iOS 7 Application Development in 24 Hours, Sams Teach Yourself, Fifth Edition

Book description

Figures and code appear as they do in Xcode 5.x

Covers iOS 7, Xcode 5.x, iPhone, iPad, and More!

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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 at the end of each chapter help you test your knowledge.

By the Way notes present interesting information related to the discussion.

Did You Know? tips offer advice or show you easier ways to perform tasks.

Watch Out! 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

  • Covers iOS 7 and up

  • Learn to navigate the Xcode 5.x development environment

  • Prepare your system and iDevice for efficient development

  • Get started quickly with Apple’s Objective-C and Cocoa Touch

  • 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 to adapt to different screen sizes, orientations, and iOS versions

  • Build advanced UIs with Tables, Split Views, Navigation Controllers, and more

  • Read and write preferences and data, and create System Settings plug-ins

  • Use the 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

  • 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 using the latest iOS 7 techniques

  • Trace, debug, and monitor your applications as they run

  • Table of contents

    1. About This eBook
    2. Title Page
    3. Copyright Page
    4. Contents at a Glance
    5. Table of Contents
    6. Dedication
    7. About the Author
    8. Acknowledgments
    9. We Want to Hear from You!
    10. Reader Services
    11. Introduction
      1. Who Can Become an iOS Developer?
      2. Who Should Use This Book?
      3. What Is (and Isn’t) in This Book?
    12. Hour 1. Preparing Your System and iDevice for Development
      1. Welcome to the iOS Platform
      2. Becoming an iOS Developer
      3. Creating and Installing a Development Provisioning Profile
      4. Running Your First iOS App
      5. Developer Technology Overview
      6. Further Exploration
      7. Summary
      8. Q&A
      9. Workshop
      10. Activities
    13. Hour 2. Introduction to Xcode and the iOS Simulator
      1. Using Xcode
      2. Using the iOS Simulator
      3. Further Exploration
      4. Summary
      5. Q&A
      6. Workshop
      7. Activities
    14. Hour 3. Discovering Objective-C: The Language of Apple Platforms
      1. Object-Oriented Programming and Objective-C
      2. Exploring the Objective-C File Structure
      3. Objective-C Programming Basics
      4. Memory Management and Automatic Reference Counting
      5. Further Exploration
      6. Summary
      7. Q&A
      8. Workshop
      9. Activities
    15. Hour 4. Inside Cocoa Touch
      1. What Is Cocoa Touch?
      2. Exploring the iOS Technology Layers
      3. Tracing the iOS Application Life Cycle
      4. Cocoa Fundamentals
      5. Exploring the iOS Frameworks with Xcode
      6. Further Exploration
      7. Summary
      8. Q&A
      9. Workshop
      10. Activities
    16. Hour 5. Exploring Interface Builder
      1. Understanding Interface Builder
      2. Creating User Interfaces
      3. Customizing the Interface Appearance
      4. Connecting to Code
      5. Further Exploration
      6. Summary
      7. Q&A
      8. Workshop
      9. Activities
    17. Hour 6. Model-View-Controller Application Design
      1. Understanding the Model-View-Controller Design Pattern
      2. How Xcode Implements MVC
      3. Using the Single View Application Template
      4. Further Exploration
      5. Summary
      6. Q&A
      7. Workshop
      8. Activities
    18. Hour 7. Working with Text, Keyboards, and Buttons
      1. Basic User Input and Output
      2. Using Text Fields, Text Views, and Buttons
      3. Further Exploration
      4. Summary
      5. Q&A
      6. Workshop
      7. Activities
    19. Hour 8. Handling Images, Animation, Sliders, and Steppers
      1. User Input and Output
      2. Creating and Managing Image Animations, Sliders, and Steppers
      3. Further Exploration
      4. Summary
      5. Q&A
      6. Workshop
      7. Activities
    20. Hour 9. Using Advanced Interface Objects and Views
      1. User Input and Output (Continued)
      2. Using Switches, Segmented Controls, and Web Views
      3. Using Scrolling Views
      4. Further Exploration
      5. Summary
      6. Q&A
      7. Workshop
      8. Activities
    21. Hour 10. Getting the User’s Attention
      1. Alerting the User
      2. Exploring User Alert Methods
      3. Further Exploration
      4. Summary
      5. Q&A
      6. Workshop
      7. Activities
    22. Hour 11. Implementing Multiple Scenes and Popovers
      1. Introducing Multiscene Storyboards
