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iOS 5 Essentials

By : Steven F. Daniel
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iOS 5 Essentials

By: Steven F. Daniel

Overview of this book

Building on the phenomenal success of its predecessor iOS 5 includes over 200 new user features as well as an updated SDK containing over 1,500 new APIs. iOS 5 looks set to reinforce the iPhone's dominance in the smartphone market. iOS 5 Essentials will help you learn how to build simple, yet powerful iOS 5 applications incorporating iCloud Storage, Twitter, Core Image and Newsstand integration. You will start by learning about what's new in iOS 5. You'll look at the iCloud Storage APIs, Automatic Reference Counting, Twitter and AirPlay integration, how to use the various Core Image filters using the Cocoa framework, and the new features of the iOS 5 SDK. After this, you'll jump straight in and create applications using Xcode and Interface Builder using the new storyboard layout. We then finish up by learning how to make your applications run smoothly using the Xcode instruments.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)

Comparing Apple iCloud and Google Docs


When Apple announced their new cloud-based file management system called iCloud, it allowed you to backup your files to the Cloud, and synchronize your data between multiple devices.

Devices, such as the iPad and iPhone, can automatically backup files, such as photos, music, and documents to iCloud, and have these synchronize with your other Apple devices.

One of the significant differences you will notice between iCloud and Google Docs, is that, iCloud is meant only for Apple devices, such as the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.

iCloud works by storing all of your music, photos, documents, books, and so on, and automatically pushing them out to all of your other devices, wirelessly.

Any documents that are stored within iCloud can be accessed and viewed from any device that is connected to the Internet. At this stage, iCloud does not offer a way to share the documents with other users.

On the other hand, Google Docs is a free document management service from...