Xcode 4 Cookbook

Xcode 4 Cookbook

By : Steven F. Daniel

Buy this Book

Xcode 4 Cookbook

By: Steven F. Daniel

Buy this Book

Overview of this book

The release of iOS 6 comes packed with over 1,500 new APIs and 200 new features. Xcode 4 Cookbook will teach youhow to integrate iCloud storage and how to go about using the Facebook and OpenGraphi APIs, as well as providing you with practical step-by-step recipes covering User Interfaces, data management, multimedia, localisation services and maps, right through to application deployment to the Apple App Store. You will soon be mastering the technology and the skills needed to create some amazing applications. "Xcode 4 Cookbook" will help you learn how to build some powerful applications using iOS 6 and the various frameworks. You will soon master how to incorporate iCloud, Facebook, and the OpenGraph APIs and apply various image filters and transitions using Core Image integration within your applications. By using the book’s step-by-step approach, you will soon master the technology and the skills needed to create some amazing applications. "Xcode 4 Cookbook" provides you with the skills and knowledge and practical recipes on how to go about developing useful applications that can be used within the industry. You will start by learning how to go about downloading and installing the Xcode Development Tools, learn about Interface Builder to create the visual user interfaces, connecting the objects using Outlets and Actions, and learn how to compile/debug your applications. Finally, you will learn how to capture media with the iOS camera and play back video content using Airplay to wirelessly stream videos to an Apple TV device, using the AV Foundation framework, as well as using the Core Image and Core Graphics frameworks to create amazing image effects using the built-in features.