      2. Understanding the iPad Popover
      3. Using a Modal Segue
      4. Using a Popover
      5. Further Exploration
      6. Summary
      7. Q&A
      8. Workshop
      9. Activities
    23. Hour 12. Making Choices with Toolbars and Pickers
      1. Understanding the Role of Toolbars
      2. Exploring Pickers
      3. Using the Date Picker
      4. Using a Custom Picker
      5. Further Exploration
      6. Summary
      7. Q&A
      8. Workshop
      9. Activities
    24. Hour 13. Advanced Storyboards Using Navigation and Tab Bar Controllers
      1. Advanced View Controllers
      2. Exploring Navigation Controllers
      3. Understanding Tab Bar Controllers
      4. Using a Navigation Controller
      5. Using a Tab Bar Controller
      6. Further Exploration
      7. Summary
      8. Q&A
      9. Workshop
      10. Activities
    25. Hour 14. Navigating Information Using Table Views and Split View Controllers
      1. Understanding Tables
      2. Exploring the Split View Controller (iPad Only)
      3. A Simple Table View Application
      4. Creating a Master-Detail Application
      5. Further Exploration
      6. Summary
      7. Q&A
      8. Workshop
      9. Activities
    26. Hour 15. Reading and Writing Application Data
      1. iOS Applications and Data Storage
      2. Data Storage Approaches
      3. Creating Implicit Preferences
      4. Implementing System Settings
      5. Implementing File System Storage
      6. Further Exploration
      7. Summary
      8. Q&A
      9. Workshop
      10. Activities
    27. Hour 16. Building Responsive and Backward-Compatible User Interfaces
      1. Responsive Interfaces
      2. Using Auto Layout
      3. Programmatically Defined Interfaces
      4. Swapping Views on Rotation
      5. Further Exploration
      6. Summary
      7. Q&A
      8. Workshop
      9. Activities
    28. Hour 17. Using Advanced Touches and Gestures
      1. Multitouch Gesture Recognition
      2. Adding Gesture Recognizers
      3. Using Gesture Recognizers
      4. Further Exploration
      5. Summary
      6. Q&A
      7. Workshop
      8. Activities
    29. Hour 18. Sensing Orientation and Motion
      1. Understanding Motion Hardware
      2. Accessing Orientation and Motion Data
      3. Sensing Orientation
      4. Detecting Acceleration, Tilt, and Rotation
      5. Further Exploration
      6. Summary
      7. Q&A
      8. Workshop
      9. Activities
    30. Hour 19. Working with Rich Media
      1. Exploring Rich Media
      2. The Media Playground Application
      3. Further Exploration
      4. Summary
      5. Q&A
      6. Workshop
      7. Activities
    31. Hour 20. Interacting with Other iOS Services
      1. Extending iOS Service Integration
      2. Using the Address Book, Email, Social Networking, and Maps
      3. Further Exploration
      4. Summary
      5. Q&A
      6. Workshop
      7. Activities
    32. Hour 21. Implementing Location Services
      1. Understanding Core Location
      2. Creating a Location-Aware Application
      3. Using the Magnetic Compass
      4. Further Exploration
      5. Summary
      6. Q&A
      7. Workshop
      8. Activities
    33. Hour 22. Building Background-Ready Applications
      1. Understanding iOS Backgrounding
      2. Disabling Backgrounding
      3. Handling Background Suspension
      4. Implementing Local Notifications
      5. Using Task-Specific Background Processing
      6. Completing a Long-Running Background Task
      7. Performing a Background Fetch
      8. Further Exploration
      9. Summary
      10. Q&A
      11. Workshop
      12. Activities
    34. Hour 23. Building Universal Applications
      1. Universal Application Development
      2. Creating a Universal Application (Take 1)
      3. Creating a Universal Application (Take 2)
      4. Using Multiple Targets
      5. Further Exploration
      6. Summary
      7. Q&A
      8. Workshop
      9. Activities
    35. Hour 24. Application Tracing, Monitoring, and Debugging
      1. Instant Feedback with NSLog
      2. Using NSLog
      3. Using the Xcode Debugger
      4. Further Exploration
      5. Summary
      6. Q&A
      7. Workshop
      8. Activities
    36. Index
    37. Appendix A. Introducing Xcode Source Control
      1. A Brief Introduction to Source Control Systems
      2. Working with Subversion and Git Repositories
      3. Managing a Project in Source Control
      4. Accessing the Teach Yourself iOS 7 Tutorials Through Subversion
      5. Summary

    Product information

    • Title: iOS 7 Application Development in 24 Hours, Sams Teach Yourself, Fifth Edition
    • Author(s): John Ray
    • Release date: January 2014
    • Publisher(s): Sams
    • ISBN: 9780133598629