Everything you need to create top-notch applications for the iPhone and iPadDevelopers 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!
From the Back Cover
Create, build, and reuse applications with the iPhone SDK
Developers are searching for an advanced resource that takes them through what is now a maturing market for the iPhone as well as the nascent market for the iPad—this book fulfills that demand. Providing step-by-step guidance on using the latest version of the iPhone SDK, this hands-on guide discusses a variety of topics and features of the iPhone and iPad and then escorts you through the steps necessary for creating a full working example of each feature. Through these exercises, you’ll gain the beneficial experience of creating and adding functionality to iPhone and iPad applications using iOS 4.
Professional iPhone and iPad Application Development:
- Dissects the application frameworks included in the iPhone SDK and encourages you to design applications that help you understand those frameworks
- Examines such topics as table views, image views, pickers, data storage, audio, and video, among others, including multi-tasking and implementing iAds
- Reviews the procedures that are necessary to ensure that your applications perform efficiently
- Shows you how to develop source code structured in a modular fashion so that you can extract it and implement the functionality in your own applications
- Teaches you how to implement multi-tasking audio for background operation
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.
Book Details
- Paperback: 600 pages
- Publisher: Wrox (November, 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0470878193
- ISBN-13: 978-0470878194
- File Size: 52.3 MiB
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