Xcode 4 Cookbook

Credits

About the Author

Acknowledgement

About the Reviewers

www.PacktPub.com

Preface

Free Chapter

Getting and Installing the iOS SDK Development Tools

Introduction

Downloading and installing the iOS SDK

Using Xcode to create an iOS project

Using Interface Builder to create the user interface

Building the user interface for our application

Creating outlets to Interface Builder objects

Creating actions that respond to user actions

Compiling your project

Using the iOS Simulator to test your applications

Configuring and using compiler directives

Debugging your iOS applications using Xcode

Using the Clang Static Analyzer to examine your code

User Interfaces – Creating the UI

Introduction

Adding and customizing views

Using labels to display text

Obtaining user input through the use of buttons

Displaying an image within the view

Displaying and editing text

Using the iOS device keyboard

Displaying the progress to the user

Adding a toolbar to a view

Fading a view in and out

Creating a custom table view controller

Adding a table view to a view controller

Handling different iOS devices

Using Storyboards

Introduction

Configuring storyboards for a project

Creating a Twitter application

Creating storyboard scenes

Configuring storyboard scenes

Applying transitions to storyboards

Composing a tweet

Adding photos to a tweet

Preparing transition to another view controller

Presenting storyboard view controllers programmatically

Using Xcode Instruments

Introduction

Introducing Xcode Instruments

Tracing iOS applications

Running and profiling an iOS project

Detecting virtual memory faults

Detecting memory leaks

Handling runtime errors

Handling compile-time errors

Adding and configuring Instruments

Working with the Location Services and the MapKit Frameworks

Introduction

Adding the CoreLocation and MapKit frameworks

Building a simple CoreLocation application

Determining the current GPS location

Adding and working with the MapView control

Adding overlay regions to maps

Adding annotation placeholders to the map

Reversing geocode address information

Working with the different map types

Storing Documents within the Cloud

Introduction

Storing and using documents within iCloud

Working with the iCloud storage APIs

Detecting file version conflicts within iCloud

Building the iCloud application

Requesting entitlements for iCloud storage

Configuring iOS devices to use iCloud

Working with Different Multimedia Resources

Introduction

Selecting images and video from the camera roll

Capturing media with the camera

Playing video with Apple TV integration

Playing music using the MediaPlayer framework

Using the iOS device's microphone to record

Animating views

Drawing customized text

Drawing lines and curves

Drawing and filling shapes

Applying color effects using Core Image

Applying transition effects

Working with the CoreData and GameKit Frameworks

Introduction

Adding the GameKit and MessageUI frameworks

Building the Core Data data model

Creating the Core Data model files

Adding and configuring the Storyboard

Creating the Books Library user interface

Displaying data within the Table View

Inserting data within our Core Data data model

Delete an item from the Table View using Core Data

Reordering rows within a Table View

Filtering and searching for data within a Table View

Working with the different keyboard styles

Transferring data to another device using bluetooth

Implementing e-mail messaging

Creating a Social Networking App with the Facebook iOS SDK

Introduction

Downloading the Facebook iOS SDK

Registering your iOS applications with Facebook

Building a simple social networking application

Adding the Facebook SDK and dependencies to your project

Implementing the Single Sign On (SSO) feature

Implementing the View Controller class

Requesting additional Facebook permissions

Using the Graph API to read JSON data

Integrating with the Facebook social channels

Handling Facebook errors within your application

Packaging and Deploying Your Application

Introduction

Setting up your iOS development team

Creating the iOS development certificate

Obtaining the development certificate from Apple

Registering your iOS devices for testing

Creating your application App IDs

Creating the development provisioning profiles

Using the provisioning profile to install the app on an iOS device

Preparing an application for submission to the App Store using iTunes Connect

Archiving and submitting apps using Xcode 4

Exploring the MultiTouch Interface

Introduction

Sensing the movement and device orientation

Using the shake gesture with the touch interface

Detecting device touches with the touch interface

Sensing movement with the accelerometer input

Working with the iOS device gyroscope

Index

Customer Reviews

5 star

4 star

3 star

2 star

1 star

About the Reviewers

Bob Sander-Cederlof has been programming for over 55 years, including 21 years at Adobe Systems. During the Apple II era, as owner of S-C Software Corporation, Bob published the Apple Assembly Line newsletter for over eight years, along with software such as the S-C Macro Assembler. Other interests include Christianity, the Bible, and genealogy. More at http://www.txbobsc.com.

Dave Hersey has over 35 years of experience in Apple software development, dating back to the Apple II personal computer in 1977. In 2000, after over 6 years in software engineering at Apple Computer, Dave started Paracoders Inc. focusing on custom Mac OS X-based application and driver development. In 2008, Dave's company expanded into iOS (iPhone) mobile applications, followed by Android applications soon after. Some big-named clients including Paramount Home Entertainment, Lionsgate Entertainment, Seagate, Creative Labs, Monterey Bay Aquarium, and Kraft Foods. Most recently, Dave's business has expanded to include additional mobile and server-side platforms as well as support services. As a result, the custom software development division of Paracoders now operates as "Torchlight Apps" (http://www.torchlightapps.com).

Dave was also a technical reviewer for Creating Games with cocos2d for iPhone 2 and HTML5 Game Development with GameMaker. When he's not learning new technologies, developing software, or reviewing books, Dave stays busy with his wife raising three children, three dogs, two parakeets, and about 22 ducks at last count.

Jean-Yves Mengant is the CTO at SEFAS Innovation, a French software editor. He lives in France in the Paris area.

Jean-Yves has been in the IT industry for more than 30 years, working on many technologies and languages from Mainframes MVS to Unixes Mac IOS and Android in Assembly Java, C++, and Objective-C. He has written articles for Linux Journal, C++ users Journal, and Dr Dobbs journal.

Robert Wohnoutka is an independent software developer with over 20 years of software development experience. He currently has 11 iPhone apps in the Apple app store.

Robert is a former Apple employee where he learned the importance of ease-of-use which is the first rule he applies in all the apps that he develops. He also has over 20 years of Product Marketing experience with high-tech products where the ease-of-use aspect was his guiding light as he helped companies develop and introduce new technologies into the hands of consumers.

My Walks is a good example of an app Robert developed where he applied the ease-of-use principal to a GPS-based walking application. This app only requires the user to tap a Start button to start the walk and the app will automatically detect the end of the user's walk should the user forget to tap the End button. My Walks was featured in the Best Mobile Apps 2013 book by Jeremy J. Warner and published by Portrait Health Publishing Inc. Robert has also developed a version for bicycling named My Bike Rides and a version for skiing named My Ski Runs.

Robert has developed a number of very easy to use money management apps including EZ Adder, EZ Adder II, EZ Balances, EZ Balances II, and EZ2Compare2. He also develops customized apps including an iPhone app for his dentist's clients called Nikki Green DDS.

Xcode 4 Cookbook

By : Steven F. Daniel

Xcode 4 Cookbook

By: Steven F. Daniel

Overview of this book

Related Content you might be interested in

Current Title:

Xcode 4 Cookbook

About the Reviewers