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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.

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Table of Contents (16 chapters)
iOS 5 Essentials
iOS 5 Essentials
Credits
Credits
Foreword
Foreword
About the Author
About the Author
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
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1
What's New in iOS5
What's New in iOS5
What's new in iOS 5
Getting and installing the iOS 5 SDK
Creating the MyMagazineArticle application
Creating the MyEmailApp application
Building and running the MyEmailApp application
Summary
2
Using iCloud and the Storage APIs
Using iCloud and the Storage APIs
Comparing Apple iCloud and Google Docs
Storing and using documents in iCloud
Summary
3
Debugging with OpenGL ES
Debugging with OpenGL ES
Understanding the new workflow feature within Xcode
Error handling in OpenGL ES
Summary
4
Using Storyboards
Using Storyboards
Understanding Storyboards
Summary
5
Using AirPlay and Core Image
Using AirPlay and Core Image
Understanding the AirPlay framework
Summary
6
Xcode Tools - Improvements
Xcode Tools - Improvements
LLVM compiler
Summary
7
Making your Applications Run Smoothly using Instruments
Making your Applications Run Smoothly using Instruments
Introduction to Instruments
Adding and configuring Instruments
What's new in Instruments
Summary
Index
Index

About the Author

Steven F. Daniel is originally from London, England, but lives in Australia.

He is the owner and founder of GenieSoft Studios (http://www.geniesoftstudios.com/), a software development company based in Melbourne, Victoria.

Steven is an experienced software developer with more than 13 years of experience in developing desktop and web-based applications for a number of companies, including insurance, banking and finance, oil and gas, and local and state government.

Steven is always interested in emerging technologies, and is a member of the SQL Server Special Interest Group (SQLSIG) and the Java Community. Steven has been the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of SoftMpire Pvt Ltd, a company that focused primarily on developing business applications for iOS and Android platforms.

He is also the author of Xcode 4 iOS Development Beginner's Guide.

You can check out his blog at http://geniesoftstudios.com/blog/, or follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/GenieSoftStudio.

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