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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)

Foreword

Apple's iOS platform, with iPads, iPhones, and iPod touches is the hottest thing in software development right now. An exquisite OS and hardware demands great development tools, and Apple has provided those tools in the form of Xcode. Xcode, just like iOS, is built with ease-of-use in the mind.

Whether you're new to iOS development, or a seasoned pro, this book will guide you through developing in iOS 5 and Xcode 4 with the same ease-of-use that Xcode is known for. It's like this book and iOS 5 development were meant for each other.

Just like Xcode 4, iOS 5 has a lot of new development features, including one of the most-anticipated feature-iCloud. With iCloud, you can store your application's files and settings in the cloud. This book covers these great new features.

With this book, you'll be developing for iOS 5 and using Xcode 4's newest features in no time.

Cory Bohon