Learning Ios Programming : From Xcode to App Store

Allan, Alasdair

ISBN 10: 1449359345 / ISBN 13: 9781449359348

Published by O'Reilly Media, 2013

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Learning Ios Programming : From Xcode to App Store
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1449359345
• ISBN 13: 9781449359348
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

Get a rapid introduction to iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch programming. With this easy-to-follow guide, you’ll learn how to develop your first marketable iOS application, from opening Xcode to submitting your product to the App Store. Whether you’re a developer new to Mac programming or an experienced Mac developer ready to tackle iOS, this is your book.

You’ll learn about Objective-C and the core frameworks hands-on by writing several sample iOS applications, giving you the basic skills for building your own applications independently. Packed with code samples, this book is refreshed and updated for iOS 6 and Xcode 4.

• Discover the advantages of building native iOS apps
• Get started with Objective-C and the Cocoa Touch frameworks
• Dive deep into the table view classes for building user interfaces
• Handle data input, parse XML and JSON documents, and store data on SQLite
• Use iOS sensors, including the accelerometer, magnetometer, camera, and GPS
• Build apps that use the Core Location and MapKit frameworks
• Integrate Apple’s iCloud service into your applications
• Walk through the process of distributing your polished app to the App Store

About the Author

Alasdair Allan is a senior research fellow in Astronomy at the University of Exeter, where he is building an autonomous, distributed peer-to-peer network of telescopes that reactively schedule observations of time-critical events. He also runs a small technology consulting business writing bespoke software and building open hardware, and is currently developing a series of iPhone applications to monitor and manage cloud-based services and distributed sensor networks.