth articles covering iOS programming and the user experienced at blog.mugunthkumar.com

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1118449959
• ISBN 13: 9781118449950
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 534